Faculty & Research
Research Centers
Department of Chemistry faculty are leaders or collaborators in Carnegie Mellon’s many research centers, including:
Art Conservation Research Center
Director: Paul Whitmore, Research Professor of Chemistry
Deputy Director: Hannah Morris
Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies
Director: Neil Donahue, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
(with the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Mellon College of Science)
Center for Macromolecular Engineering
Director: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, J. C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences
Associate Director: James Spanswick
Center for Molecular Analysis (CMA)
Director: Mark E. Bier, Research Professor of Chemistry
Director, NMR Facility: Roberto R. Gil, Associate Research Professor of Chemistry
Center For Nucleic Acids Science And Technology (CNAST)
Co-Director: Bruce Armitage, Professor of Chemistry
Co-Director: John Woolford, Professor of Biological Sciences
Institute for Green Science
Director: Terrence J. Collins, Teresa Heinz Professor in Green Chemistry
Our faculty is also involved with the following centers
Center for Complex Fluids Engineering (CCFE)
Director: Robert Tilton, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Director, Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces (CPS)
Educational Program: Annette Jacobson, Teaching Professor of Chemical Engineering
Center for Nano-enabled Device and Energy Technologies (CNXT)
Director: Elias Towe, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
Data Storage Systems Center
Director: Jimmy Zhu, ABB Professor of Engineering and Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Molecular Biosensors and Imaging Center
Director: Alan Waggoner, Professor of Biological Sciences
Program Manager: Marcel Bruchez, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biological Sciences
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Executive Director: David Moses
Steinbrenner Environmental Institute for Education and Research
Faculty Director: David Dzombak, Walter J. Blenko Sr. Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Executive Director: Deborah Lange
Additional research centers in the Mellon College of Science.