Chemistry at Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois

Inorganic Chemistry Faculty

PROFESSOR INTERESTS
Alison Fout synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry applied to bioinorganic, catalysis, and small molecule activation
Andrew Gewirth inorganic spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, interfacial electrochemistry
Gregory S. Girolami metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, organometallic chemistry and catalysis, synthesis of new molecular magnets
Yi Lu Biosynthetic inorganic chemistry and its application in environmentally benign catalysis in renewable energy generation and pharmaceuticals; metal-binding sites in DNA/RNA enzymes and their applications as metal sensors
Catherine J. Murphy Synthesis, properties, chemical sensing, biological applications and environmental implications of colloidal inorganic nanomaterials; optical probes of DNA nanoscale structure and dynamics
Ralph Nuzzo chemistry of materials, nano and micro-scale fabrication, soft materials, integrated devices and self-organizing structures
Thomas B. Rauchfuss synthetic organometallic and inorganic chemistry applied to biomimetic catalysis, ion separation, and dihydrogen activation
Kenneth S. Suslick chemical and physical effects of ultrasound, heme proteins and their synthetic analogs, olfaction, sensors and artificial olfaction, protein microspheres for medical imaging and drug delivery

 

Inorganic Area Allied Faculty

 

Scott E. Denmark Kami L. Hull
Stephen G. Sligar Wilfred A. van der Donk