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- Bren Professor of Chemistry; Director of the Rudolph A. Marcus Center for Theoretical Chemistry
Garnet Chan
Garnet Chan's research lies at the interface of theoretical chemistry, condensed matter physics, and quantum information theory, and is concerned with quantum many-particle phenomena and the numerical methods to simulate them. The aim is to understand physical systems at the boundaries of accessible computational complexity, and to devise new physical simulation methods to push these boundaries forward.
- Professor of Chemistry
Ryan Hadt
Research in the Hadt laboratory is broadly based in the area of physical inorganic chemistry. The group employs a range of steady state and time-resolved spectroscopies to understand the roles of transition metal electronic structure across interdisciplinary areas of chemistry, biology, and physics.
- John Stauffer Professor of Chemistry; Executive Officer of Chemistry
Theo Agapie
Research in the Agapie group focuses on designing new materials and catalysts for sustainable technologies, inspired by nature’s complex inorganic and organic cofactors. These systems drive key reactions such as water splitting, carbon dioxide and dinitrogen reduction, and oxygen activation—processes essential for advancing energy and environmental sustainability.
- Milton and Rosalind Chang Professor of Chemistry
Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson
The Hsieh-Wilson lab pioneered the application of organic chemistry to understand the roles of carbohydrates and protein glycosylation in the brain. The lab uses the tools of organic synthesis, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, biophysics and neurobiology to manipulate and understand small molecules, proteins and molecular interactions critical for neuronal communication, development, learning and memory.
- Bren Professor of Chemistry
Jonas C. Peters
The Peter group's research focuses on new concepts for catalysis (including electro- and photocatalysis) with applications in renewable solar fuel technologies, distributed nitrogen fixation for fertilizers and fuels, and chemical transformations fundamental to the synthesis of organic molecules.
- Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering
Zhen-Gang Wang
The Wang Group uses statistical mechanics to study a host of problems in the interdisciplinary areas of physical chemistry, material science and biophysics. Current research projects include nucleation phenomena in the phase transformation of complex fluids, dynamics of topologically constrained polymers, structure and dynamics of physical gels, charge solvation effects on the thermodynamics of polymer blends and block copolymers, viral DNA/RNA packaging, and membrane biophysics.