Specialties

Medicinal chemistry

Rodrigo B. Andrade
Organic, Biological
Organic synthesis, methodology, medicinal & bioorganic chemistry, chemical biology
Susan Jansen-Varnum
Analytical, Inorganic, Education
Inorganic synthesis of chemiluminescent solutions, design/evaluation of materials for liquid and plastic scintillation, science education across the K-20 continuum, profiling urinary creatinine and prostanoids, sex hormones in urine as a profile of biological age
Michael L. Klein
Theory/Computation
Theoretical and computational methods to study solids, liquids and assemblies of macromolecules, including those relevant to living organisms
Ronald M. Levy
Theory/Computation
​Computer simulations, statistical mechanics, and modeling to study the structure, function, folding, and dynamics of proteins in solution
Chris Schafmeister
Organic
Development of macromolecules capable of acting as catalysts, new therapies and channels
Scott McN. Sieburth
Organic, Medicinal
​New synthetic methods for synthesis including photochemical and organometallic processes; organosilanols as pharmaceuticals; higher-order photocycloaddition
Ann M. Valentine
Inorganic, Biological
​​Bioinorganic chemistry: hydrolytically sensitive metal ions and how biology handles them. Metal uptake and transport, potential therapeutic applications, and biomineralization.
Rongsheng (Ross) Wang
Biological, Organic
Chemical biology, bioorganic chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry: interdisciplinary approaches to elucidate novel biological mechanisms underlying cancer and inflammatory diseases, and to develop related diagnostic and therapeutic agents
Sarah Wengryniuk
Organic
​Hypervalent iodine chemistry, approaches to medium-sized ring systems, C-H activation, synthesis of bioactive natural products
Bill Wuest
Organic, Biological
Natural product-inspired approaches for the bioorganic investigation of antibacterial agents