The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois

Inorganic Chemistry Faculty

PROFESSORINTERESTS
Roman Boulatovenergy transduction at the molecular, supramolecular, meso- and macroscopic scales, mechanochemistry of synthetic organic, coordination and organometallic compounds
Andrew Gewirthinorganic spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, interfacial electrochemistry
Gregory S. Girolamimetal-organic chemical vapor deposition, organometallic chemistry and catalysis, synthesis of new molecular magnets
John F. Hartwigdiscovery, development, application, and mechanistic evaluation of transition metal-catalyzed reactions, including: cross-coupling, C-H bond functionalization, hydroamination, allylic substitution, and related processes
Yi Ludesign of metalloproteins and their application in electron transfer and biocatalysis; asymmetric catalysis using metalloenzymes; study of metal-binding sites in DNA/RNA enzymes
Catherine MurphySynthesis, properties, chemical sensing, biological applications and environmental implications of colloidal inorganic nanomaterials; optical probes of DNA nanoscale structure and dynamics
Ralph Nuzzochemistry of materials, nano and micro-scale fabrication, soft materials, integrated devices and self-organizing structures
Thomas B. Rauchfusssynthetic organometallic and inorganic chemistry applied to biomimetic catalysis, ion separation, and dihydrogen activation
Patricia A. Shapleyselective oxidation catalysis; green chemistry; synthesis and reactivity of high oxidation state organometallic complexes; homogeneous catalysis
Kenneth S. Suslickchemical 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 John A. Katzenellenbogen
James M. Lisy Eric Oldfield
Stephen G. Sligar Wilfred A. van der Donk
Chemistry at Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign