Faculty - SMU Chemistry

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	Edward R. Biehl Professor Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh,1961 Organic synthesis of pharmacologically-active compounds, perhalogenated compounds.
	John D. Buynak Professor Ph.D. Rice University, 1980 Bioorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, design of enzyme inhibitors, synthesis of beta-lactam antibiotics and beta-lactamase inhibitors.
	Dieter Cremer Professor Ph.D. University of Köln, 1972 Theoretical chemistry, nanotechnology, development of quantum chemical methods.
	Werner Horsthemke Associate Professor Ph.D. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 1978 Nonequilibrium phenomena and nonlinear dynamics; theoretical studies of pattern formation.
	Elfi Kraka Professor and Chair Ph.D. University of Köln, 1984 Computational and theoretical chemistry, computer assisted drug design, reaction mechanism and reaction dynamics
	Michael Lattman Professor Ph.D. City University of New York, 1977 Phosphorous calixarane chemistry.
	Alex Lippert Assistant Professor Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2008 Combines innovative organic chemistry with state-of-the-art imaging techniques
	Mark A. F. Schell Professor Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1983 Nonlinear chemical behavior in electrochemical systems.
	David Y. Son Associate Professor Ph.D. MIT, 1993 Organosilicon polymers, especially as precursors to preceramic polymers and other oxidatively stable materials.
	Nicolay V. (Nick) Tsarevsky Assistant Professor Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, 2005 Polymer chemistry
	Patty J. Wisian-Neilson Professor Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, 1976 Cyclic and polymeric phosphazenes: synthesis and applications.
	Brian Zoltowski Assistant Professor Ph.D. Cornell University, 2008 Chemical biology, protein structure and function, mechanisms of blue-light photoreceptors, protein engineering and enzyme kinetics.