Chemistry at Illinois

PROFESSOR	INTERESTS
Martin D. Burke	synthesis and study of small molecules with protein-like functions
Scott E. Denmark	synthetic organic chemistry, invention of new organic reactions (organoelement chemistry), elucidation of structure-reactivity-selectivity relationships (mechanistic studies), total synthesis of natural products (alkaloids, polypropionates, polyenes, C-aryl glycosides)
Paul J. Hergenrother	design, synthesis, and evaluation of organic molecules with novel biological properties; synthetic organic chemistry; combinatorial chemistry; enzyme engineering; chemical genetics
Kami L. Hull	development of and mechanistic studies on transition metal catalyzed reactions
Douglas A. Mitchell	molecular underpinnings of bacterial virulence, natural product biosynthesis
Jeffrey S. Moore	synthesis and study of macromolecules and other organic materials; self-healing polymers
Scott K. Silverman	DNA as a catalyst
Wilfred A. van der Donk	preparation of new antibiotics; synthetic and combinatorial chemistry; understanding enzymes involved in inflammation; enzyme engineering; design of new catalysts to clean-up polluted environments
M. Christina White	organic synthesis with an emphasis on the discovery of transition-metal mediated reactions that address unsolved problems in organic methodology
Steven C. Zimmerman	biorganic chemistry, synthetic chemistry, dendrimers as drugs and drug delivery systems, molecular recognition, small molecule-DNA molecule-DNA interactions

Organic Area Allied Faculty

* denotes departmental affiliate