Faculty Profiles
Guy Bertrand
gbertrand@ucsd.edu | 858-534-5412
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Director of the UCSD/CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
Stacey Brydges
sbrydges@ucsd.edu | 858-246-0993
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Teaching Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Chemical Education, Inorganic Chemistry
Michael Burkart
mburkart@ucsd.edu | 858-534-5673
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Professor of Chemistry
Associate Director, California Center for Algae Biotechnology
Teddy Traylor Faculty Scholar
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Materials Chemistry
Thomas Bussey
tbussey@ucsd.edu | 858-822-6665
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Teaching Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Chemical Education
Robert Continetti
rcontinetti@ucsd.edu | 858-534-5559
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Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Lalit Deshmukh
ldeshmukh@ucsd.edu | 858-246-3343
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Biochemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Chemical Biology
Joshua Figueroa
jsfig@ucsd.edu | 858-822-7478
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Professor of Chemistry
Leslie E. Orgel Faculty Scholar
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry
Kamil Godula
kgodula@ucsd.edu | 858-822-2395
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Professor of Chemistry
Co-Director, UCSD Glycobiology Research and Training Center
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Materials Chemistry
Vicki Grassian
vhgrassian@ucsd.edu | 858-534-2499
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Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Associate Dean for Research, School of Physical Sciences
John Dove Isaacs Endowed Chair in Natural Philosophy for Physical Sciences
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Kent Griffith
k3griffith@ucsd.edu | 858-534-0212
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Affiliate Professor of NanoEngineering
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry
Thomas Hermann
tch@ucsd.edu | 858-534-4467
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Professor of Chemistry
Founding Co-Director, UCSD Center for Drug Discovery Innovation
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Materials Chemistry
Patricia Jennings
pajennings@ucsd.edu | 858-534-6417
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Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Inorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Chemical Biology
Jeremy Klosterman
| 858-246-2712
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Associate Teaching Professor in Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Chemical Education
Clifford Kubiak
ckubiak@ucsd.edu | 858-822-2665
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Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Harold C. Urey Chair in Chemistry
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry, Materials Chemistry
Andrew Kummel
akummel@ucsd.edu | 858-534-3368
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Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Brian Leigh
bleigh@ucsd.edu | 858-534-8744
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Chemical Education, Physical Chemistry
Shaowei Li
shaoweili@ucsd.edu | 858-822-1031
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Yinan Wang Jr Faculty Fellow
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Colleen McHugh
c1mchugh@ucsd.edu | 858-822-1995
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Biochemistry, BB, Molecular Biophysics, Chemical Biology
Tadeusz Molinski
tmolinski@ucsd.edu | 858-534-7115
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Professor of Chemistry
Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, SIO
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology
Joseph O'Connor
jmoconnor@ucsd.edu | 858-534-5836
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Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Biology
Julia Ortony
| 858-534-0212
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry
Francesco Paesani
fpaesani@ucsd.edu | 858-822-3383
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Professor of Chemistry & Materials Science and Engineering, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Department Chair
Kurt Shuler Faculty Scholar
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry, Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Robert Pomeroy
rpomeroy@ucsd.edu | 858-822-5736
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1992-1993 United States Naval Academy Asst Prof
1993 -2007 Nova Southeastern University Prof
Teaching Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Chemical Education, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry
Kimberly Prather
kprather@ucsd.edu | 858-822-5312
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Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry
Distinguished Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Andrew Pun
abpun@ucsd.edu | 858-534-0212
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry
Jeffrey Rinehart
jrinehart@ucsd.edu | 858-822-6610
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Nathan Romero
naromero@ucsd.edu | 858-246-4628
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry
Erik Romero
earomero@ucsd.edu | 858-246-3608
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
Michael Sailor
msailor@ucsd.edu | 858-534-0212
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Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry
Alina Schimpf
aschimpf@ucsd.edu | 858-534-0050
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry
Valerie Schmidt
vschmidt@ucsd.edu | 858-534-0935
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
Amitabha Sinha
asinha@ucsd.edu | 858-534-5593
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Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Jonathan Slade
jhslade@ucsd.edu | 858-534-8972
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Julia Stauber
jstauber@ucsd.edu | 858-246-4461
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Materials Chemistry
Michael Tauber
mtauber@ucsd.edu | 858-534-7334
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Akif Tezcan
tezcan@ucsd.edu | 858-534-4862
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Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Materials Chemistry
Emmanuel Theodorakis
etheodorakis@ucsd.edu | 858-822-0456
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Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology
Yitzhak Tor
ytor@ucsd.edu | 858-534-6401
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Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology
Haim Weizman
hweizman@ucsd.edu | 858-534-2963
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Teaching Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Chemical Education, Chemical Biology
Jerry Yang
jerryyang@ucsd.edu | 858-534-6006
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Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering
Research Areas
Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Chemical Biology
Haiwang Yong
hyong@ucsd.edu | 858-246-0817
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry, Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Mark Young
markyoung@ucsd.edu | 858-534-8890
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Teaching Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas
Chemical Education, Physical Chemistry, Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry
Joel Yuen-Zhou
joelyuen@ucsd.edu | 858-534-0212
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Professor of Chemistry
Kurt and Beatrice Shuler Chair in Theoretical Chemical Physics
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry, Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Hongbo Zhao
hongbo@ucsd.edu | 858-822-4504
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Physics
Research Areas
Physical Chemistry, Molecular Biophysics, Materials Chemistry, Theoretical & Computational Chemistry