The central mission of the College of Chemistry is to advance society through education and research, and we have made it our responsibility to fulfill this mission, year in and year out, for more than 140 years.
Our two departments provide fundamental and applied studies of an outstanding caliber. The remarkable breadth and depth of resources available to our students readies them as chemists and chemical engineers to address society’s most urgent 21st-century issues.
College faculty have been leaders at the frontiers of knowledge since 1872. Current pioneering research includes premier programs in catalysis, thermodynamics, chemical biology, atmospheric chemistry, the development of polymer, optical and semiconductor materials, and nanoscience, among others.
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The College of Chemistry is consistently ranked as one of the best places on earth to learn, teach, and create new tools in the chemical sciences. This is no accident. It’s the direct result of exceptional scholarship as well as thousands and thousands of donations from our loyal alumni and friends.
FACULTY | EMERITI | LECTURERS | RESEARCH
Brooks Abel
Rebecca Abergel
Ashok Ajoy
John Arnold
Polly L. Arnold
Anne M. Baranger
Kwabena Bediako
Robert G. Bergman
Jennifer Bergner
Kristie A. Boering
Shannon Boettcher
Carlos J. Bustamante
Jamie H. D. Cate
Joseph Cerny
Christopher J. Chang
Michelle C. Chang
Bingqing Cheng
Ronald C. Cohen
Jennifer A. Doudna
Felix R. Fischer
Graham R. Fleming
Matthew B. Francis
Phillip Geissler (1974-2022)
Naomi Ginsberg
Jay T. Groves
Robert A. Harris (1936-2022)
John F. Hartwig
Martin P. Head-Gordon
Teresa Head-Gordon
Sung-Hou Kim
Judith P. Klinman
John Kuriyan
Stephen R. Leone
David Limmer
William A. Lester, Jr.
Jeffrey R. Long
Thomas Maimone
Michael Marletta
Susan Marqusee
Richard A. Mathies
Evan Miller
William H. Miller
Luciano G. Moretto
Daniel M. Neumark
Eric Neuscamman
Daniel K. Nomura
Alexander Pines
Eran Rabani
Kenneth N. Raymond
Jonathan Rittle
Richmond Sarpong
Richard J. Saykally
Robert Saxton
Alanna Schepartz
Kevan Shokat
Gabor A. Somorjai
Angelica Stacy
T. Don Tilley
Dean Toste
Hendrik Utzat
David E. Wemmer
K. Birgitta Whaley
Evan R. Williams
Ke Xu
Ting Xu
Omar Yaghi
Peidong Yang
Ziyang Zhang
Michael W. Zuerch
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