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 |
