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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

Melinda Duncan (302) 831-0533, duncanm@udel.edu, 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

Pamela Green (302) 831-6160, green@dbi.udel.edu, Crawford H Greenwalt Professor, Plant and Soil Science, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook

George Luther (302) 645-4208, luther@udel.edu, Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Bob Opila (302) 831-3128, opila@udel.edu, Professor, Materials Science, Ph.D., University of Chicago

Vijay Parashar (302)831-4552, parashar@udel.edu, Assistant Professor, Medical and Molecular Sciences, Ph.D., Panjab University, India

Darrin Pochan (302) 831-3569, pochan@udel.edu, Professor and Chair, Materials Science, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Donald Sparks (302) 831-8153, dlsparks@udel.edu, S Hallock duPont Professor, Plant & Soil Science, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit

Kryszof Szalewicz (302) 831-6579, szalewic@udel.edu, Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Ph.D., University of Warsaw

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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

Peter Bernstein, pbernst@udel.edu, Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University

Andrew Combs, acombs@preludetx.com, Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

James R. Damewood, Jr., jrdamewood@gmail.com, Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University.

Eric Freed, efreed@mail.nih.gov, Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Angela Gronenborn, amg100@pitt.edu, Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., University of Cologne, Germany

Alan Price, alan.t.price@gsk.com, Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., Emory University

Joel Schneider, Joel.Schneider@nih.gov, Affiliated Professor, Ph. D., Texas A&M University

Jochem Struppe, Jochem.Struppe@bruker-biospin.com, Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., University of Stuttgart, Germany

Nicholas Zumbulyadis, nicholas.zumbulyadis@icloud.com​​, Affiliated Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University

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Emeritus Faculty

  • John Bulkowski, jbulkow@udel.edu, Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University
  • John L. Burmeister, jlburm@udel.edu, 302-831-1130, 203 Brown Laboratory, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Northwestern University
  • Don Dennis, ddennis@udel.edu , Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry, Ph.D. Brandeis University
  • Douglas Doren, doren@udel.edu, Professor Emeritus, Physical Chemistry, Ph.D. Harvard University
  • Jean Futrell, jeanfutrell@charter.net or Jean.Futrell@pnl.gov, Professor Emeritus, Analytical/Physical Chemistry, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
  • Susan E. Groh, sgroh@udel.edu, Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Stanford University​​​
  • Murray V. Johnston, mvj@udel.edu, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
  • Sharon L. Neal, sneal@udel.edu, Associate Professor Emerita, Ph.D., Emory University.
  • ​Charles G. Riordan, riordan@udel.edu​, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
  • Kathryn C. Scantlebury, kscantle@udel.edu, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Purdue University
  • Klaus H. Theopold, theopold@udel.edu, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., UC, Berkeley
  • Douglass Taber, taberdf@udel.edu, Professor Emeritus, Organic Chemistry, Ph.D., Columbia University
  • Conrad Trumbore, conradt@udel.edu, Associate Professor Emeritus, Physical Chemistry, Ph.D., Penn State
  • Harold White, halwhite@udel.edu, (302) 831 2908,135 Brown Laboratory, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry, Ph.D. Brandeis University

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Departmental Staff

Adminis​trative Staff

Name Title Email
​Laura Carson
 ​Business Administrator II

​edmanson@udel.edu
Susan Cheadle Academic Program Coordinator, Graduate Program (post-admission) and Administrative Assistant to the Chair​​​
 scheadle@udel.edu
​Sue James ​Academic Program Coordinator, Undergraduate Program ​
 ​suejames@udel.edu
​Kylee Kusters

 ​Academ​ic Support Coordinator II
 ​kyleec@udel.edu
Dana Wallace Academic Program Coordinator Graduate Recruitment (Pre-admission) dlw@udel.edu
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CBI Grant Support

Name Title Email

Jess​​ica Pa​​​ppas​

 Coordinator, CBI Program​ pappas@udel.edu​

 

COBR​E Grant Support

Name Title Email
Dawn Yasik Business​ Administrator I dyasik@udel.edu
​Ver​​a Vladimirova ​Business Administrator I ​veravlad@udel.edu

 

Compu​​ting Support

Name Title Email
Pat McMa​hon​​ Manager Research Computing pmcmahon@udel.edu
Justin Vitelli Computing Support Specialist I jvitelli@udel.edu

 

Financial Services

Name Title Email  
Eileen Adams CAS Financial Processor ewadams@udel.edu  

 

Grants Administration

Name Title Email  
Karen Jordan Grants Analyst II, CAS Research kejordan@udel.edu  
​ Emily Wood ​Grants Analyst II, CAS Research ​elwood@udel.edu ​

 

Instructional Laboratory Staff

Name Title Email
Kathryn Burke​ Manager, Introductory Laboratories kdburke@udel.edu
​John Cronin
 ​Senior Laboratory Technician
 ​johncr@udel.edu
Federico Cruz Manager, Analytical/Physical Laboratories cruzf@udel.edu
​Joseph Karpinski ​Laboratory Coordinator ​jkarpins@udel.edu
​Nicholas Rutherford ​Senior Laboratory Technician ​nrutherf@udel.edu

Geoffrey Sametz

 Manager, Organic Laboratories sametz@udel.edu

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Instrument Facility Staff

Name Title Email
​Steve Bai M​anager, NMR Facility bais@udel.edu
PapaNii Asare-Okai ​Manager, Mass Spec Facility pasare@udel.edu
​Yinzhi Fang ​Manager, Synthetic Core Facility ​yinzhif@udel.edu
​Xu Feng ​Manager, Surface Analysis Facility ​xufeng@udel.edu
Caitlin Quinn NMR Spectroscopist cmquinn@udel.edu
​Jessica Sampson ​Director, High Throughput Experimentation Facility ​jrsampso@udel.edu
Glenn Yap Manager, X-Ray Facility gpyap@udel.edu
​Yanbao Yu Director of Proteomics​ ​yybyu@udel.edu

 

Technical S​​​ervices Staff

Name Title Email
John Neff Mas​ter Glass Technician jneff@udel.edu
Moiscell Robinson Master Elec./Instrument Specialist moisrob@udel.edu
John Famiglietti Supervisor, Instrument Shop jfamig@udel.edu

 

S​​toreroom - Fisher Scientific

Name Title Email
Gary Lance Fisher Storeroom Clerk gary.lance@thermofisher.com

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