Our Faculty
chemistry & BIOCHEMISTRY
Biochemistry &
Molecular Biophysics
mike colvin
Molecular simulations of semi-structured biomolecular systems, including intrinsically disordered proteins and chemically modified DNA
Email: mcolvin@ucmerced.edu
shahar sukenik
Studying the interaction of proteins with their surrounding solutions in in vitro and in vivo using a combination of live cell imaging, spectroscopy, and computational modeling
Email: ssukenik@ucmerced.edu
andy liwang
Determining the oscillating mechanism of a biological clock at the protein-structural and dynamics level using biochemistry and NMR spectroscopy
Email: aliwang@ucmerced.edu
michael thompson
Understanding the relationship between the structure and function of biological macromolecules
Email: mthompson30@ucmerced.edu
Computational & Theoretical
hrant hratchian
Developments in quantum chemistry and potential energy surface exploration; computational inorganic chemistry; mechanistic study and rational design of transition metal catalysts
Email: hhratchian@ucmerced.edu
henrik Larsson
Developing and utilizing tools for simulating and understanding quantum effects in molecular systems
Email: larsson@ucmerced.edu
liang shi
The Shi group develops and applies multi-scale modeling methods to understand the structure, dynamics and spectroscopy of complex condensed-phase molecular systems
Email: lshi4@ucmerced.edu
christine isborn
Developing and applying electronic structure theory, molecular dynamics and QM/MM methods to the modeling of photochemistry and solvation
Email: cisborn@ucmerced.edu
aurora pribram-jones
Developing static and time-dependent DFT methods; applying density functional and semiclassical methods to atomic and molecular properties; modeling of complex alloys; and studies of warm dense matter systems
Email: apribram-jones@ucmerced.edu
Organic & Organometallic
Rebeca Arevalo
Organometallic chemistry, sustainable catalysis, synthesis and reactivity, mechanistic studies
Email: rarevalo8@ucmerced.edu
Michael Findlater
Synthesis and characterization of organometallic species for use in catalytic applications, most notably in the functionalization of small molecules; electroorganic synthesis, organoarsenic chemistry and the electrochemical functionalization of carbon dioxide
Email: rmichaelfindlater@ucmerced.edu
Materials & Physical
anne myers kelley
Linear and nonlinear Raman spectroscopies, experiment and theory; surface enhanced spectroscopies
Email: amkelley@ucmerced.edu
erik menke
New materials and nanoarchitectures for solar cells and batteries
Email: emenke@ucmerced.edu
son nguyen
Nanomaterials for photocatalysis; spectroscopic and mechanistic studies
Email: son@ucmerced.edu
david f. kelley
Ultrafast dynamics and spectroscopy of semiconductor nanoparticles for solar energy conversion
Email: dfkelley@ucmerced.edu
andrea merg
Design, synthesis, and engineering of nanoscale materials derived from the self-assembly of sequence-programmable biomolecules
Email: amerg@ucmerced.edu
tao ye
Scanning probe microscopy study of interfaces; nanoscale machines on surfaces; single molecule analysis of biopolymers
Email: tao.ye@ucmerced.edu
Affiliated faculty
eva de alba
Functional, structural, and mechanistic studies of engineered proteins; NMR spectroscopy; biotechnological applications
Email: edealbabastarrechea@ucmerced.edu
victor munoz
Victor Muñoz researches conformational–functional behavior of proteins; kinetic techniques; steady state spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic resonance; single molecule studies; and high performance computing
Email: vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu
david strubbe
Computational and theoretical chemistry; excited-state electronic-structure methods, amorphous materials, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, scientific code development for high-performance computing
Email: dstrubbe@ucmerced.edu
yue (jessica) wang
Additive manufacturing of functional polymers; biomimetic
electronic materials; organic structural metamaterials
Email: yuewang@ucmerced.edu
patricia liwang
Protein biochemistry and structural biology; NMR; structure and function of anti-HIV proteins and anti-inflammatory proteins
Email: pliwang@ucmerced.edu
aleksandr noy
Bionanoelectronics, biophysics, and nanofluidics; combining nanowires with membrane proteins to create electronic devices that mimic cellular transport
Email: anoy@ucmerced.edu
anand bala subramaniam
Colloid and interface science, synthetic biology; Understanding biophysical processes through in vitro reconstitution, active biomimetic materials design, colloidal, polymeric, and biologically active interfaces
Email: asubramaniam@ucmerced.edu
Contact
christine isborn
Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Program Chair
Email: cisborn@ucmerced.edu
Website: chemistry.ucmerced.edu