#  Our Faculty 

 



  [### Daniel Kahne

 ](/people/dan-kahne)**Department Chair**  
**Higgins Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology**

The Kahne lab develops new approaches to treat resistant bacterial infections, focusing on the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria



 

   ![Professor Dan Kahne](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/dan_kahne_0.jpg?itok=mwpTl0pu) 

 

 

 

  [### Joanna Aizenberg

 ](/people/joanna-aizenberg)**Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science**  
**Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology**

The Aizenberg lab designs advanced materials and devices for use in fields ranging from architecture to energy efficiency to medicine



 

   ![A photo of Joanna Aizenberg holding a vial of blue liquid](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/joanna_aizenberg_nas_membership_square.png?itok=fftIx9sm) 

 

 

 

  [### James Anderson

 ](/people/james-anderson)**Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry**

The Anderson lab addresses global scale issues at the intersection of climate and energy using experimental and theoretical approaches



 

   ![A headshot of James G. Anderson](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/james_anderson_0.jpg?itok=DAkOB6du) 

 

 

 

  [### Emily Balskus

 ](/people/emily-balskus)**Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Chemistry**  
**Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator**

The Balskus lab works to understand how microbial metabolism influences the environment and human health

[LAB TOUR](https://lumen5.com/user/mbae/balskus-lab-tour-202-jg71i/)



 

   ![A headshot of Emily Balskus](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/emily_balskus_faculty_page.jpg?itok=zw0ltCBl) 

 

 

 

  [### Theodore Betley

 ](/people/theodore-betley)**Erving Professor of Chemistry**  
**Director of Graduate Studies**

The Betley lab works in the field of synthetic inorganic chemistry to design new complexes capable of activating unreactive chemical bonds



 

   ![A headshot of Professor Ted Betley](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/betley_bwback_smallsquare_0.jpg?itok=EuFBeeMQ) 

 

 

 

  [### Adam Cohen

 ](/people/adam-cohen)**John P. Reardon Jr. Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and of Physics**

The Cohen lab develops new physical tools to study molecules and cells and unravel how they function

[LAB TOUR](https://fb.watch/4idu9_3PQ-/)



 

   ![Professor Adam Cohen](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/adam_cohen_square.jpg?itok=1xArKuvM) 

 

 

 

  [### Eric Heller

 ](/people/eric-heller)**Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry**  
**Professor of Physics**

The Heller lab centers on time dependent and semiclassical quantum mechanics of molecules and devices



 

   ![A headshot of Eric Heller](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/eric_heller_0.jpg?itok=brzUhBJN) 

 

 

 

  [### Eric Jacobsen

 ](/people/eric-jacobsen)**Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry**

The Jacobsen lab discovers and analyzes new and valuable catalytic reactions for application in industry and academia

[LAB TOUR](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI6OC_10aw0)



 

   ![A headshot of Eric Jacobsen](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/eric_jacobsen_square.jpg?itok=V5yNgh6G) 

 

 

 

  [### Frank Keutsch

 ](/people/frank-keutsch)**Stonington Professor of Engineering and Atmospheric Science**  
**Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**

The Keutsch lab aims to understand volatile organic compounds (VOCs), secondary pollutants that affect human health and climate



 

   ![Professor Frank Keutsch](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/keutsch_frank_square.jpg?itok=TL-UCNeT) 

 

 

 

  [### Boris Kozinsky

 ](/people/boris-kozinsky)**Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**  
**Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, SEAS**

The Kozinsky lab develops computational methods and implements software to understand, design and discover materials



 

   ![kozinsky_square.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/kozinsky_square.jpg?itok=xaw8ZMkM) 

 

 

 

  [### Joonho Lee

 ](/people/joonho-lee)**Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**

The Lee group develops and implements theoretical and computational methods to study a wide range of exciting phenomena in nature



 

   ![joonho_lee-240x240_headshot.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/joonho_lee-240x240_headshot.png?itok=_o76gTrK) 

 

 

 

  [### Brian Liau

 ](/people/brian-liau)**Morris Kahn Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**

The Liau lab develops chemical approaches to illuminate molecular mechanisms of gene regulation



 

   ![Professor Brian Liau](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/liau_brian_headshotsquare.jpg?itok=3tQ3GbI9) 

 

 

 

  [### David R. Liu

 ](/people/david-r-liu)**Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences**  
**Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator**

The D. Liu lab engineers, evolves, and delivers *in vivo* genome editing tools to study and treat genetic diseases

[LAB TOUR](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfeOCBhTR6o)



 

   ![David Liu in Black & White](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-11/DRL%202025%20bw%20headshot%20smaller_0.jpg?itok=O095gDT9) 

 

 

 

  [### Richard Y. Liu

 ](/people/richard-liu)**Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**

The R. Liu lab explores redox-active organic moieties as novel catalytic platforms, new methodologies to generate nano-structured carbon platforms, and applying myriad physical techniques to elucidate complex reaction mechanisms.



 

   ![Richard Y. Liu Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/richard_liu_headshot.jpg?itok=opR2rvsT) 

 

 

 

  [### Jarad Mason

 ](/people/jarad-mason)**Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**

The Mason lab designs materials to address basic science challenges in energy and sustainable development



 

   ![Jarad Mason](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/j_mason_sq.jpg?itok=7GSc3lTh) 

 

 

 

  [### Andrew Myers

 ](/people/andrew-myers)**Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**

The Myers lab synthesizes and studies complex molecules of value to biology and human medicine



 

   ![Professor Andrew Myers](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/myers_andrew.jpg?itok=xRKNflue) 

 

 

 

  [### Kang-Kuen Ni

 ](/people/kang-kuen-ni)**Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics**

The Ni lab creates molecules at ultra-cold temperatures to investigate quantum mechanics



 

   ![Professor Kang-Kuen Ni teaches a class](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/professor_kang-kuen_ni_teaching_a_class_square_small.jpg?itok=02rw5REP) 

 

 

 

  [### Daniel Nocera

 ](/people/daniel-g-nocera)**Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy**

The Nocera lab designs new technologies for renewable energy to change global energy production

[LAB TOUR](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhN_bqhTpgw)



 

   ![A headshot of Daniel Nocera](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/daniel_nocera_among_leaves_square.jpg?itok=7NoSIl6a) 

 

 

 

  [### Hongkun Park

 ](/people/hongkun-park)**Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry**  
**Professor of Physics**

The Park lab designs new nano- and microelectronic tools to interface with living cells, cell networks, and organisms



 

   ![A headshot of Professor Hongkun Park](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/hongkunpark_squarebw.jpg?itok=1uYdKtXU) 

 

 

 

  [### Matthew Shair

 ](/people/matthew-shair)**Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**

The Shair lab uses small molecules and cell biology to study human diseases and develop therapeutics



 

   ![A headshot of Professor Matthew Shair](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/matthew_shair.jpg?itok=0Xhb3ddg) 

 

 

 

  [### Eugene Shakhnovich

 ](/people/eugene-i-shakhnovich)**Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**

The Shakhnovich lab investigates the basic principles of protein folding and other complex polymer systems



 

   ![A headshot of Professor Eugene Shakhnovich](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/eugene_shakhnovich.jpg?itok=BaKtXH5l) 

 

 

 

  [### Christina Woo

 ](/people/christina-woo)**Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**

The Woo lab works on drug discovery, synthetic methods, and new mechanisms by which small molecules influence biological systems



 

   ![Christina Woo](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/christina_woo.jpg?itok=aoplT2LQ) 

 

 

 

  [### Suyang Xu

 ](/people/suyang-xu)**John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences**

The Xu lab studies quantum matters for solutions in clean energy, low-power electronics, and quantum computing



 

   ![A headshot of Suyang Xu wearing a black sweater, looking directly at the camera](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/suyang_xu.jpg?itok=kD76pAoU) 

 

 

 

  [### Xiaowei Zhuang

 ](/people/xiaowei-zhuang)**David B. Arnold, Jr. Professor of Science**  
**Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator**

The Zhuang lab works in single-molecule biology and bioimaging, developing imaging techniques to study biological systems quantitatively



 

   ![Xiaowei Zhuang wins the 2018 Breakthrough Prize](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/xiaowei_zhuang_breakthrough_prize_winner.jpg?itok=dGpc5cMZ) 

 

 

 

  [### Tim Kaxiras

 ](/people/tim-kaxiras)**Affiliate of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**  
**John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Professor of Pure and Applied Physics**

The Kaxiras lab studies the structure and properties of different phases of matter and how they can be used in practical device applications



 

   ![kaxiras_snap.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/kaxiras_snap.jpg?itok=p3jg0rzs) 

 

 

 

  [### Suzanne Walker

 ](/people/suzanne-walker)**Affiliate of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology**  
**Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics**

The Walker lab combines core expertise in biochemistry with chemistry, genetics, proteomics, and genome-wide approaches to achieve its goals



 

   ![suzanne_walker_aquare.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/suzanne_walker_aquare.jpg?itok=S0Pys1Vi) 

 

 

 

  [### JoAnne Stubbe

 ](/people/joanne-stubbe)**Visiting Scholar**   
**Novartis Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus**

The Stubbe Group studies ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs), which catalyze the conversion of nucleotides to deoxynucleotides and play an essential role in DNA replication and repair



 

   ![stubbe_aquare.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum7776/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chemistry/files/stubbe_aquare.jpg?itok=t9Fr9PMQ)