A professor with a graduate student
Professor Shota Atsumi with graduate student Austin Carroll

 

Analytical Chemistry

  • Louise Berben | Synthetic and physical inorganic chemistry, and electrocatalysis for renewable energy conversion and sustainability
  • Oliver Fiehn (Molecular and Cellular Biology) | Mass spectrometry and computation chemistry for metabolomics
  • Marie Heffern | Bioinorganic chemistry in nutrition and diseases, chemical biology and imaging
  • Kit Lam (Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine) | Lymphoma, targeted therapy for cancer, molecular imaging, drug development and combinatorial chemistry
  • Delmar Larsen | Photoactivated dynamics in sensory proteins and photocatalysis
  • Gang-yu Liu | Nanoscience and nanoengineering, bioanalytical chemistry
  • Elizabeth Neumann | Developing multimodal imaging approaches for exploring the molecular and cellular architecture of complex diseases
  • Thomas Theis | Quantum Sensing, Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Spin Hyperpolarization, Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Jesús Velázquez | Synthesis and characterization of materials at the meso/nanoscale for energy conversion and environmental remediation
  • Selina Wang (Food Science and Technology) | Food chemistry (quality, purity, and sustainability)

Bioinorganic Chemistry

  • R. David Britt | Biological and synthetic energy catalysis, metalloenzymes, EPR spectroscopy
  • Bronte Charette | Synthetic inorganic chemistry and photo-responsive coordination complexes
  • Sheila David | Chemical biology of DNA repair
  • Alec H. Follmer | Time-resolved structural and spectroscopic approaches to studying metalloenzyme mechanisms, dynamics, and electronic structure
  • David Goodin | Metalloenzyme structure and function
  • Marie Heffern | Bioinorganic chemistry in nutrition and diseases, chemical biology and imaging
  • Thomas Theis | Quantum Sensing, Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Spin Hyperpolarization, Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Biophysical Chemistry

  • James Ames | Biophysical chemistry and structural biology
  • Matthew Augustine | Magnetic and optical resonance applications to emerging problems
  • R. David Britt | Biological and synthetic energy catalysis, metalloenzymes, EPR spectroscopy
  • Andrew Fisher | Structure-based mechanistic biochemistry
  • Alec H. Follmer | Time-resolved structural and spectroscopic approaches to studying metalloenzyme mechanisms, dynamics, and electronic structure
  • Annaliese Franz | Organic synthesis, catalysis, and biofuels
  • David Goodin | Metalloenzyme structure and function
  • Marie Heffern | Bioinorganic chemistry in nutrition and diseases, chemical biology and imaging
  • Delmar Larsen | Photoactivated dynamics in sensory proteins and photocatalysis
  • Justin Siegel | Computational enzyme design
  • Alexei Stuchebrukhov | Electron and proton transfer dynamics in condensed phases
  • Thomas Theis | Quantum Sensing, Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Spin Hyperpolarization, Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Michael Toney | Enzyme catalysis, functional genomics, and biofuel cells
  • Igor Vorobyov (Physiology and Membrane Biology) | Molecular modeling of membrane protein physiology and pharmacology

Chemical Biology

You may also refer to the Chemical Biology Program (CBP), directed by Professor Peter Beal and largely funded by a NIH T32 Training Grant. The CBP provides fellowships annually to highly qualified graduate students conducting research at the interface of chemistry and biology.

  • James Ames | Biophysical chemistry and structural biology
  • Shota Atsumi | Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
  • Peter Beal | Nucleic acids chemical biology
  • Xi Chen | Chemical biology/glycoscience
  • Sheila David | Chemical biology of DNA repair
  • Oliver Fiehn (Molecular and Cellular Biology) | Mass spectrometry and computation chemistry for metabolomics
  • Andrew Fisher | Protein structure-function and X-ray crystallography
  • Alec H. Follmer | Time-resolved structural and spectroscopic approaches to studying metalloenzyme mechanisms, dynamics, and electronic structure
  • Annaliese Franz | Organic synthesis, catalysis, and biofuels
  • Marie Heffern | Bioinorganic chemistry in nutrition and diseases, chemical biology and imaging
  • Kit Lam (Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine) | Lymphoma, targeted therapy for cancer, molecular imaging, drug development and combinatorial chemistry
  • Mark Mascal | Organic synthesis, bioenergy research, medicinal chemistry, molecular modeling
  • Elizabeth Neumann | Understanding the molecular and cellular architecture behind neurological diseases
  • David Olson | Organic synthesis and chemical neuroscience
  • Cody Ross Pitts | Synthetic and physical organic chemistry: methods, mechanisms, and total synthesis
  • Jared Shaw | Synthetic methods, natural products, chemical biology
  • Justin Siegel | Computational enzyme design
  • Dean Tantillo | Theoretical organic chemistry, natural products biosynthesis
  • Thomas Theis | Quantum Sensing, Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Spin Hyperpolarization, Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Igor Vorobyov (Physiology and Membrane Biology) | Molecular modeling of membrane protein physiology and pharmacology
  • Heike Wulff (Pharmacology) | Design of potassium channel modulators
  • Philipp Zerbe (Plant Biology) | Biosynthesis, function, and engineering of plant natural products

Chemistry Education

  • Julia Chamberlain | Active and collaborative learning strategies, education technology, and course transformation
  • Whitney Duim | Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)
  • Ozcan Gulacar | Problem solving, cognition, and educational technology
  • Delmar Larsen | Photoactivated dynamics in sensory proteins and photocatalysis

Environmental Chemistry

  • Louise Berben | Synthetic and physical inorganic chemistry
  • Tran Nguyen | Fundamental atmospheric oxidation; cloud/fog and aerosol chemistry; e-cigarette and combustion chemistry
  • Selina Wang (Food Science and Technology) | Food chemistry (quality, purity, and sustainability)

Inorganic Chemistry

  • Louise Berben | Synthetic and physical inorganic chemistry
  • R. David Britt | Biological and synthetic energy catalysis, metalloenzymes, EPR spectroscopy
  • Julia Chamberlain | Active and collaborative learning strategies, education technology, and course transformation
  • Bronte Charette | Synthetic inorganic chemistry and photo-responsive coordination complexes
  • Alec H. Follmer | Time-resolved structural and spectroscopic approaches to studying metalloenzyme mechanisms, dynamics, and electronic structure
  • Marie Heffern | Bioinorganic chemistry in nutrition and diseases, chemical biology and imaging
  • Susan Kauzlarich | Synthesis and characterization of inorganic solid state and nanomaterials for emerging technologies
  • Alexandra Navrotsky (Emerita) | Energetics of ceramic, earth, environmental, and nanophase materials
  • Frank Osterloh | Inorganic nanomaterials for solar energy conversion
  • Philip Power | Synthesis, physical, catalytic and magnetic properties of inorganic and organometallic compounds
  • Valentin Taufour (Physics) | Synthesis and characterization of new quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity
  • Thomas Theis | Quantum Sensing, Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Spin Hyperpolarization, Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Jesús Velázquez | Synthesis and characterization of materials at the meso/nanoscale for energy conversion and environmental remediation

Materials Chemistry

  • Louise Berben | Synthetic and physical inorganic chemistry
  • Davide Donadio | Theory of nanostructures, interfaces and transport phenomena
  • Susan Kauzlarich | Synthesis and characterization of inorganic solid state and nanomaterials for emerging technologies
  • Kristie Koski | Materials and condensed matter chemistry
  • Gang-yu Liu | Nanoscience and nanoengineering, bioanalytical chemistry
  • Mark Mascal | Organic synthesis, bioenergy research, medicinal chemistry, molecular modeling
  • Alexandra Navrotsky (Emerita) | Energetics of ceramic, earth, environmental, and nanophase materials
  • Frank Osterloh | Inorganic nanomaterials for solar energy conversion
  • Cody Ross Pitts | Synthetic and physical organic chemistry: methods, mechanisms, and total synthesis
  • Valentin Taufour (Physics) | Synthesis and characterization of new quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity
  • Jesús Velázquez | Synthesis and characterization of materials at the meso/nanoscale for energy conversion and environmental remediation

Organic Chemistry

  • Peter Beal | Nucleic acids chemical biology
  • Bronte Charette | Synthetic inorganic chemistry and photo-responsive coordination complexes
  • Xi Chen | Chemical biology/glycoscience
  • Sheila David | Chemical biology of DNA repair
  • Annaliese Franz | Organic synthesis, catalysis, and biofuels
  • Marie Heffern | Bioinorganic chemistry in nutrition and diseases, chemical biology and imaging
  • Mark Mascal | Organic synthesis, bioenergy research, medicinal chemistry, molecular modeling
  • David Olson | Chemical neuroscience, medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis
  • Cody Ross Pitts | Synthetic and physical organic chemistry: methods, mechanisms, and total synthesis
  • Neil Schore (Emeritus) | Organic synthesis with polymers, dendrimers, organometallics
  • Jared Shaw | Synthetic methods, natural products, chemical biology
  • Dean Tantillo | Theoretical organic chemistry, natural products biosynthesis
  • Michael Toney | Enzyme catalysis, functional genomics, and biofuel cells

Physical Chemistry

  • James Ames | Biophysical chemistry and structural biology
  • Matthew Augustine | Magnetic and optical resonance applications to emerging problems
  • R. David Britt | Biological and synthetic energy catalysis, metalloenzymes, EPR spectroscopy
  • Kyle Crabtree | Astrochemistry, microwave spectroscopy and low-temperature kinetics
  • Davide Donadio | Theory of nanostructures, interfaces and transport phenomena
  • Alec H. Follmer | Time-resolved structural and spectroscopic approaches to studying metalloenzyme mechanisms, dynamics, and electronic structure
  • Ruaridh Forbes | Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Chemical Physics
  • William Jackson (Emeritus) | Photodissociation dynamics with velocity ion imaging
  • Kristie Koski | Materials and condensed matter chemistry
  • Delmar Larsen | Photoactivated dynamics in sensory proteins and photocatalysis
  • Gang-yu Liu | Nanoscience and nanoengineering, bioanalytical chemistry
  • Cheuk-Yiu Ng | Chemical structures and dynamics by state-to-state spectroscopy
  • Frank Osterloh | Inorganic nanomaterials for solar energy conversion
  • Chenchen Song | Quantum chemistry method for studying photochemistry
  • Alexei Stuchebrukhov | Electron and proton transfer dynamics in condensed phases
  • Valentin Taufour (Physics) | Synthesis and characterization of new quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity
  • Thomas Theis | Quantum Sensing, Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Spin Hyperpolarization, Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Igor Vorobyov (Physiology and Membrane Biology) | Molecular modeling of membrane protein physiology and pharmacology
  • Lee-Ping Wang | Energy conversion in catalysis and biomolecules; theoretical and computational chemistry

Theoretical Chemistry

  • Davide Donadio | Theory of nanostructures, interfaces and transport phenomena
  • C. William McCurdy | Theory of ultrafast UV and X-ray laser interactions with molecules
  • Chenchen Song | Quantum chemistry method for studying photochemistry
  • Alexei Stuchebrukhov | Electron and proton transfer dynamics in condensed phases
  • Dean Tantillo | Theoretical organic chemistry, natural products biosynthesis
  • Igor Vorobyov (Physiology and Membrane Biology) | Molecular modeling and simulations of membrane protein physiology and pharmacology
  • Lee-Ping Wang | Energy conversion in catalysis and biomolecules; theoretical and computational chemistry

Graduate Group Faculty

A key concept of graduate education at UC Davis is the graduate group.  Our graduate programs are organized as interdisciplinary graduate groups, giving students intellectual freedom to transcend disciplines and areas of research.

Graduate group faculty members outside of the Department of Chemistry have their primary appointments indicated in parentheses.

  • Oliver Fiehn (Molecular and Cellular Biology) | Mass spectrometry and computation chemistry for metabolomics
  • Kit Lam (Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine) | Lymphoma, targeted therapy for cancer, molecular imaging, drug development and combinatorial chemistry
  • Tran Nguyen (Environmental Toxicology) | Fundamental atmospheric oxidation; cloud/fog and aerosol chemistry; e-cigarette and combustion chemistry
  • Valentin Taufour (Physics) | Synthesis and characterization of new quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity
  • Igor Vorobyov (Physiology and Membrane Biology) | Molecular modeling of membrane protein physiology and pharmacology
  • Selina Wang (Food Science and Technology) | Food chemistry (quality, purity, and sustainability)
  • Heike Wulff (Pharmacology) | Design of potassium channel modulators
  • Philipp Zerbe (Plant Biology) | Biosynthesis, function, and engineering of plant natural products