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Name	Emphasis
Adams, PaulAssistant Professor	biochemistry
Research Interests: biophysical characterization of protein
Allison, NeilLiebolt Chair of Premedical Sciences and department vice chair	organic
Research Interests: organometallics
Blyholder, GeorgeProfessor Emeritus	physical

Davis, DanProfessor	biochemistry
Research Interests: photosynthetic electron transfer
Durham, BillProfessor and department chair	inorganic
Research Interests: electron transfer reactions
Fritsch, IngridProfessor	analytical
Research Interests: micro electro-analytical devices
Gawley, RobertDistinguished Professor	organic
Research Interests: asymmetric synthesis and sensors
Geren, LoisResearch Assistant Professor	biochemistry

Greathouse, DeniseResearch Assistant Professor	biochemistry

Heyes, Colin Assistant professor	physical
Research Interests: Single Molecule Biophysical Chemistry, Development and Applications of Nanocrystals for Biophysical Applications, Spectroscopic Properties of Single Nanoparticles, Novel Techniques Applied to Single Molecule Research
Hinton, JimUniversity Professor	physical
Research Interests: NMR spectroscopy
Koeppe, RogerUniversity Professor	biochemistry
Research Interests: membrane active peptides
Kumar, T.K.S.Assistant Professor	biochemistry
Research Interests: protein structure, dynamics, interaction and folding
Lay, Jackson O. Director of the Arkansas Statewide Mass Spectrometry Facility
Research Interests: Mass Spectrometry
McIntosh, MattAssociate Professor	organic
Research Interests: natural product synthesis
Millett, FrankDistinguished Professor	biochemistry
Research Interests: biological electron transfer
Paul, DavidAssociate Professor	analytical
Research Interests: chemical sensors
Pulay, PeterDistinguished Professor	physical
Research Interests: ab initio methods
Sakon, JoshuaAssociate Professor	biochemistry
Research Interests: protein crystallography
Schafer, LotharDistinguished Professor	physical
Research Interests: 1.) Developing computational methods for simulating the folding of proteins from random coil. 2.) Exploring Quantum Chemistry as a Basis for the Pre-Darwinian Conception of Evolution by Natural Law.
Sears, DerekUniversity Professor	space and planetary science
Research Interests: cosmochemistry
Stenken, JulieProfessor and 21st Century Chair in Proteomics	analytical

Stites, WesProfessor	biochemistry
Research Interests: protein folding
Tian, Z. RyanAssistant Professor	inorganic
Research Interests: oriented and hierarchical nanostructures
Wilkins, CharlesDistinguished Professor	analytical
Research Interests: mass spectrometry
Zheng, NanAssistant Professor	organic
Research Interests: natural product synthesis, method development, and organometallics