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Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty | ||
 | Alexander, Millard Distinguished University Professor mha@umd.edu 301-405-1823 Office:2230 | (Photochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry): Dynamics of reactive and inelastic collisions involving open-shell atoms and small molecules; rotational, vibrational, and electronic energy transfer, photodissociation and photodetachment of small systems; linear algebra algorithm development for GPU and mixed GPU/CPU architecture. |
 | Ammon, Herman Professor hlammon@umd.edu 301-405-1824 Office:B-0123 | (Organic Chemistry; Structural chemistry and X-ray Crystallography): Explosives; lattice energy calculations; crystal packing analysis. |
 | Beckett, Dorothy Professor dbeckett@umd.edu 301-405-1812 Office:4506 | (Biophysical Chemistry, Enzymology): Biological regulatory switches; allostery; protein:protein interactions; structure, thermodynamics and kinetics; dynamics; transcription regulation; post-translational protein modification. |
 | Blough, Neil Professor neilb@umd.edu 301-405-0051 Office:3114 | (Biophysical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Photochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy): Photochemical and free radical reactions in condensed phases; development of molecular probes to examine these reactions in biological and environmental systems; optical properties and the remote sensing of seawater constituents. |
 | Davis, Jeffery Professor jdavis@umd.edu 301-405-1845 Office:3345 | (Organic Chemistry, Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry): Molecular recognition; bioorganic chemistry; chemical synthesis and chemistry of bioconjugates; chemistry of membrane active compounds. |
 | Dayie, Kwaku Associate Professor dayie@umd.edu 301-405-3165 Office:2117 | (Bioorganic Chemistry, Biophysical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Enzymology, Structural Biology, and Theoretical Chemistry): Structure, interactions, dynamics, and function of RNA complexes involved in catalysis and gene regulation; chemical biological methods of labeling RNAs; NMR methods development. |
 | DeShong, Philip Professor deshong@umd.edu 301-405-1892 Office:2101 | (Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry): Development of methodologies for the synthesis of heterocyclic systems and application to the total synthesis of natural products; synthesis of complex glycoconjugates and their application to nanoparticle-based nanotechnology for use as biosensors, drug delivery, and vaccine development; mechanistic and synthetic organometallic chemistry. |
 | Doyle, Michael P. Professor and Chair mdoyle3@umd.edu 301-405-1788 Office:0107H | (Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis): Asymmetric chemical catalysis; organic process development and synthesis; catalytic chemical oxidations; dirhodium chemistry. |
 | Edwards, James Assistant Professor edwardsj@umbi.umd.edu 240.314.6477 Office: | (Member of the Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Bioanalytical Chemistry): Metabolism; metabolomics of diabetic complications; capillary separations; mass spectrometry. |
 | Eichhorn, Bryan Professor eichhorn@umd.edu 301-405-1864 Office:4102 | (Materials Chemistry, Nanoscience and Supramolecular Chemistry, Catalysis, Inorganic chemistry and materials Chemistry): Synthesis and characterization of transition metal derivatives of Zintl ions; nanomaterials, soft chemical synthesis; heterogeneous catalysis and solid oxide fuel cell research. |
 | Falvey, Daniel Professor falvey@umd.edu 301-405-1808 Office:3371 | (Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Photochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy): Use of ultrafast laser spectroscopy to study dynamics of organic and enzymatic reactions; reactive intermediates; biophysical chemistry; photothermal methods; nitrenium ion; UV-damage and repair of DNA; photoremovable protecting groups. |
 | Fenselau, Catherine Professor fenselau@umd.edu 301-405-8616 Office:1504A | (Bioanalytical Chemistry): Mechanisms of acquired and innate drug resistance; interactions of drugs with proteins; new methods for proteomics; rapid detection and identification of environmental microorganisms. |
 | Fourkas, John T. Millard Alexander Professor fourkas@umd.edu 301-405-7996 Office:2341 | (Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Nanoscience and Supramolecular Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry): Nanotechnology and ultrafast nonlinear optics; multiphoton absorption polymerization of functional nano and microstructures; polymer post-functionalization chemistry; soft lithography; optical data storage; nanophotonics; development of novel microsensors; ultrafast dynamics of liquids in the bulk and in nanoconfinement; theory of light/matter interactions. |
 | Fushman, David Professor fushman@umd.edu 301-405-3461 Office:1121 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg | (Biophysical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry): Development and application of new experimental and theoretical approaches to study structural properties, dynamics, interactions, and regulation in multidomain systems; polyubiquitin signaling; structure determination and analysis of proteins, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and relaxation; computational biology; molecular dynamics simulations, physical and mathematical modeling. |
 | Herzberg, Osnat Professor osnat@umd.edu 240-314-6245 Office:IBBR, University of Maryland at Shady Grove | (Member of the Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Structural Biology, Enzymology, Biophysical Chemistry): Structural enzymology; macromolecule structure and function; X-ray crystallography; drug discovery. |
 | Isaacs, Lyle Professor lisaacs@umd.edu 301-405-1884 Office:3341 | (Organic Chemistry, Nanoscience and Supramolecular Chemistry): Drug Delivery; cucurbituril molecular containers; self-sorting. |
 | Jarzynski, Christopher Professor cjarzyns@umd.edu 301-405-4439 Office:2203 | (Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Physical and Biophysical Chemistry): Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics; solvation phenomena; numerical estimation of thermodynamic properties; biological and artificial molecular machines. |
 | Julin, Douglas Associate Professor djulin@umd.edu 301-405-1821 Office:3505 | (Enzymology, Nucleic Acids Biochemistry): Mechanisms of enzymes involved in nucleic acid metabolism. |
 | Kahn, Jason Associate Professor jdkahn@umd.edu 301-405-0058 Office:2500A | (Molecular Biology, Biophysical Chemistry, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Photochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy, Nanoscience and Supramolecular Chemistry): Protein induced DNA deformation; structure of transcription complexes; dynamics of DNA topology in chromatin; protein-DNA loops and nanostructures. |
 | LaRonde-LeBlanc, Nicole Assistant Professor nlaronde@umd.edu 301-405-0462 Office:2125 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg | (Structural Biology, Biophysics, Biophysical Chemistry; Enzymology): Macromolecular X-ray crystallography; structural and functional studies of ribosome biogenesis proteins. |
 | Lee, Cheng Associate Professor clee1@umd.edu 301-405-1020 Office:3130B | (Chemistry): Bioseparation; capillary electrophoresis/liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry; microfluids and microfabricated devices; drug screening and monitoring; proteome characterization. |
 | Lee, Sang Bok Associate Professor slee@umd.edu 301-405-7906 Office:4129 | (Associate Director of the Energy Frontier Research Center, Materials Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Nanoscience and Surface Chemistry): Synthesis, mechanism and characterization of heterogeneous nanostructured materials; supercapacitors; fast electrochromics; drug delivery; drug detoxification; biosensors; molecular diffusion and reaction in nanospace. |
 | Li, Shuwei Assistant Professor liw@umbi.umd.edu (240) 314-6330 Office: | (Member of the Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Chemical Biology, Bioorganic Chemistry): Studies of protein-protein interactions and signal transduction; method development for proteomics. |
 | Lorimer, George Distinguished University Professor glorimer@umd.edu 301-405-1828 Office:2121-Biomolecular Sciences Bldg | (Biophysical Chemistry, Enzymology): Methods of enzymology; molecular chaperones. |
 | Mignerey, Alice Professor mignerey@umd.edu 301-405-1852 Office:3129 | (Environmental Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry): Relativistic and ultra-relativistic heavy-ion-induced nuclear reactions, part of the Phobos experiment at the Brookhaven National Laboratory RHIC; application of accelerator mass spectrometry to environmental problems. |
 | Mullin, Amy Professor mullin@umd.edu 301-405-6569 Office:3216A | (Physical Chemistry, Photochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy): Reactivity and dynamics of high energy molecules; molecules in strong fields; molecular collisions; surface-enhanced spectroscopy; high-resolution time-resolved laser probes. |
 | Nie, Zhihong Assistant Professor znie@umd.edu (301)405-1874 Office:3218 | Microfluidics and microreactors; molecular and colloidal self-assembly; soft nanotechnology; nanoscience and nanochemistry; plasmonics and metamaterials; biomedicine and medical diagnostics; biomineralization and bioinspired materials. |
 | Ondov, John Professor jondov@umd.edu 301-405-1859 Office:0130 | (Environmental Chemistry)Measurement and chemical composition of submicrometer aerosol particles; particulate tracer science; particle deposition; tracers of atmospheric particles; development of semicontinuous monitor for airborne metals; nuclear analytical methods and nuclear forensics; Radiocarbon analyses of single compounds. |
 | Orban, John Professor john@carb.nist.gov 240.314.6221 Office: | (Member of the Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Biophysical Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Structural Biology): Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy; protein structure, folding, and design; large-scale fold switching in proteins with high sequence identity; protein-ligand interactions; biophysical approaches. |
 | Papoian, Garegin Monroe Martin Associate Professor gpapoian@umd.edu 301-405-8667 Office:2216 | (Physical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry): Statistical mechanics; stochastic processes; cell motility; chromatin folding; macromolecular dynamics; energy migration. |
 | Paukstelis, Paul Assistant Professor paukstel@umd.edu 301 405 9933 Office:1119 Biomolecular Sciences Building | (Molecular Biophysics, Structural Biology, Nucleic Acid Biochemistry, Nanoscience): Macromolecular X-ray crystallography; nucleic acid structure and catalysis; structural DNA nanotechnology; protein-assisted nucleic acid catalysis. |
 | Reutt-Robey, Janice Professor rrobey@umd.edu 301-405-1807 Office:2224E | (Surface Chemistry and Nanoscale Science): Nanostructured interfaces fabricated from molecular semiconductor, fullerene, and metal-oxide nanostructures for energy harvesting and storage applications; atomic-scale measurements of interface formation and local structure-electronic property relations; new experimental approaches to film growth and analysis with proximal probe microscopy and spectroscopy. |
 | Rokita, Steven Professor, Associate Chair rokita@umd.edu 301-405-1816 Office:2504 | (Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Photochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy, Enzymology, Nucleic Acids Chemistry): Sequence and conformation specific reactions of nucleic acids; enzyme-mediated activation of substrates and coenzymes; aromatic substitution and quinone methide generation in bioorganic chemistry; bioinorganic chemistry; electron transfer in DNA. |
 | Salawitch, Ross J. Professor rjs@atmos.umd.edu (301)405-5396 Office:2403 Computer & Space Sciences Building | (Environmental chemistry): Computer modeling of the effects of human activity on atmospheric composition with an emphasis on ozone depletion, air quality, and the global carbon cycle. |
 | Sintim, Herman O. Assistant Professor hsintim@umd.edu (301)-405-0633 Office:4115 | (Bioorganic and Natural Product Chemistry, Organic and Nucleic Acids Chemistry, Chemical Biology): Natural product synthesis and synthetic methodology; small molecule inhibitors of bacterial virulence and biofilm formation; design of oligonucleotide probes to study RNA and DNA processing. |
 | Sita, Lawrence R. Professor lsita@umd.edu (301-405-5753) Office:Bldg 091, Rm 0300 | (Materials Chemistry, Nanoscience and Supramolecular Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Surface Chemistry, Polymer Science and Chemical Technology): Synthetic, structural and mechanistic inorganic and organometallic chemistry; molecular and mesoscopic self-assembly processes; chemically modified surface and interfaces, polymer synthesis, development and utilization of low cost catalysts for commodity chemical production. |
 | Thirumalai, Devarajan Distinguished University Professor thirum@umd.edu 301-405-4803 Office:1112IPST | (Biophysical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry): Equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; protein folding. |
 | Tugarinov, Vitali Assistant Professor vitali@umd.edu 301-405-1504 Office:1117 Biomolecular Sciences Bldg. | (Biophysical Chemistry, Structural Biology): Development and application of experimental nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for the studies of structure and dynamics of high-molecular-weight proteins in solution; allostery and cooperativity in large and complex protein systems. |
 | Vedernikov, Andrei Associate Professor avederni@umd.edu 301-405-2784 Office:2353 | (Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Computational Chemistry): Experimental and computational organotransition metal chemistry; homogeneous catalysis. |
 | Walters, William Professor wwalters@umd.edu 301-405-1801 Office:1129 | (Nuclear Chemistry): Production mechanism and decay of short-lived radioactive isotopes; on-line isotope separations and nuclear orientation; analytical neutron-capture gamma-ray spectroscopy; nucleosynthesis. |
 | Wang, Yu Huang Assistant Professor yhw@umd.edu (301)405-3368 Office:2224C | (Materials Chemistry, Nanoscience and Supramolecular Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Surface Chemistry): Carbon nanotechnology; scanning probe lithography; directed assembly of nanoscale building blocks; new chemistries and physics based on nanostructured materials with implications to energy, electronics and biomedicine. |
 | Weeks, John Distinguished University Professor jdw@umd.edu 301-405-4802 Office:1111 IPST | (Biophysical Chemistry, Nanoscience and Supramolecular Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry): Statistical mechanics of interfaces; theory of crystal growth; theory of nonuniform liquids; dynamics of steps on crystal surfaces |
 | Zachariah, Michael Professor mrz@umd.edu 301-405-4311 Office:2125 Martin Hall | (Environmental Chemistry): Aerosol nanoparticle physics and chemistry; nanostructured materials; development of chemical and physical characterization for aerosols. |
Senior Research Scientists | ||
 | Khachik, Frederick Senior Research Scientist khachik@umd.edu 301-405-1811 Office:2125A | (Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry): Synthesis of carotenoids and their metabolites; isolation and characterization of carotenoids from natural products and human serum/tissues; bioavailability and metabolic studies in humans and animals; clinical studies with carotenoids in the prevention of age-related macular degeneration and cancer. |
Instructional Faculty | ||
 | Dixon, Bonnie Lecturer bdixon1@umd.edu 301-405-8497 Office:2130B | |
 | Friedman, Lee Lecturer laf2h@umd.edu 301-405-1846 Office:1130B | |
 | McDermott-Jones, Maryann Lecturer mjones1@umd.edu 301-405-1790 Office:1102B | |
 | Montague-Smith, Michael P. Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies mpms@umd.edu 301-405-1791 Office:2102A | |
 | Steffek, Daniel Lecturer dsteffek@umd.edu 301-405-1297 Office:2130A | |
 | Stone, Earle Lecturer estone1@umd.edu 301-405-1875 Office:3212 | |
 | Watson, James A. Lecturer watsonja@umd.edu 51873 Office:1507 | |
 | White, Natalia Lecturer nwhite@umd.edu 301-405-8182 Office:3226 | |
Emeritus Faculty | ||
 | Bellama, Jon M. Professor Emeritus eebelama@yahoo.com 301-881-3775 Office: | |
| Boyd Jr., Alfred Associate Professor Emeritus aboyd1@umd.edu 301-405-1805 Office:1130C | |
| DeVoe, Howard J. Professor Emeritus hdevoe@umd.edu 301-698-5723 Office: | |
| Freeman, David H. Professor Emeritus dhf@umd.edu 301-762-7329 Office: | |
 | Greer, Sandra Professor Emeritus sgreer@mills.edu 510-430-2096 Office:Mills College - 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613 | |
 | Grim, Samuel Professor Emeritus sogrim@umd.edu 941-497-1898 Office: | |
 | Hansen, J. Norman Professor Emeritus nhansen@umd.edu 301-405-1847 Office:4504 | |
 | Helz, George Professor Emeritus helz@umd.edu 301-405-1797 Office:3103 | |
| Huheey, James E. Professor Emeritus jhuheey@umd.edu Office: | |
 | Jarvis, Bruce Professor Emeritus bjarvis@umd.edu 240-643-1996 Office:2129 | |
 | Mazzocchi, Paul Professor Emeritus pmazzocc@umd.edu 301-475-8856 Office: | |
 | Miller, Gerald Professor Emeritus grmiller@umd.edu 301-405-1799 Office:129 | |
| O’Haver, Thomas C. Professor Emeritus toh@umd.edu November-April: (239) 592-9236 May-October: (301) 384-0183 Office: | |
 | Tossell, John A. Professor Emeritus Tossell@gwu.edu 703-726-8275 Office:Department of Chemistry -20101 Academic Way Research, Bldg. 1, Room 309, Ashburn, VA 20147 | |
Affiliate Faculty | ||
 | Allewell, Norma Professor allewell@umd.edu 301-405-1302 Office:Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, 1125 Microbiology Bldg. | |
 | Colombini, Marco Professor Biology colombin@umd.edu 301-405-6925 Office:3276 Biology-Psychology Building | |
 | Dickerson, Russell Professor rrd@umd.edu 301-405-5391 Office:Atmospheric and Oceanic Science - 2413 Computer and Space Sciences Bldg. | (Environmental Chemistry): Atmospheric chemistry; photochemistry; air pollution. |
 | Dinman, Jonathan Associate Professor dinman@umd.edu 301-405-0918 Office:Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics - 2135 Microbiology Bldg. | |
 | McDonough, William Professor mcdonoug AT umd.edu (301) 405-5561 Office:0229 Chemistry Bldg. | |
 | Ostrand-Rosenberg, Suzanne Affiliate Profsesor srosenbe@umbc.edu 410-455-2237/2251 Office:Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC, 100 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 | |
 | Raghavan, Srinivasa Associate Professor sraghava@umd.edu (301) 405-8164 Office:Room 1227C Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building | |
 | Williams, Ellen Distinguished University Professor and Director of Physics edw@umd.edu 301-405-6156 Office:2332 Physics Building | |
Adjunct Faculty | ||
 | Capala, Jacek Adjunct Professor capalaj@mail.nih.gov 301.480.5532 Office:National Institutes of Health, Radiation Oncology Branch | |
 | Dagdigian, Paul J. Adjunct Professor pjdagdigian@jhu.edu 410-516-7438 Office:Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences - Remsen Hall, 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD, 21218-2685 | |
 | Gerratana, Barbara Adjunct Professor gerratanab@mail.nih.gov 301-594-3827 Office:Program Director, Div. of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry, NIGMS, Room 2as43b, 45 Center Dr. MSC 6200, Bethesda, MD 20892-6200 | |
 | Kosov, Daniel Adjunct Professor dkosov@ulb.ac.be 011-32-2-650-5795 Office:Department of Physics & Center for Nonlinear Phenomena & Complex Systems Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, CP231 Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium | |
 | Locascio, Laurie Adjunct Professor laurie.locascio@nist.gov 301-975-2629 Office:National Institute of Standards & Technology 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1070 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070 | |
 | Marino, John Adjunct Faculty john.marino@nist.gov 240-314-6160 Office:Leader, Macromolecular Structure & Function Group National Institute of Standards & Technology 100 Bureau Dr.., Stop 1070 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070 | |
 | May, Willie E. Director NIST, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory willie.may@nist.gov 301-975-8300 Office:National Institute of Standards & Technology | |
 | Mazzola, Eugene Adjunct Professor emazzola@umd.edu 301- 405-1826 Office:FDA, DDHS/CFSAN/OO/OSAS/DGSS/IBB Research Chemist, Joint Institute for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition - Building 091, Room B0119 | |
 | Morss, Lester Adjunct Faculty lmorss@umd.edu 410-997-1099 Office:12008 Yellowbell Lane Columbia, MD 21044 | |
 | Muñoz, Victor Adjunct Professor vmunoz@cib.csic.es 34-91-837-3112 ext 4389 Office:Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas - CSIC - Ramiro de Maeztu - 9 Madrid 28040 Spain | |
 | Nikoobakht, Babak Adjunct Professor babakn@nist.gov 301-975-3230 Office:Surface and Microanalysis Division, NIST, 100 Bureau Dr., MS 8372, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8371 | |
 | Platz, Matthew Adjunct Professor mplatz@nsf.gov 703-292-2665 Office:Chemistry Division, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1055S, Arlington, VA 22230 | |
| Poli, Rinaldo Professor, ENSIACET poli@lcc-toulouse.fr 011-33-5-61-33-31-00 Office:Membre de l’Institut Universitaire de France Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (UPR CNRS 9241) 205 Route de Narbonne 31077 Toulouse Cedex France | |
 | Weber, David J. Professor dweber@umaryland.edu 410-706-4354 Office:Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene Street, 439, Baltimore, MD 21201 | |
