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

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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

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michael thompson

Understanding the relationship between the structure and function of biological macromolecules

Email: mthompson30@ucmerced.edu

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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

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henrik Larsson

Developing and utilizing tools for simulating and understanding quantum effects in molecular systems; quantum molecular dynamics, electronic structure theory, electron dynamics, tensor network states, quantum control

Email: larsson@ucmerced.edu

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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

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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

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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

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Organic & Organometallic

Rebeca Arevalo

Organometallic chemistry, sustainable catalysis, synthesis and reactivity, mechanistic studies

Email: rarevalo8@ucmerced.edu

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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

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RYAN BAXTER

Design and synthesis of redox-active ligands; new strategies for organometallic catalysis from inexpensive materials; development of new synthetic methods guided by kinetic analysis

Email: rbaxter@ucmerced.edu

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Materials & Physical

Jennifer Lee

Nanomaterials for heterogeneous catalysis; rational catalyst design; energy and environmental sustainability

Email: jenniferlee@ucmerced.edu

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anne myers kelley

Linear and nonlinear Raman spectroscopies, experiment and theory; surface enhanced spectroscopies

Email: amkelley@ucmerced.edu

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son nguyen

Nanomaterials for photocatalysis; spectroscopic and mechanistic studies

Email: son@ucmerced.edu

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david f. kelley

Ultrafast dynamics and spectroscopy of semiconductor nanoparticles for solar energy conversion

Email: dfkelley@ucmerced.edu

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andrea merg

Design, synthesis, and engineering of nanoscale materials derived from the self-assembly of sequence-programmable biomolecules

Email: amerg@ucmerced.edu

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tao ye

Scanning probe microscopy study of interfaces; nanoscale machines on surfaces; single molecule analysis of biopolymers

Email: tao.ye@ucmerced.edu

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Affiliated faculty

eva de alba

Functional, structural, and mechanistic studies of engineered proteins; NMR spectroscopy; biotechnological applications

Email: edealbabastarrechea@ucmerced.edu

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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

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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

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yue (jessica) wang

Additive manufacturing of functional polymers; biomimetic

electronic materials; organic structural metamaterials

Email: yuewang@ucmerced.edu

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patricia liwang

Protein biochemistry and structural biology; NMR; structure and function of anti-HIV proteins and anti-inflammatory proteins

Email: pliwang@ucmerced.edu

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aleksandr noy

Bionanoelectronics, biophysics, and nanofluidics; combining nanowires with membrane proteins to create electronic devices that mimic cellular transport

Email: anoy@ucmerced.edu

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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

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Maria Elena Zoghbi

Study of membrane transport proteins using biochemical and spectroscopic approaches under physiologically relevant conditions.

Email: mzoghbi@ucmerced.edu

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Contact

Liang Shi

Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Program Chair

Email: lshi4@ucmerced.edu

Website: chemistry.ucmerced.edu

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