Organic Chemistry Faculty
Program Director
Faculty
Professor
Research Interests: Research Interests: Natural product synthesis, synthetic methodology development, small molecule library synthesis, and chemical biology
![Chuo Chen, Ph.D.](/education/graduate-school/programs/assets/faculty/chen-chuo-68642-200X200.jpg)
Professor
Research Interests: Synthesis of natural products and other molecular architectures and interrogation of their mode-of-action using molecular pharmacology and biochemistry
![Jef De Brabander, Ph.D.](/education/graduate-school/programs/assets/faculty/de-brabander-jef-34285-200x200.jpg)
Professor
Research Interests: Synthesis of carbohydrate analogs, photocrosslinking chemistry, analytical chemistry of glycocojugates
![Jennifer Kohler, Ph.D.](/education/graduate-school/programs/assets/faculty/kohler-jennifer-96116-200x200.jpg)
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Bioresponsive nanomaterials for in vivo detection and therapy; targeted and activatable ultrasound (US) agents for the detection of inflammation and cancer
![Jacques Lux, Ph.D.](/education/graduate-school/programs/assets/faculty/lux-jacques-165362-200x200.jpg)
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Synthetic methodology, bioactive molecules, total synthesis, natural products
![Tian Qin, Ph.D.](/education/graduate-school/programs/assets/faculty/qin-tian-184196-200x200.jpg)
Professor
Research Interests: Discovery and application of new chemical reactions; total synthesis of complex molecules
![Joseph Ready, Ph.D.](/education/graduate-school/programs/assets/faculty/ready-joseph-59909-200x200.jpg)
Professor
Research Interests: Polymer and materials chemistry, drug and gene delivery, RNAi, biomedical imaging, detection and treatment of cancer
![Daniel Siegwart, Ph.D.](/education/graduate-school/programs/assets/faculty/siegwart-daniel-133851-200x200.jpg)
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Bioactive natural product synthesis; asymmetric catalysis; cancer biology
![Myles Smith, Ph.D.](/education/graduate-school/programs/assets/faculty/smith-myles-182813-200x200.jpg)
Associate Members
These faculty members do not accept graduate students. They participate in teaching, co-mentoring, exam and dissertation committees, and all other program responsibilities.
Professor
Research Interests: Lipids, mass spectrometry, chromatography, automation, lipidomics
![Jeffrey McDonald, Ph.D.](/education/graduate-school/programs/assets/faculty/mcdonald-jeffrey-68613-200x200.jpg)