UCF Chemistry
Univ. of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Chemistry Building (CH) 117
Orlando, FL 32816-2366
407-823-2246
chemstaf@mail.ucf.edu
UCF Chemistry Professors
Jack Ballantyne

Jack Ballantyne, Professor of Chemistry and Joint Appointment in National Center for Forensic Science
Interests: RNA profiling for body fluid identification, low template/single cell DNA analysis, Y-chromosome markers, enhanced DNA typing strategies for investigating rape cases, determination of an individual’s physical characteristics by molecular genetic analysis.

Kevin D. Belfield

Kevin D. Belfield, Professor of Chemistry and Secondary Joint Appointment in The College of Optics and Photonics
Interests: Photonic and nonlinear optical materials and processes, photochemistry,functional nanostructured organic and polymeric materials, biophotonics and biosensors,multiphoton fluorescent imaging and 3D microfabrication

Richard Blair

Richard Blair,Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Joint Appointment in National Center for Forensic Science
Interests: Synthesis of Inorganic Materials with an eye on applications in aerospace, optics and chemical feedstock; Examination of the kinetics and mechanism of solid-solid reactions; Development of Forensic analytical methods related to single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction.

Andres Campiglia

Andres Campiglia, Professor of Chemistry and Graduate Coordinator
Interests: Development of novel analytical approaches based on multidimensional luminescence spectroscopy.

Christian A. Clausen III

Christian A. Clausen III, Professor of Chemistry
Interests: Environmental Chemistry, New Catalyst Development, Industrial Materials, Contaminated Groundwater, Aerosol Chemistry, Freon Replacement Solvents

Nirmalendu Datta-Gupta

Nirmalendu Datta-Gupta, Visiting Lecturer

Diego Diaz

Diego J. Diaz, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Joint Appointment in Nanoscience Technology Center
Interests: Electrochemistry, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sensors, Novel Electroluminescent Devices

Donovan Dixon

Donovan Dixon, Lecturer
Interest: Reactions Between Metal Ions/Complexes and Molecules of Biological Interest.

Seth R. Elsheimer

Seth R. Elsheimer, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Interests: Organic Chemistry: Organofluorine Chemistry, Synthesis, Mechanisms, Diels-Alder Reactions, Diene polymerization.

Andrew Frazer

Andrew Frazer,Lecturer

Cherie L. Geiger

Cherie L. Geiger, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Interests: Environmental research pertaining to air, water, and soil pollution, remediation, and characterization.

Michael D. Hampton

Michael D. Hampton, Professor of Chemistry and Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Interests: Hydrogen storage systems, ion selective electrodes, piezoelectric oscillators as chemical oscillators, materials (inorganic)

Florencio Eloy Hernández

Florencio Eloy Hernández, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Secondary Joint Appointment in The College of Optics and Photonics
Interests: Physical Chemistry, Nonlinear Optics, Nanotechnology & Material Characterization

Robert Igarashi

Robert Igarashi, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Joint Appointment in The Burnett School of Biomedical Science
Interests: Study of biologically vital iron-sulfur cluster containing proteins by combined genetic, biochemical and spectroscopic techniques to gain mechanistic understanding to aid future biomedical and bio-industrial applications.

Dmitry Kolpashchikov

Dmitry Kolpashchikov, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Interests: all aspects of chemistry and biochemistry of nucleic acid and nucleic acid binding proteins.

Stephen Kuebler

Stephen M. Kuebler, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Joint Appointment in The College of Optics and Photonics
Interests: Nanoscience and nanotechnology; Materials and processes for 3D nano- and microfabrication; Optical materials and nonlinear optics; Photochemistry; Biological sensing

Frank Kujawa

Frank Kujawa, Associate Professor
Interests: Geology, sinkhole research

Yi Liao

Yi Liao, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Interests: Organic and hybrid optical, magnetic and electric materials.

Gerald Mattson, Lecturer

Jerzy Mierzwa

Jerzy Mierzwa, Assistant in Instrumentation Specialist

D. Howard Miles

D. Howard Miles, Professor of Chemistry
Interests: Medicinal and synthetic organic chemistry as related to the discovery of new drugs leads for the treatment of cancer, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and heart diseases.

Pedro Patino

Pedro Patino,Lecturer and Associate Chair.

Michael Sigman

Michael Sigman, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Joint Appointment in National Center for Forensic Science
Interests: Development and validation of new methods in forensic trace analysis of organic explosives, accelerants and drugs

Jingdong Ye

Jingdong Ye, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Interests: Biochemistry and Bioorganic chemistry, Organic synthesis, Structural Biology in RNA related biological mechanism and drug discovery

Shengli Zou

Shengli Zou, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Interests: Optical properties of nanoparticles and their applications.


Chemistry Department Affiliated Professors

Cherie L. Geiger

Andre J. Gesquiere, Assistant Professor of Nanoscience Technology and Joint Appointment in Chemistry
Interests: Imaging and spectroscopy of nanoscale materials and biological systems

James J. Hickman

James J. Hickman, Professor of Chemistry with Primary Appointment in Nanoscience Technology Center

Qun Huo

Qun Huo, Associate Professor of Nanoscience Technology and Joint Appointment in Chemistry
Interests: Synthesis, property studies, and application development of nanoparticle materials

Artëm E. Masunov

Artëm E. Masunov, Assistant Professor of Nanoscience Technology and Joint Appointment in Chemistry
Interests: Computational Molecular and Nanomaterials, Theoretical Chemistry, and Molecular Physics

J. Manuel Perez

J. Manuel Perez, Assistant Professor of Nanoscience Technology and Secondary Joint Appointment in Chemistry
Interests: Nanoparticle technologies and their application in nanomedicine, molecular diagnostics, molecular imaging, biosensors and cancer research

Otto Phanstiel

Otto Phanstiel, Professor of Medicine and Courtesy Appointment in Chemistry Department
Interests: Organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, new drugs and drug-delivery agents to aid in the treatment of human diseases

Swadeshmukul Santra

Swadeshmukul Santra, Assistant Professor of Nanoscience Technology and Joint Appointment in Chemistry
Interests: Nanobioimaging and Sensing

Lei Zhai

Lei Zhai, Assistant Professor of Nanoscience Technology and Joint Appointment in Chemistry
Interests: Polyelectrolyte multilayer films for sensing and tissue engineering, smart surfaces, and conductive polymer nanowires and composites