Faculty Research

Research happens year-round and there are many opportunities for students, undergrads and graduate students. Faculty research areas are listed here:

table listing chemistry faculty specialized research areas

Analytical	Biological	Computational
J.C. Poutsma Katelynn Perrault (Uptmor)	Deborah Bebout Lisa Landino J.C. Poutsma Isabelle Taylor Douglas Young	Nathan Kidwell J.C. Poutsma
Conservation Science (Cultural Heritage)	Inorganic	Materials
Tyler MeldrumKristin Wustholz	Deborah Bebout William McNamara Robert Pike	William McNamaraRobert Pike
Organic	Physical	Spectroscopy
Christopher AbeltElizabeth HarbronRobert HinkleJonathan Scheerer Isaiah Speight Isabelle TaylorDouglas Young	Nathan KidwellTyler MeldrumJ.C. PoutsmaKristin Wustholz	Christopher Abelt Deborah BeboutElizabeth Harbron Nathan KidwellTyler MeldrumKristin Wustholz

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

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