Faculty & Staff

Chairperson

David

Manke, PhD

Associate Professor / Chairperson

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 201B

508-910-6554dmanke@umassd.edu

Research

Research interests

Organometallic Chemistry
Covalen Metal-Organic Networks
Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Historical Werner Complexes

Secretary

Rachel White

Clerk IV

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 307

508-999-8232

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Faculty

Catherine

Neto, PhD

Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 301A

508-910-6928_japk<qi]oo`*a`q

Research

Research interests

Phytochemicals with anti-cancer, antimicrobial, and antioxidant activity from cranberries and other plant sources
Bioactivity, purification, and analysis of natural products
Factors influencing production of secondary metabolites including functional food factors

Emmanuel

Ojadi, PhD

Associate Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 307A

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Maolin

Guo, PhD

Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 218

Dr. Maolin Guo’s Research Lab

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Research

Research interests

Biochemical Processes
Drug Design

Maricris

Mayes, PhD

Associate Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 311B

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Research

Research interests

Quantum Chemistry
Computational Chemistry and Material Science
Machine Learning in Chemistry
Self-Assembly of Materials
Photochemistry

Patrick

Cappillino, PhD

Associate Professor / Graduate Program Director

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 201C

Cappillino Research Group

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Shuowei

Cai, PhD

Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research E201

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Sivappa

Rasapalli, PhD

Associate Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 216

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Wei-Shun

Chang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dion 112

Single Particle Imaging and Spectroscopy Group

508-999-8247t`e^kd/=rj^ppa+bar

Research

Research interests

Plasmonics and metamaterials
Electocatalysis and photocatalysis
Optoelectronics (2D materials, hybrid structures)
Chiral metamaterials
Single molecule/particle spectroscopy development

Xiaofei

Jia, PhD

Associate Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 211B

Research Website

508-999-8212zlkcBwocuuf0gfw

Research

Research interests

Understanding the immune evasion strategies used by the HIV-1 virus at the molecular and structural level

Yuegang

Zuo, PhD

Chancellor Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 110

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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.