Specialties

Catalysis

Eric Borguet
Physical/Analytical
Nanotechnology and nanoscale processes at interfaces, plasmonics, nonlinear optics, ultrafast dynamics, environmental chemistry, nanomaterials, scanning probe microscopy, sensors for biological and chemical agents
Graham Dobereiner
​Inorganic, Organic
Homogeneous catalysis and organotransition metal chemistry 
Daniel K. Kim
Organic/Biological
Developing synthetic methodologies to tackle challenges in organic synthesis and biology: biocatalysis, transition metal catalysis, synthesis, and chemical biology
Chris Schafmeister
Organic
Development of macromolecules capable of acting as catalysts, new therapies and channels
Yugang Sun
Physical/Analytical
Nanomaterials synthesis, nanofabrication, in-situ and operando characterization, plasmonics, nanophotonics, photocatalysis, electrochemical catalysis, electrochemical energy storage, sensing
Sarah Wengryniuk
Organic
​Hypervalent iodine chemistry, approaches to medium-sized ring systems, C-H activation, synthesis of bioactive natural products
Michael J. Zdilla
Inorganic
​​Synthetic and mechanistic inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry and crystallography: multi-metal molecular clusters and solid-state systems of fundamental chemical and biological interest, and for energy and materials applications