Faculty

Professors

Name	Rank	Phone	Email	Office	Division	Research Theme(s)
Sviatoslav Baranets	Assistant Professor	225-578-5078	sbaranets@lsu.edu	611 Choppin Hall	Inorganic	Synthesis, Energy, Materials
Les Butler	Professor	225-578-4416	lbutler@lsu.edu	637 Choppin Hall	Inorganic	Energy, Materials, Computational
Matthew Chambers	Assistant Professor	225-578-7900	chambers@lsu.edu	642 Choppin Hall	Inorganic	Catalysis, Energy, Synthesis
Bin Chen	Professor	225-578-4094	binchen@lsu.edu	711 Choppin Hall	Physical	Environmental, Materials, Synthesis, Biological, Computational
Robert Cook	Professor	225-578-2980	rlcook@lsu.edu	307 Choppin Hall	Analytical	Environmental, Materials, Spectroscopy
Pu Duan	Assistant Professor	225-578-1560	pduan@lsu.edu	437 Choppin Hall	Analytical	Biological, Spectroscopy
Noémie Elgrishi	Associate Professor	225-578-6917	noemie@lsu.edu	301 CAMB	Inorganic/Analytical	Catalysis, Energy, Environmental, Synthesis
Víctor García-López	Assistant Professor	225-578-7168	vglopez@lsu.edu	349 CAMB	Organic	Soft Materials, Synthesis, Synthesis
Jayne Garno	Professor	225-578-8942	jgarno@lsu.edu	613 Choppin Hall	Analytical	Materials, Soft Materials, Biological
Louis Haber	Associate Professor	225-578-7965	lhaber@lsu.edu	207 Choppin Hall	Physical	Materials, Spectroscopy
John Hopkins	Associate Professor	225-578-3478	chhopk@lsu.edu	127 Choppin Hall	Physical
Rendy Kartika	Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies / Professor	225-578-5086	rkartika@lsu.edu	337 CAMB	Organic	Synthesis
Revati Kumar	Associate Professor	225-578-0907	revatik@lsu.edu	311 Choppin Hall	Physical	Energy, Environmental, Materials, Computational
Daniel Kuroda	Professor	225-578-1780	dkuroda@lsu.edu	327 Choppin Hall	Physical	Energy, Materials, Spectroscopy
Semin Lee	Associate Professor	225-578-6950	seminlee@lsu.edu	237 CAMB	Organic	Catalysis, Energy, Materials, Synthesis
Kenneth Lopata	Professor	225-578-2063	klopata@lsu.edu	303 Choppin Hall	Physical	Materials, Spectroscopy, Computational
Andrew Maverick	Distinguished Professor	225-578-4415	maverick@lsu.edu	605 Choppin Hall	Inorganic	Energy, Materials, Synthesis
Kermit Murray	Distinguished Professor	225-578-3417	kkmurray@lsu.edu	331 Choppin Hall	Analytical	Materials, Spectroscopy, Biological
John Pojman	Chair of Chemistry / Professor	225-578-3361 (Chair)/ 225-578-7202 (Instruction)	japojman@lsu.edu	211/232 Choppin Hall	Macromolecular	Materials, Soft Materials
Justin Ragains	Professor	225-578-3238	jragains@lsu.edu	347 CAMB	Organic	Synthesis
Fatima Rivas	Assistant Professor	225-578-6516	frivas@lsu.edu	431 CAMB	Organic	Synthesis, Biological, Computational
Mario Rivera	William A. Pryor Chair Professor	225-578-1527	mrivera@lsu.edu	229A Choppin Hall	Analytical	Spectroscopy, Biological
Gerald Schneider	Professor	225-578-5729	gjschneider@lsu.edu	331 CAMB	Macromolecular	Soft Materials, Spectroscopy, Synthesis
Kevin Smith	LSU Foundation Professor	225-578-7442	kmsmith@lsu.edu	247 CAMB	Organic	Spectroscopy, Synthesis, Biological
David Spivak	Associate Chair for Graduate Studies / Professor	225-578-2868	dspivak@lsu.edu	447 CAMB	Macromolecular	Environmental, Synthesis
Graça Vicente	Boyd Professor	225-578-7405	vicente@lsu.edu	249 CAMB	Organic	Spectroscopy, Synthesis, Biological, Computational
Clifton Wagner	Assistant Professor	225-578-5080	cwagner@lsu.edu	708 Choppin Hall	Inorganic	Synthesis
Zakiya Wilson-Kennedy	Associate Professor		zwilson@lsu.edu	338C Choppin Hall	Chemistry Education
Amy Xu	Assistant Professor	225-578-3236	amyxu@lsu.edu	449 CAMB	Macromolecular	Soft Materials, Biological
Donghui Zhang	Professor	225-578-4893	dhzhang@lsu.edu	437 CAMB	Macromolecular	Materials, Soft Materials, Synthesis

Joint Professors

Name	Rank	Phone	Email	Office
Roger Laine	Joint Faculty	225-578-5691	rogerlaine@gmail.com	515 Choppin Hall
Vince Licata	Joint Faculty	225-578-5233	licata@lsu.edu	714A Life Sciences
Marcia Newcomer	Joint Faculty	225-578-7383	newcomer@lsu.edu	505 Choppin Hall

Instructors

Name	Rank	Phone	Email	Office
Elzbieta Cook	Distinguished Instructor	225-578-3574	folga@lsu.edu	131 Choppin Hall
Alfonso Davila	Distinguished Instructor	225-578-9093	adavil2@lsu.edu	319 Williams Hall
Ciera Gasery	Assistant Director of Graduate Studies / Instructor	225-578-3564	cgaser2@lsu.edu	101 Choppin Hall
John Hogan	Senior Instructor	225-578-1525	jhogan1@lsu.edu	123 Choppin Hall
Kandace Hurst	Director of Undergraduate Labs / Senior Instructor	225-578-2940	khurst@lsu.edu	105 Choppin Hall
Funda Kizilkaya	Senior Instructor	225-578-3649	fkizil1@lsu.edu	746 Choppin Hall
Fedra Leonik	Senior Instructor	225-578-0992	fleonik@lsu.edu	229 Choppin Hall
Tamara Nauman	Distinguished Instructor	225-578-5978	tnauman@lsu.edu	317 Williams Hall
Ly Ngo	Instructor	225-578-0930	lngo4@lsu.edu	312 Choppin Hall
Kresimir Rupnik	Distinguished Instructor	225-578-2945	chrupn@lsu.edu	201A Choppin Hall
Caroline Schneider	Senior Instructor	225-578-9407	cschn21@lsu.edu	116 Choppin Hall

Adjunct Professors

Name	Rank	Phone	Email	Office
Kerry Dooley	Adjunct Professor	225-578-3063	dooley@lsu.edu	262 Chemical Engineering Building
Rongying Jin	Adjunct Professor	225-578-0028	rjin@phys.lsu.edu	229-B Nicholson Hall
Jimmy Lawrence	Adjunct Assistant Professor	225-578-3635	jimmylawrence@lsu.edu	3314D Patrick F. Taylor
Ioan Negulescu	Adjunct Professor	225-578-1684	inegule@lsu.edu	232 Human Ecology
Evgueni Nesterov	Adjunct Professor	225-578-3236	een@lsu.edu	Northern Illinois University
Larry Simeral	Adjunct Professor		lsimeral@lsu.edu	Albemarle Corporation
Daniel Varnado	Adjunct Assistant Professor		cdvarnado@lsu.edu	Albemarle Corporation
David Vinyard	Adjunct Assistant Professor	225-578-1737	dvinyard@lsu.edu	A308 Life Sciences Annex
Grover Waldrop	Adjunct Professor	225-578-5209	gwaldro@lsu.edu	509 Choppin Hall
Qinglin Wu	Adjunct Professor	225-578-8369	wuqing@lsu.edu	107 RNR Building

Emeritus Professors

Name	Rank	Phone	Email	Office
Frank Cartledge	Professor Emeritus	225-279-8091	fcartledge@lsu.edu	602 Choppin Hall
William Daly	Professor Emeritus	225-578-3237	chdaly@lsu.edu	712 Choppin Hall
Nikolaus Fischer	Professor Emeritus
Brian Hales	Professor Emeritus	225-578-4694	bhales@lsu.edu	327 Choppin Hall
Randall Hall	Professor Emeritus		rhall@lsu.edu
Luigi Marzilli	Professor Emeritus	225-578-0933	lmarzil@lsu.edu	634 Choppin Hall
Robin McCarley	Alumni Professor Emeritus	225-578-3239	tunnel@lsu.edu	231 CAMB
Saundra McGuire	Professor Emerita	225-578-6749	smcgui1@lsu.edu	433 Choppin Hall
George Newkome	Professor Emeritus	330-972-6458	newkome@uakron.edu
Erwin Poliakoff	Professor Emeritus	225-578-2933	erwin.poliakoff@gmail.com	303 Choppin Hall
Paul Russo	Professor Emeritus		chruss@lsu.edu
Steve Soper	Professor Emeritus		chsope@lsu.edu
George Stanley	Professor Emeritus		gstanley@lsu.edu
Carol M. Taylor	Professor Emerita		cmtaylor@lsu.edu
Isiah Warner	Boyd Professor Emeritus	225-578-2829	iwarner@lsu.edu	436 Choppin Hall

Research Professors

Name	Rank	Phone	Email	Office
Parandaman Arathala	Research Assistant Professor		parathala@lsu.edu
Rafael Cueto	Research Assistant Professor	225-578-2059	rcueto@lsu.edu	239 Choppin Hall
Lavrent Khachatryan	Research Assistant Professor	225-578-4417	lkhach1@lsu.edu	400 Choppin Hall
Taotao Ling	Research Assistant Professor	225-578-6503	tling@lsu.edu	301B CAMB
Huili Yao	Research Associate Professor	225-578-6418	hyao@lsu.edu	242 Choppin Hall