Faculty & Research

Professor Lara Al Hariri
Chemical Education
Senior Lecturer II in Chemistry
Material Science (Polymers)

ISB 341F (413)
545-1484

alhariri@chem.umass.edu

Trisha Andrew
Analytical, Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Organic
Professor in Chemistry
Wearable Electronics

277 Physical Sciences Building
(413) 545-1651

tandrew@umass.edu

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Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Physical, Theoretical Computational
Professor in Chemistry
Computational Materials Science

222 Goessmann Laboratory
(413) 545-1240

auerbach@chem.umass.edu

Michael Barnes
Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Physical
Professor in Chemistry
Single-Molecule Spectroscopy, Photophysics of Nanostructured Semiconductors

179 Physical Sciences Building
(413) 577-3121

mdbarnes@chem.umass.edu

Photo of Debbie Carlisle
Chemical Education
Lecturer in Chemistry

LGRT 436

photo of Prof. Jianhan Chen
Biological, Biophysical, Physical, Theoretical Computational
Professor in Chemistry
Biomolecules, Biomaterials

S585B Life Science Laboratories
(413) 545-3386

jianhanc@umass.edu

Min Chen
Analytical, Bioanalytical, Biological, Biophysical
Professor in Chemistry
Application of Proteins in Biotechnology, Functional Mechanism of Membrane Protein Pores, Channels and Transporters

865 LGRT B
(413) 545-0683

720 LGRT A (lab)
 

Joseph DuChene
Analytical, Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Physical
Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Design and Synthesis of Catalytic Nanomaterials for Solar-to-Fuel Energy Conversion

175 PSB (413) 545-5410

Michelle Farkas
Biological, Organic
Associate Professor in Chemistry
Development and Application of Chemical Biology Methods for the Study of Cancer Progression and Metastasis

N527 LSL
(413) 545-4770

N540 LSL (lab)
(413) 545-9619

Justin Fermann
Chemical Education, Theoretical Computational
Senior Lecturer II in Chemistry

341B ISB
(413) 545-2054

Photo of Prof. Jeanne Hardy
Biological, Biophysical
Professor in Chemistry
Designing Binding Sites in Apoptotic Proteins and X-ray Crystallography

745A LGRT B
413-545-3486

720 LGRT A (lab)
413-577-3395

Haoze He
Chemical Education
Lecturer in Chemistry

143 Goessmann Laboratory

Igor Kaltashov
Analytical, Bioanalytical, Biological
Professor in Chemistry
Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Strategies to Study Biopolymer Architecture, Dynamics and Interaction, Controlled Disorder as a Universal Facilitator of Binding Processes, Small Ligand Transport and Delivery, Higher Order Structure and Dynamics of Biopharmaceutical Products

N369 Life Sciences Laboratory
(413) 545-1460

Kevin Kittilstved
Chemical Energy, Inorganic, Materials, NanoMaterials
Professor in Chemistry
Multifunctional Inorganic Materials Chemistry

177 Physical Sciences Building
(413) 545-6096

Mike Knapp
Biological, Inorganic, NanoMaterials
Associate Professor in Chemistry
Bioinorganic enzymology and Inorganic chemical sensing

745C LGRT
(413) 545-4001

Zhou Lin
Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Physical, Theoretical Computational
Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Quantum Mechanical Modeling of Energy, Materials, and Clusters; Fragment-Based Theory for Complex and Exotic Systems

132 Goessmann Laboratory
413-545-2777

Craig Martin
Biological, Biophysical
Professor in Chemistry
Enzymology of transcription; structure and function in enzyme-DNA interactions, Kinetics and thermodynamics, Nucleotide analogs, SELEX, fluorescence spectroscopy

862 LGRT B
(413) 545-3299

Christopher McDaniel
Chemical Education
Senior Lecturer II in Chemistry

241F ISB
(413) 545-8394

Hans Mentzen II
Chemical Education
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

341D ISB
(413) 545-8392

Rick Metz
Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Physical
Professor in Chemistry
Department Head, Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Gas-Phase Ions

225 Goessmann
(413) 545-6089

371D LGRT C (Dept. Head office)
(413) 545-2318
depthead@chem.umass.edu

Ruthanne Paradise
Chemical Education
Senior Lecturer II in Chemistry
Director of Analytical & Physical Laboratories

341E ISB
(413) 545-7202

Sharon Qin
Chemical Education
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

ISB 341A
(413) 545-3404

Vincent Rotello
Biological, Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Organic
Distinguished Professor in Chemistry
Biomedical and Materials Applications of Nanosystems

379 LGRT C
(413) 545-2058

Nathan Schnarr
Chemical Education
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Undergraduate Program Director

701 LGRT
(413) 545-2294

Rachid Skouta
Biological, Organic
Lecturer in Chemistry

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Research Assistant Professor in Biology
Chemistry Office: 428 LGRT
(413) 577-4167
Lab: 501 LGRT

Eric Strieter
Biological, Organic
Professor in Chemistry
Protein Post-Translational Modifications

745D LGRT
(413) 545-2937

720 LGRT (lab)
(413) 577-3395

Sravan Surampudi
Chemical Education
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

241A ISB
(413) 545-4926

photo of Elliot Taffet
Chemical Education
Lecturer in Chemistry

Goessmann 133

S. Thai Thayumanavan
Biological, Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Organic
Distinguished Professor in Chemistry
Polymer self-assembly, responsive materials and their use in diverse applications including therapeutic delivery, sensing, and diagnostics

273 Physical Sciences Building
(413) 545-1313

Lynmarie Thompson
Biophysical, Biological
Professor in Chemistry
Director, Chemistry-Biology Interface Program (CBI), Mechanisms of Membrane Proteins Involved in Signaling or Bioenergetics, Including Receptors and Transporters, Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

864 LGRT B
(413) 545-0827

Richard Vachet
Analytical, Bioanalytical, Biological, Materials, NanoMaterials
Professor in Chemistry
New Methods for Investigating Protein Amyloid Formation, Protein Therapeutics, and Nanomaterials in Biology

N363 LSL
(413) 545-2733
rwvachet@chem.umass.edu

 

Dhandapani Venkataraman
Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Organic
Professor in Chemistry
Organic and Materials Chemistry, Mesoscale Assemblies for Materials Applications

171 Physical Sciences Building
413-545-2028

dv@chem.umass.edu

James Walsh
Inorganic, Materials
Assistant Professor in Chemistry
High-Pressure Techniques, Solid-State Synthesis, X-ray Crystallography

Physical Sciences Building, Office 173 (413) 545-1557

Gabriela Weaver
Chemical Education, Physical
Professor in Chemistry

Assistant Dean for Student Success Analytics

434 LGRT
(413) 545-0629

Tom Whelan
Chemical Education
Senior Lecturer II in Chemistry
Director of General Chemistry Laboratories

241E ISB
(413) 545-6092

whelan@chem.umass.edu

photo of Chris Wu
Bioanalytical, Biological
Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Fluorescence microscopy, protein and nucleic acid engineering

S525 LSL
(413) 545-1705

Mingxu You
Analytical, Bioanalytical, Biological, Materials, NanoMaterials
Associate Professor in Chemistry
DNA/RNA Nanotechnology, Bioimaging, Biosensing, Synthetic Biology

867 LGRT
(413) 545-4711

mingxuyou@chem.umass.edu