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Faculty & Staff

Chairperson

David R. Manke

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
Rachel White

Clerk IV

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 307

508-999-8232

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Faculty

Catherine Neto

Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 301A

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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

Associate Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 307A

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Maolin Guo

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

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
Patick Cappillino

Associate Professor / Graduate Program Director

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 201C

Cappillino Research Group

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Shuowei Cai

Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research E201

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Sivappa Rasapalli

Associate Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 216

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Wei-Shun Chang

Assistant Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dion 112

Single Particle Imaging and Spectroscopy Group

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Research

Research interests

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

Associate Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 211B

Research Website

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Research

Research interests

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

Chancellor Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Violette Research 110

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Faculty Emeritus

Teaching Professors

Assistant Teaching Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 310

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Assistant Teaching Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 301C

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Segun Dele Olubanwo, Chemistry

Associate Teaching Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dion 117A

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Research

Research interests

  • Asymmetric Catalysis
  • Diastereoselective/Enantioselective Synthesis
  • Organometallic catalysis
  • Synthesis of Small Molecules as potential scaffold for new class of antibiotics
Yibin Wei

Assistant Teaching Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 304B

508-999-8234yibin.wei@umassd.edu

Jamie Lawton

Assistant Teaching Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 304A

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Assistant Teaching Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 302

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Assistant Teaching Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 308B

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Technical Staff

Carl Leidhold III

Professional Technician I

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 305

508-999-8243

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Paula Wilson

Professional Technician I

Chemistry & Biochemistry
Science & Engineering 308A

508-999-9269

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