Renã A. S. Robinson

Vanderbilt University

Associate Professor and Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow

“RASR Laboratory uses state-of-the art proteomics and mass spectrometry technology to further our understanding of aging and age-related diseases.”

Website: https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/rasr-lab/what-we-do/

R. Graham Cooks

Purdue University

Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor

The Cooks group works on microdroplet chemistry and high-throughput DESI-MS.

Website: https://aston.chem.purdue.edu/research/index.html

Jonathan Sessler

University of Texas at Austin

Professor and R. P. Doherty, Jr. – Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry

Sessler group works on chemistry of pyrrole’s including expanded porphyrins, anion recognition, and drug discovery.

Website: https://www.sessler.cm.utexas.edu/

Katalin Karikó

University of Szeged

Professor

“Dr. Katalin Karikó’s research has for decades focused on RNA-mediated mechanisms, with the ultimate goal of developing in vitro-transcribed mRNA for protein therapy.”

Website: https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/katalin-kariko

Robert J. Cava

Princeton University

Russell Wellman Moore, Professor of Chemistry

“In the Cava research group, we search for and synthesize new non-molecular inorganic solids, grow crystals of them, determine their crystal structures, and characterize their electronic and magnetic properties”

Website: https://chemistry.princeton.edu/faculty-research/faculty/robert-j-cava/

Shannon S. Stahl

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor of Chemistry, Steenbock Professor of Chemical Sciences

“The Stahl research group in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is exploring a number of topics in the field of catalysis.”

Website: https://stahl.chem.wisc.edu/

Sarah E. Reisman

California Institute of Technology

Bren Professor of Chemistry and Heritage Medical Research Institute investigator

“The overarching goal of our research program is to discover, develop, and study new chemical reactions within the context of natural product total synthesis.”

Website: http://reismangroup.caltech.edu/index.html

Kendall N. Houk

University of California, Los Angeles

Distinguished Research Professor

“The Houk group solves problems in organic and bio-organic chemistry using theoretical and computational methods and programs.”

Website: https://www.chem.ucla.edu/houk/index.html

Shuji Nakamura

University of California, Santa Barbara

Professor of Materials and Electrical & Computer Engineering

The Nakamura group works on high efficiency, high power LEDs for lighting, InGaN injection lasers for displays, and AIGaN / GaN transisitors for power switching

Website: https://ssleec.ucsb.edu/nakamura

Brian M. Hoffman

Northwestern University

Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry

“We determine the catalytic mechanisms of metalloenzymes through the development and implementation of electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy, a combination of NMR and EPR.”

Website: https://sites.northwestern.edu/hoffmanchem/

Arumugam Manthiram

University of Texas at Austin

Professor, George T. and Gladys H. Abell Endowed Chair of Engineering

“Our research is focused on the design and development of sustainable, low-cost, durable materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage to address the global energy and environmental challenges.”

Website: https://sites.utexas.edu/manthiram/

Philip S. Baran

Scripps Research Institute

Professor and Dr. Richard A. Lerner Endowed Chair

The Baran group works on natural products total synthesis.

Website: https://baranlab.org/