Chairperson
David Manke (Associate Professor, Chair)
Inorganic Chemistry
Ph.D., MIT, '05.
Violette 201B (508)910-6554
dmanke@umassd.edu
Secretary
Rachel White
SENG 307 (508)999-8232
rwhite@umassd.edu
Current Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty
Patrick J. Cappillino (Associate Professor, Graduate Director)
Inorganic Chemistry
Ph.D., Boston University, '09
Violette 201C (508)910-6639
pcappillino@umassd.edu
Shuowei Cai (Professor)
Bioanalytical chemistry
Ph.D., Univeristy of Massachusetts, '01
Violette 201E (508)999-8807, Fax 8451
scai@umassd.edu
Wei-Shun Chang (Assistant Professor)
Single-particle spectromicroscopy, catalysis, biosensing
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin. '07
SENG 317 (508)999-8247
wchang2@umassd.edu
Maolin Guo (Professor)
Biochemistry and molecular biology, protein engineering, structural biology, bioinorganic, bioorganic chemistry, nutritional biochemistry and analytical biochemistry
Ph.D., Edinburgh University, '00.
Violette 218 (508)999-8871
mguo@umassd.edu
Xiaofei Jia (Associate Professor)
Biochemistry
Ph.D., Michigan State University, '08
Violette 211B (508)999-8212
xjia@umassd.edu
Maricris Mayes (Associate Professor)
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Ph.D., Michigan State University, '07
SENG 311B (508)999-8420
mmayes@umassd.edu
Catherine Neto (Professor)
Chemistry of biologically active natural products, phytochemistry an health, organic analytical chemistry
Ph.D., Brown University, '88.
SENG 301A (508)910-6928; Lab: 6654
cneto@umassd.edu
Emmanuel Ojadi (Associate Professor)
Chemical physics, laser spectroscopy and applications, photochemistry, photophysics and photobiology of porphyrins and analogous systems
Ph.D., Brandeis University, '86
SENG 307A (508)999-8252 Lab 9246, 8292
eojadi@umassd.edu
Sivappa Rasapalli (Associate Professor)
Organic chemistry
Ph.D., University of Pune, India, '02
Violette 216 (508)999-8276 Lab 9209
srasapalli@umassd.edu
Yuegang Zuo (Chancellor Professor)
Analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, marine chemistry and photochemical transformation of organic and inorganic substances in the environment
Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH2) ‘92.
SENG 325B (508)999-8959
yzuo@umassd.edu
Faculty Emeritus
Alan H. Bates, inorganic chemistry; Ph.D., Harvard University, ‘70.
Donald W. Boerth, organic chemistry, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, '74.
William L. Dills, Jr., biochemistry Ph.D., University of Vermont, ‘73.
David Z. Goodson, chemical physics, Ph.D., Harvard University, '87 (dgoodson@umassd.edu)
James A. Golen, physical inorganic chemistry, Ph.D., UMass Amherst, ‘70.
Michele I. Mandrioli, inorganic chemistry/course website development, Ph.D., Clark University, ‘77.
J. Donald Smith, biochemistry, Ph. D., University of Chicago, '69.
Timothy C. K. Su, physical chemistry, Ph.D., Wayne State University, '71.
Margaret A. Wechter, analytical chemistry, Ph. D., Iowa State University, '67.
Teaching Professors
Brian Blanchette
Analytical-Biochemistry;
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Lowell/Dartmouth, '02
SENG 310 (508)999-8059
bblanchette@umassd.edu
Jamie Lawton
Physical Chemistry;
Ph.D. Northeastern University, '10
SENG 304 (508)999-8246
jlawton2@umassd.edu
Anne Liberty
M.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
SENG 301C (508)910-6476
anne.liberty@umassd.edu
Olusegun B Olubanwo
Organic Chemistry;
Ph. D. UMass Lowell/Dartmouth, '10
DION 117 (508)910-6975
dele.olubanwo@umassd.edu
Christine Piva
Pharmaceutical Sciences;
Ph.D. University of Rhode Island, '15
SENG 308B (508)999-8297
u_cdao@umassd.edu
Melissa Silvia
M.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
SENG 302 (508)910-6909
msilvia@umassd.edu
Yibin Wei
SENG 304B (508)999-8234
Ph.D., Shanxi University, '05
yibin.wei@umassd.edu
Technical Staff
Carl Leidhold (Technician 1)
SENG 314 (508)999-8243
cleidhold@umassd.edu
Paula Wilson (Technician 1)
SENG 308A (508)999-9269
pwilson@umassd.edu