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Faculty Research Interests


Information about the various teaching areas are found on the following pages: Analytical, Biological Chemistry, Inorganic, Nuclear, Organic, Physical, Chemical Physics, Theoretical.

Faculty Research Interest Chart

Contact information, a brief title of the research interests, and a photo of each of the research faculty in the department are presented below. Additional information about an individual and his or her research interests can be seen by clicking on the links marked "Research Description" (maintained by the department), "Personal Page" (maintained by the individual), "Research Group Page" (maintained by the individual faculty member), or "Area Page" (maintained by the teaching area). Note that all individuals don't have all of these sets of information. A larger version of the picture of an individual can be viewed by clicking on the picture of that individual in the left column.

The Departmental US Postal Service address is:

Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1322

The telephone Area Code for MSU is 517.
The departmental fax number is 353-1793.


Chemistry Department Research Faculty

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test Baker, Gregory L

Director of Admissions for the Graduate Program
534 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 160
  


Professor
534 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 160
  

Faculty

Polymer Science


Research Group: Baker 
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test Beck, Warren F

Associate Professor
3 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 213
  

Faculty

Biophysical Chemistry


Research Group: Beck 
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test Bickley, Abigail A

Assistant Professor
W200 NSCL
517-355-9672 x 480
  

Faculty

Nuclear Equation of State


Research Group: Bickley 

Year Entered: US 2007 
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test Blanchard, Gary J

Associate Chair for the Graduate Program
319 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 344
  


Professor
328 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 224
  

Faculty

Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Interfaces


Research Group: Blanchard 
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test Borhan, Babak 

Associate Professor
527 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 138
  

Faculty

Synthetic and Bioorganic Chemistry


Research Group: Borhan 
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test Bruening, Merlin L

Associate Professor
311 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 237
  

Faculty

Ultrathin Films for Separation and Analysis


Research Group: Bruening 
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test Chang, Chi-Kwong 

Professor
424 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 101
  

Faculty

Structure, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy of Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins


Research Group: Chang 
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test Cukier, Robert I

Professor
34 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 263
  

Faculty

Theories of Charge Transfer and Transport


Research Group: Cukier 
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test Dantus, Marcos 

Professor
58 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 314
  


Adjunct Professor (Physics)
58 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 314
  

Faculty

Novel Applications of Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy


Research Group: Dantus 
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test Feig, Michael 

Assistant Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
218 Biochemistry
517-432-7439
  


Assistant Professor
4223 Biochemistry
517-432-7439
  

Faculty

Computational Biochemistry


Research Group: Feig 
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test Frost, John Wesley

University Distinguished Professor
528A Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 115
  

Faculty

Biocatalysis


Research Group: Frost 
Research Group Page 
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test Geiger, James H

Associate Professor
9A Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 234
  

Faculty

Structural Biology Using X-Ray Crystallography


Research Group: Geiger 
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test Hamann, Thomas 

Assistant Professor
0 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 146
  

Faculty

Inorganic Materials / Electrochemistry


Year Entered: US 2008 
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Personal Page 
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test Harrison, James F

Professor
37A Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 295
  

Faculty

Quantum Chemistry


Research Group: Harrison 
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test Hollingsworth, Rawle I

Professor
116 Biochemistry
517-353-0613
  

Faculty

Chemistry of Life Processes


Research Group: Hollingsworth 
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test Huang, Xuefei 

Associate Professor
425A Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 329
  

Faculty

Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry, Nanoscience and Immunology


Year Entered: SS 2008 
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test Hunt, Katharine C

University Distinguished Professor
17A Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 266
  

Faculty

Nonlocal Electromagnetic Response/Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics


Research Group: Hunt 
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test Hunt, Paul M

Associate Vice-President
238 Admin
517-432-4499
  


Professor
238 Admin
517-432-4499
  

Faculty

Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics/Molecular Scattering


Research Group: Hunt 
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test Jackson, James E (Ned)

Professor
513 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 141
  

Faculty

Mechanism and Design in Green and Organic Materials Chemistry


Research Group: Jackson 
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test Jones, A Daniel

Director, Mass Spec Facility
209 Biochemistry
517-353-0612
  


Professor
209 Biochemistry
517-353-0612
  

Faculty

Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics in Chemical Ecology


Research Group: Jones 

Year Entered: US 2005 
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test Maleczka, Robert E

Professor
540 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 124
  

Faculty

Synthetic Organic Chemistry


Research Group: Maleczka 
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test Mantica, Paul F

Professor
N103 NSCL
517-355-9672 x 456
  

Faculty

Nuclear Decay Spectroscopy


Research Group: Mantica 
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test McCracken, John L

Chairperson
320F Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 346
  


Professor
26A Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 269
  

Faculty

Biological Magnetic Resonance


Research Group: McCracken 
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test McCusker, James K

Associate Professor
437 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 106
  

Faculty

Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Complexes


Research Group: McCusker 
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test McGuffin, Victoria L

Professor
318 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 244
 

Faculty

Separation Science and Technology


Research Group: McGuffin 
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test Morrissey, David J

University Distinguished Professor (NSCL)
N105 NSCL
517-355-9672 x 321
  

Faculty

Nuclear Chemistry


Research Group: Morrissey 
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test Odom, Aaron L

Associate Professor
433 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 171
  

Faculty

Organometallic/Inorganic Synthesis and Transition Metal Catalysis in Organic Synthesis


Research Group: Odom 
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test Piecuch, Piotr 

University Distinguished Professor
17 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 223
  


Adjunct Professor (Physics)
17 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 223
  

Faculty

Quantum Chemistry and Physics


Research Group: Piecuch 
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test Pinnavaia, Thomas J

University Distinguished Professor
435 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 186
  

Faculty

Inorganic Materials Chemistry: Porous Structures and Nanocomposites


Research Group: Pinnavaia 
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test Posey, Lynmarie A

Associate Professor
61 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 210
  

Faculty

Cluster Spectroscopy


Research Group: Posey 
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test Reid, Gavin 

Assistant Professor
234 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 198
  

Faculty

Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry


Research Group: Reid 

Year Entered: FS 2004 
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test Smith, Milton R III

Professor
411 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 166
  

Faculty

Inorganometallic Chemistry and Polymer Interactions within Biological Systems


Research Group: Smith 
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test Spence, Dana Michael

Associate Professor
229 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 174
  

Faculty

Quantitative Biological Chemistry


Research Group: Spence 

Year Entered: FS 2007 
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test Swain, Greg M

Professor
314 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 229
  

Faculty

Electrochemistry and Materials Science


Research Group: Swain 
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test Tepe, Jetze J

Associate Professor
510 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 147
  

Faculty

Bioorganic Chemistry


Research Group: Tepe 
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test Walker, Kevin Duane

Assistant Professor (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
208 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 257
  

Faculty

Functional Analysis of Enzymes on Biosynthetic Pathways of Plant-derived Bioactive Compounds


Research Group: Walker 
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test Weliky, David P

Associate Professor
41 Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 281
  

Faculty

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Biological and Inorganic Systems


Research Group: Weliky 
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test Wulff, William D

Professor
530A Chemistry
517-355-9715 x 373
  

Faculty

Synthetic Organic Chemistry


Research Group: Wulff 
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