Department of Chemistry

Faculty Research

Research in the Department of Chemistry covers all of the major interdisciplinary areas of modern chemistry, with facilities on campus and at the nearby Argonne National Laboratory.

A researcher holds a chemical compound to be analyzed

Biological Chemistry

Faculty with a research specialty in biological chemistry include:

Hyun-soon Chong
David Minh
Rong Wang

A student researcher analyzes output from a microscope

Computational Chemistry

Faculty with a research specialty in computational chemistry include: 

David Minh

A professor and student work in a chemistry lab

Energy

Faculty with a research specialty in energy include:

Sameh Elsaid
Adam Hock
Ishaque Khan
Braja Mandal
Yuanbing Mao

A researcher works in a chemistry lab

Materials Science

Faculty with a research specialty in materials science include:

Sameh Elsaid
Adam Hock
Ishaque Khan
Braja Mandal
Yuanbing Mao
Rong Wang

Three students gather around a computer in a chemistry lab

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Faculty with a specialty in scholarship of teaching and learning include:

Ishaque Khan
Diep Ngyuen
Benjamin Zion

A sample under a miscroscope

Sensor Science and Technology

Faculty with a specialty in sensor science and technology include:

Sameh Elsaid
Adam Hock
Ishaque Khan
Braja Mandal
Yuanbing Mao
Rong Wang

A researcher mixes compounds in a chemistry lab

Synthetic Chemistry

Faculty with a research specialty in synthetic chemistry include:

Hyun-soon Chong
Adam Hock
Ishaque Khan
Braja Mandal