Faculty & Research

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

Associate Professor in Chemistry

Wearable Electronics

277 Physical Sciences Building
(413) 545-1651

tandrew@umass.edu

Scott Auerbach

Theoretical Computational, Physical, NanoMaterials, Chemical Energy, Materials

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

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

Associate 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)

mchen1@chem.umass.edu

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

jduchene@umass.edu

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

farkas@chem.umass.edu

Justin Fermann

Chemical Education, Theoretical Computational

Senior Lecturer II in Chemistry

341B ISB
(413) 545-2054

fermann@chem.umass.edu

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

hardy@chem.umass.edu

Haoze He

Chemical Education

Lecturer in Chemistry

143 Goessmann Laboratory

haozehe@umass.edu

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

kaltashov@chem.umass.edu

Kevin Kittilstved

Chemical Energy, Inorganic, Materials, NanoMaterials

Associate Professor in Chemistry

Multifunctional Inorganic Materials Chemistry

177 Physical Sciences Building
(413) 545-6096

kittilstved@chem.umass.edu

Michael Knapp

Biological, Inorganic, NanoMaterials

Associate Professor in Chemistry

Bioinorganic enzymology and Inorganic chemical sensing

745C LGRT
(413) 545-4001

mknapp@chem.umass.edu

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

zhoulin@umass.edu

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

cmartin@chem.umass.edu

Christopher McDaniel

Chemical Education

Senior Lecturer II in Chemistry

241F ISB
(413) 545-8394

mcdaniel@chem.umass.edu

Hans Mentzen II

Chemical Education

Lecturer in Chemistry

341D ISB
(413) 545-8392

hmentzen@chem.umass.edu

Ricardo 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

rbmetz@chem.umass.edu

Ruthanne Paradise

Chemical Education

Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

Director of Analytical & Physical Laboratories

341E ISB
(413) 545-7202

rparadise@chem.umass.edu

Xueying Qin

Chemical Education

Lecturer in Chemistry

ISB 341A
(413) 545-3404

xueyingqin@chem.umass.edu

Vincent Rotello

Biological, Chemical Energy, Materials, NanoMaterials, Organic

Distinguished Professor in Chemistry

Biomedical and Materials Applications of Nanosystems

379 LGRT C
(413) 545-2058

rotello@chem.umass.edu

Nathan Schnarr

Chemical Education

Lecturer in Chemistry

Undergraduate Program Director

701 LGRT
(413) 545-2294

schnarr@chem.umass.edu

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

rskouta@umass.edu

Eric Strieter

Biological, Organic

Professor in Chemistry

Protein Post-Translational Modifications

745D LGRT
(413) 545-2937

720 LGRT (lab)
(413) 577-3395

estrieter@chem.umass.edu

Sravan Surampudi

Chemical Education

Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

241A ISB
(413) 545-4926

ssurampu@umass.edu

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

thai@chem.umass.edu

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

thompson@chem.umass.edu