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Faculty Research

Chemistry faculty conduct research during the academic year and in summer. There are many opportunities for students, both undergrads and graduate students, in their research labs. Faculty research belongs in one or more of the areas listed below:

table listing chemistry faculty specialized research areas

Analytical	Biological	Computational
J.C. Poutsma Katelynn Perrault (Uptmor)	Deborah Bebout Randolph Coleman Lisa Landino J.C. Poutsma Isabelle Taylor Douglas Young	Randolph Coleman Nathan Kidwell J.C. Poutsma
Conservation Science (Cultural Heritage)	Inorganic	Materials
Tyler Meldrum Kristin Wustholz	Deborah Bebout William McNamara Robert Pike	William McNamara Robert Pike
Organic	Physical	Spectroscopy
Christopher Abelt Elizabeth Harbron Robert Hinkle Jonathan Scheerer Isabelle Taylor Douglas Young Isaiah Speight	Nathan Kidwell Tyler Meldrum J.C. Poutsma Kristin Wustholz	Christopher Abelt Deborah Bebout Elizabeth Harbron Nathan Kidwell Tyler Meldrum Kristin Wustholz

 

Chemistry research is funded by numerous grants from such agencies as:

• The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
• The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation (Henry-Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards)
• The Beckman Foundation (Beckman Scholars’ Program)
• The Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
• The Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• The Jeffress Memorial Trust of Virginia
• The Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund of Virginia
• The U.S. Department of Defense
• Commonwealth Health Research Board
• The Roy R. Charles Center of William & Mary