The faculty members who make up Saint Louis University鈥檚 Department of Chemistry are highly regarded in their fields. They are known for their extensive research across a diverse group of specialties that includes all traditional American Chemical Society areas of chemistry (analytical, biological/biochemistry, inorganic, organic and physical), as well as chemical biology and chemical education. The faculty members are supported by outstanding staff.
Department of Chemistry Faculty
Alexei Demchenko, Ph.D.
Department chair
- Asmira Alagic, Ph.D.
Analytical chemistry, chemical education
Undergraduate program coordinator - Christopher Arnatt, Ph.D.
Organic chemistry, chemical biology, biochemistry
Director of the chemical biology program - Dana A. Baum, Ph.D.
Biochemistry, chemical biology
Associate dean for graduate affairs - Paul J. Bracher, Ph.D.
Organic chemistry, prebiotic chemistry, electrochemistry, inorganic chemistry - Steven Buckner, Ph.D.
Analytical chemistry, materials chemistry - Alexei V. Demchenko, Ph.D.
Organic chemistry, carbohydrate synthesis, automation
Department chair -
Sara Drenkhahn-Weinaug, Ph.D.
Biochemistry, principles of chemistry, chemical education - James L. Edwards, Ph.D.
Analytical chemistry, biological systems - Michael Hankins, Ph.D.
Engineering chemistry, general chemistry, GOB chemistry, physical chemistry
Special assistant to the vice president for recruitment in STEM - Paul A. Jelliss, Ph.D.
Inorganic chemistry, inorganic synthesis, transition metal carborane complexes, catalysis of carborane complexes -
Malkanthi Karunananda, Ph.D.
Inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, computational chemistry, catalysis -
Ajith Karunarathne, Ph.D.
Biological chemistry, chemical biology, molecular pharmacology -
Istvan Z. Kiss, Ph.D.
Physical chemistry, nonlinear dynamics, electrochemistry -
Michael Lewis, Ph.D.
Organic chemistry, computational chemistry, noncovalent interactions of aromatic compounds
Provost - Piotr Mak, Ph.D.
Physical chemistry, biophysical chemistry, protein chemistry, structural biology - R. Scott Martin, Ph.D.
Bioanalytical chemistry
Associate dean in the School of Science and Engineering - Ryan McCulla, Ph.D.
Organic chemistry, photochemistry, computational chemistry - Marvin Meyers, Ph.D.
Medicinal chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, chemical biology, pharmacology, drug discovery
Graduate program coordinator - Jennifer Monahan, Ph.D.
Analytical chemistry, chemical education - Jamie Neely, Ph.D.
Organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry - Damon Osbourn, Ph.D.
Analytical chemistry, instrument design, neuroendocrinology, forensic science - Robert Perkins, Ph.D.
Organic chemistry, chemical education - Michelle Pillers, Ph.D.
Chemical education, inorganic chemistry, surface chemistry - Premila Russell, Ph.D.
Biochemistry, physical chemistry, computational chemistry, biophysics - Natalie Schleper
General chemistry, chemical education - Daria Sokic-Lazic
General chemistry, chemical education - John Throgmorton, Ph.D.
General chemistry, chemical education - John Walker, Ph.D.
Medicinal chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, pharmacokinetics, chemical biology - Ash Winkler
Organic chemistry, chemical education - Brian Woods, Ph.D.
Organic chemistry, chemical education
Undergraduate research coordinator - Brent M. Znosko, Ph.D.
Biochemistry, bioinformatics, computational chemistry, thermodynamics and structure of RNA
Associate department chair
Department of Chemistry Emeritus, Adjunct, and Affiliated Faculty
- Charles C. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Inorganic chemistry, molecular orbital calculations, ion-neutral gas interactions - Bruce A. Kowert, Ph.D.
Physical chemistry, diffusion of molecules in liquids - Alexa B. Serfis, Ph.D.
Physical chemistry
Department of Chemistry Post-Doctoral Research Assistants
- Anupama Das, Ph.D.
The Demchenko laboratory - Jaiswal Devanand, Ph.D.
The Kiss laboratory - Michael Emmanuel, Ph.D.
The Kiss laboratory - Anusha Gokanapalle, Ph.D.
The Meyers laboratory - Soumitra Guin, Ph.D.
The Meyers laboratory - Gustavo Kashiwagi, Ph.D.
The Demchenko laboratory - Suvajit Koley, Ph.D.
The Meyers laboratory - Rishi Ranjan, Ph.D.
The Karunananda laboratory - Yogesh Sutar, Ph.D.
The Demchenko laboratory