The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
Organic Chemistry Faculty
| PROFESSOR | INTERESTS |
|---|---|
| Anne M. Baranger | RNA recognition, RNA-protein complexes, design of RNA-binding proteins, peptides, and small molecules |
| Martin D. Burke | synthesis and study of small molecules with protein-like functions |
| Robert M. Coates | biosynthesis, enzyme inhibitors, synthesis and synthetic methodology |
| Scott Eric Denmark | synthetic organic chemistry, invention of new organic reactions (organoelement chemistry), elucidation of structure-reactivity-selectivity relationships (mechanistic studies), total synthesis of natural products (alkaloids, polypropionates, polyenes, C-aryl glycosides) |
| John F. Hartwig | catalytic aromatic substitution; functionalization of alkanes; enantioselective formation of C-N; and C-O bonds in amines and ethers |
| Paul J. Hergenrother | design, synthesis, and evaluation of organic molecules with novel biological properties; synthetic organic chemistry; combinatorial chemistry; enzyme engineering; chemical genetics |
| John A. Katzenellenbogen | synthetic methods and combinatorial chemistry; steroids and steroid receptor structure and function using biochemical, molecular, and biophysical methods; ligand and inhibitor design, synthesis and evaluation; affinity-labeling, radiopharmaceuticals, tumor imaging agents |
| Jeffrey S. Moore | synthesis and study of macromolecules and other organic materials; self-healing polymers |
| Scott K. Silverman | DNA as a catalyst; DNA as a structural constraint; RNA folding; allosteric nucleic acid enzymes as toxin sensors |
| Wilfred A. van der Donk | preparation of new antibiotics; synthetic and combinatorial chemistry; understanding enzymes involved in inflammation; enzyme engineering; design of new catalysts to clean-up polluted environments |
| M. Christina White | organic synthesis with an emphasis on the discovery of transition-metal mediated reactions that address unsolved problems in organic methodology |
| Steven C. Zimmerman | biorganic chemistry, synthetic chemistry, dendrimers as drugs and drug delivery systems, molecular recognition, small molecule-DNA molecule-DNA interactions |
| Peter Beak | synthetic and physical organic chemistry with postdoctoral students |
Organic Area Allied Faculty
| Roman Boulatov | John A. Gerlt |
| Gregory S. Girolami | Neil L. Kelleher |
| Yi Lu | Ralph Nuzzo |
| Eric Oldfield | Kenneth S. Suslick |
| Huimin Zhao* |
* denotes affiliate from outside the chemistry department
