The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois

Students are not required to have a specific area or faculty member of interest in order to apply for research, though you are free to express a preference(s).

To the right is a list of the different areas within the Department of Chemistry; click on any to see a more detailed description of research in that area.

Chemistry Faculty That Accept Undergraduate Researchers*

Professor Martin D. Burke (O, CB, I)
Professor Scott E. Denmark (O, I)
Professor Dana D. Dlott (P, A, CB, CP)
Professor Robert Gennis
Professor Andrew A. Gewirth (A, I, M, CP)
Professor Gregory S. Girolami (I, M, O, P)
Professor Martin Gruebele (P, CB, CP)
Professor Paul J. Hergenrother (O, CB)
Professor Yi Lu (I, CB, M, A, O, CP)
Professor Nancy Makri (T, CP, P)
Professor Benjamin McCall (P, CP, A)
Professor Catherine Murphy (I, M)
Professor Eric Oldfield (P, O, CB)
Professor Thomas B. Rauchfuss (I, CB, M, O)
Professor Chad M. Rienstra (P, CB, A, CP)
Professor Scott K. Silverman (O, CB)
Professor Kenneth S. Suslick (I, M, P, CB, O, A)
Professor Jonathan V. Sweedler (A, CB, P)
Professor Wilfred A. van der Donk (O, CB, I)
Professor Andrzej Wieckowski (A, M, CP)
Professor Steven C. Zimmerman (O, CB, M)

*not every faculty member is always excepting undergraduates. student matching depends on semester, qualifications, and faculty member availability