Department of Chemistry Faculty and Staff

The faculty members who make up Saint Louis University’s 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