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• Julie Chanatry, instructor.
• Anthony Chianese, assistant professor (inorganic chemistry), Organometallic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis, reaction mechanisms, asymmetric catalysis.
• John Cochran, professor emeritus (organic chemistry), synthesis and reactivity of organostannanes, especially vinylstannanes, organotin hydrides and organotin anions; promotion of organic reactions by ultrasound.
• G. Richard Geier III, associate professor (organic chemistry, chair of the department), synthesis of porphyrinic macrocycles for use in studies of biomimetic catalysis.
• Germaine Gogel, associate professor (biochemistry), structure/function relationships in chlorophyll-binding proteins; structure of growth factors in nerve development.
• Patricia Jue, instructor.
• Ernest G. Nolen Jr., professor (organic chemistry), natural product synthesis; supramolecular chemistry.
• Kristin C. Pangallo, assistant professor (analytical & environmental chemistry), origin, transport and fate of organic contaminants; halogenated natural products; emerging contaminants; developmental toxicology of organic contaminants.
• Roger S. Rowlett, Gordon & Dorothy Kline professor (biochemistry), protein engineering, enzyme kinetics, and X-ray crystallography; structure and function of β-carbonic anhydrases.
• Sarah Shaner, visiting assistant professor (inorganic chemistry), synthesis of conjugated organometallic compounds with interesting electronic structures; molecular electronics; homogeneous catalysis.
• Quang Shen, professor (physical chemistry) gas phase electron diffraction, conformational analysis and barriers to internal rotation, vibrational spectroscopy, molecular structure and dynamics.
• Peter Sheridan, professor emeritus, (inorganic chemistry), thermal and photoinduced reactions of coordination compounds; chemical education.
• Ephraim Woods III, associate professor (physical chemistry) physical chemistry of aerosol particles, structure of liquid surfaces, kinetics and dynamics of heterogeneous chemical reactions, mass spectrometry of single aerosol particles, laser control of chemical reactions .