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The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware boasts a distinguished faculty and staff dedicated to excellence in teaching and research. The department comprises highly accomplished professors with diverse areas of expertise, ranging from organic chemistry and biochemistry to materials science and computational chemistry. These esteemed scholars are actively engaged in cutting-edge research, contributing to the advancement of scientific knowledge and fostering an environment of intellectual curiosity and innovation.

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Joint Faculty

Name Title Phone Email
Melinda Duncan Professor, Biological Sciences, Ph.D., The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers the State University of New Jersey (302) 831-0533 duncanm@udel.edu
George Luther Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (302) 645-4208 luther@udel.edu
Bob Opila Professor, Materials Science, Ph.D., University of Chicago (302) 831-3128 opila@udel.edu
Vijay Parashar Assistant Professor, Medical and Molecular Sciences, Ph.D., Panjab University, India (302) 831-4552 parashar@udel.edu
Darrin Pochan Professor and Chair, Materials Science, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (302) 831-3569 pochan@udel.edu
Donald Sparks S Hallock duPont Professor, Plant & Soil Science, Ph.D., University of Delaware (302) 831-8153 dlsparks@udel.edu
Kryszof Szalewicz Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Ph.D., University of Warsaw (302) 831-6579 szalewic@udel.edu

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Secondary Faculty

Name Title Email
Asare-Okai, Papa Nii Assistant Professor pasare@udel.edu
Bai, Shi Professor  bais@udel.edu
Burke, Kathryn Assistant Professor  kdburke@udel.edu
Chatellier, Dana Education Specialist danac@udel.edu
Cruz, Federico Assistant Professor cruzf@udel.edu
Hoober, Karen Adjunct Faculty khoober@udel.edu
Mohr, Jordan Assistant Professor jmohr@udel.edu
Quinn, Caitlin Assistant Professor  cmquinn@udel.edu
Sametz, Geoffrey Assistant Professor  sametz@udel.edu
Singewald, Beth Assistant Professor singewal@udel.edu
Stemniski, Michael Adjunct Faculty mastem@udel.edu
Yap, Glenn Assistant Professor gpyap@udel.edu

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Affiliated Faculty

Name Title Email
Peter Bernstein Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University pbernst@udel.edu
Andrew Combs Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles acombs@preludetx.com
James R. Damewood, Jr. Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University jrdamewood@gmail.com
Eric Freed Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison efreed@mail.nih.gov
Angela Gronenborn Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., University of Cologne, Germany amg100@pitt.edu
Alan Price Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., Emory University alan.t.price@gsk.com
Joel Schneider Affiliated Professor, Ph. D., Texas A&M University Joel.Schneider@nih.gov
Jochem Struppe Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., University of Stuttgart, Germany Jochem.Struppe@bruker-biospin.com
Nicholas Zumbulyadis Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University nicholas.zumbulyadis@icloud.com​​

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Emeritus Faculty

Name Title Email
John Bulkowski Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University jbulkow@udel.edu
John L. Burmeister Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Northwestern University jlburm@udel.edu
Don Dennis Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry, Ph.D., Brandeis University ddennis@udel.edu
Douglas Doren Professor Emeritus, Physical Chemistry, Ph.D. Harvard University doren@udel.edu
Jean Futrell Professor Emeritus, Analytical/Physical Chemistry, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley Jean.Futrell@pnl.gov
Susan E. Groh Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Stanford University​​​ sgroh@udel.edu
Murray V. Johnston Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin mvj@udel.edu
Sharon L. Neal Associate Professor Emerita, Ph.D., Emory University sneal@udel.edu
Charles G. Riordan Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Texas A&M University riordan@udel.edu
Kathryn C. Scantlebury Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Purdue University kscantle@udel.edu
Klaus H. Theopold Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., UC, Berkeley theopold@udel.edu
Douglass Taber Professor Emeritus, Organic Chemistry, Ph.D., Columbia University taberdf@udel.edu
Conrad Trumbore Associate Professor Emeritus, Physical Chemistry, Ph.D., Penn State conradt@udel.edu
Harold White Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry, Ph.D. Brandeis University halwhite@udel.edu

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Staff

Name Title Email
Carson, ​Laura ​Business Administrator II ​edmanson@udel.edu
Adams, Eileen CAS Financial Processor ewadams@udel.edu
Asare-Okai, PapaNii ​Manager, Mass Spec Facility pasare@udel.edu
Bai, ​Steve M​anager, NMR Facility bais@udel.edu
Burke​, Kathryn Manager, Introductory Laboratories kdburke@udel.edu
Cheadle, Susan Academic Program Coordinator, Graduate Program (post-admission) and Administrative Assistant to the Chair​​​ scheadle@udel.edu
Cronin, ​John ​Senior Laboratory Technician ​johncr@udel.edu
Cruz, Federico Manager, Analytical/Physical Laboratories cruzf@udel.edu
Famiglietti, John Supervisor, Instrument Shop jfamig@udel.edu
Fang, ​Yinzhi ​Manager, Synthetic Core Facility ​yinzhif@udel.edu
Feng, ​Xu ​Manager, Surface Analysis Facility ​xufeng@udel.edu
James, ​Sue ​Academic Program Coordinator, Undergraduate Program ​ ​suejames@udel.edu
Jordan, Karen Grants Analyst II, CAS Research kejordan@udel.edu
Karpinski, ​Joseph ​Laboratory Coordinator ​jkarpins@udel.edu
Kusters, ​Kylee ​Academ​ic Support Coordinator II ​kyleec@udel.edu
Lance, Gary Fisher Storeroom Clerk gary.lance@thermofisher.com
McMa​hon​​, Pat Manager Research Computing pmcmahon@udel.edu
Neff, John Mas​ter Glass Technician jneff@udel.edu
Pa​​​ppas​, Jess​​ica Coordinator, CBI Program​ pappas@udel.edu​
Quinn, Caitlin NMR Spectroscopist cmquinn@udel.edu
Robinson, Moiscell Master Elec./Instrument Specialist moisrob@udel.edu
Rutherford, ​Nicholas ​Senior Laboratory Technician ​nrutherf@udel.edu
Sametz, Geoffrey Manager, Organic Laboratories sametz@udel.edu
Sampson, ​Jessica ​Director, High Throughput Experimentation Facility ​jrsampso@udel.edu
Vitelli, Justin Computing Support Specialist I jvitelli@udel.edu
Vladimirova, ​Ver​​a ​Business Administrator I, COBRE ​veravlad@udel.edu
Wallace, Dana Academic Program Coordinator Graduate Recruitment (Pre-admission) dlw@udel.edu
Wood, ​Emily ​Grants Analyst II, CAS Research ​elwood@udel.edu
Yap, Glenn Manager, X-Ray Facility gpyap@udel.edu
Yasik, Dawn Business​ Administrator I, COBRE dyasik@udel.edu
Yu, ​Yanbao Director of Proteomics​ ​yybyu@udel.edu

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