Faculty research areas
The Department has faculty members active in a range of established and emerging research areas. Browse faculty members by specialization and get in touch to discuss research collaboration.
Biology, health and molecular systems
Find faculty members in the department who specialize in topics like:
- Biochemistry
- Chemical biology
- Medicinal chemistry
- Biophysical chemistry
- Proteomics
- Metabolomics
- Genomics
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Christine DeWolf- Professor , Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Research areas: biophysical chemistry, model membranes, Langmuir monolayers, liposomes, environmental pollutants, nanopatterning, lipid-protein interactions -
Brandon Findlay- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, drug discovery, natural products, directed evolution, biochemistry, microbiology. -
Pat Forgione- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Catalysis, Drug Discovery, Biomass, Anti-Cancer Agents, Materials Chemistry -
Paul Joyce- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Biochemistry, Genomics, Proteomics, Molecular/Cell Biology. -
Melissa K. Passarelli- Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS); Spatial 'omics; Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS); Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) -
Peter Pawelek- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Bacterial iron uptake, molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, protein-protein interactions, membrane proteins, biophysical chemistry, protein chemistry, phage display, X-ray crystallography. -
Gilles Peslherbe- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Professor (cross-appointed), Physics
- Professor (cross-appointed), Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling (CERMM)
Research areas: Computational Chemistry, Molecular and Reaction Dynamics, Nanomaterials and Materials Engineering, Chemical Biology, Therapeutics, Photochemistry, Ultrasfast Spectroscopy, Chemical Physics, Environmental Chemistry, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing -
Dajana Vuckovic- Professor and Concordia University Research Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Director, Centre for Biological Applications of Mass Spectrometry
Research areas: analytical chemistry, metabolomics, lipidomics, mass spectrometry, sample preparation, separation science, bioanalysis, biomarker discovery and validation, inflammation, oxylipins, cardiovascular health, nutrition -
Christopher J. Wilds- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Synthesis of chemically modified nucleic acids, DNA / RNA nanoscience, DNA repair.
Materials, environment and synthesis materials
Find faculty members who specialize in research topics such as:
- Polymer chemistry
- Supramolecular chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Green chemistry
- Environmental chemistry
- Biogeochemistry
- Nanoscience
- Surface science
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Louis Cuccia- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Graduate program director, Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Christine DeWolf
- Professor , Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Research areas: biophysical chemistry, model membranes, Langmuir monolayers, liposomes, environmental pollutants, nanopatterning, lipid-protein interactions -
Brandon Findlay
- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, drug discovery, natural products, directed evolution, biochemistry, microbiology. -
Pat Forgione
- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Catalysis, Drug Discovery, Biomass, Anti-Cancer Agents, Materials Chemistry -
Yves Gélinas- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Analytical Biogeochemistry, Global Cycle of Organic Carbon, Climate Change, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Forensics, Molecular and Isotopic Biomarkers. -
Ashlee J. Howarth- Associate Professor and Concordia University Research Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Rare-Earth Cluster-Based MOFs, Porous Materials, Materials Design, Adsorbents, Catalysts, Photoluminescent Materials, Green Chemistry. -
Gregor Kos- Senior Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Status: Current office: SP 275.21Research areas: Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry -
Marek B. Majewski- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Inorganic chemistry, solar energy conversion, artificial photosynthesis, photochemistry, photocatalysis, optical spectroscopy -
Heidi M. Muchall- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Physical organic and computational chemistry, electronic and molecular structures -
Rafik Naccache- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Co-Director, Centre for NanoScience Research
Research areas: Nanoparticle synthesis, materials characterization, carbogenic quantum dots, metallic nanoparticles, plasmonics, sensors, imaging, nanothermometry, drug delivery -
Jung Kwon (John) Oh- Full Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Organic and polymer chemistry, Polymer synthesis and characterization, Materials science, biomedical applications, drug delivery -
Xavier Ottenwaelder- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Inorganic chemistry, oxidation chemistry, catalysis, aerobic reactions, coordination complexes, organic transformations, mechanochemistry -
Gilles Peslherbe
- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Professor (cross-appointed), Physics
- Professor (cross-appointed), Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling (CERMM)
Research areas: Computational Chemistry, Molecular and Reaction Dynamics, Nanomaterials and Materials Engineering, Chemical Biology, Therapeutics, Photochemistry, Ultrasfast Spectroscopy, Chemical Physics, Environmental Chemistry, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing -
Ingo Salzmann- Associate Professor, Physics
- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: π-conjugated organic (semi-)conductors; molecular and polymeric materials; structure–property relationships; charge transport and optoelectronic processes; organic electronic applications -
Cameron Skinner- Associate Professor , Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Analytical chemistry with particular focus on electrophoretic separations, bioanalysis, biomarker discovery and forensics -
Dajana Vuckovic
- Professor and Concordia University Research Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Director, Centre for Biological Applications of Mass Spectrometry
Research areas: analytical chemistry, metabolomics, lipidomics, mass spectrometry, sample preparation, separation science, bioanalysis, biomarker discovery and validation, inflammation, oxylipins, cardiovascular health, nutrition -
Christopher J. Wilds
- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Synthesis of chemically modified nucleic acids, DNA / RNA nanoscience, DNA repair. -
Xianming Zhang- Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Co-director, Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling
- Cross-appointed faculty member, Geography, Planning and Environment
Status: Positions available for graduate studies and undergraduate researchResearch areas: Organic Contaminants in the Environment; Analytical Environmental Chemistry; Environmental and Molecular Modeling; Chemical Exposure and Risk Assessment; Chemical Management and Regulation
Analytical and computational sciences
Find faculty members in our department who specialize in research areas like:
- Analytical chemistry
- Computational chemistry
- Theoretical chemistry
- Physical chemistry
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Louis Cuccia
- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Graduate program director, Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Christine DeWolf
- Professor , Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Research areas: biophysical chemistry, model membranes, Langmuir monolayers, liposomes, environmental pollutants, nanopatterning, lipid-protein interactions -
Yves Gélinas
- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Analytical Biogeochemistry, Global Cycle of Organic Carbon, Climate Change, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Forensics, Molecular and Isotopic Biomarkers. -
Gregor Kos
- Senior Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Status: Current office: SP 275.21Research areas: Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry -
Marek B. Majewski
- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Inorganic chemistry, solar energy conversion, artificial photosynthesis, photochemistry, photocatalysis, optical spectroscopy -
Heidi M. Muchall
- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Physical organic and computational chemistry, electronic and molecular structures -
Melissa K. Passarelli
- Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS); Spatial 'omics; Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS); Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) -
Peter Pawelek
- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Bacterial iron uptake, molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, protein-protein interactions, membrane proteins, biophysical chemistry, protein chemistry, phage display, X-ray crystallography. -
Gilles Peslherbe
- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Professor (cross-appointed), Physics
- Professor (cross-appointed), Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling (CERMM)
Research areas: Computational Chemistry, Molecular and Reaction Dynamics, Nanomaterials and Materials Engineering, Chemical Biology, Therapeutics, Photochemistry, Ultrasfast Spectroscopy, Chemical Physics, Environmental Chemistry, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing -
Ingo Salzmann
- Associate Professor, Physics
- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: π-conjugated organic (semi-)conductors; molecular and polymeric materials; structure–property relationships; charge transport and optoelectronic processes; organic electronic applications -
Cameron Skinner
- Associate Professor , Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research areas: Analytical chemistry with particular focus on electrophoretic separations, bioanalysis, biomarker discovery and forensics -
Dajana Vuckovic
- Professor and Concordia University Research Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Director, Centre for Biological Applications of Mass Spectrometry
Research areas: analytical chemistry, metabolomics, lipidomics, mass spectrometry, sample preparation, separation science, bioanalysis, biomarker discovery and validation, inflammation, oxylipins, cardiovascular health, nutrition -
Xianming Zhang
- Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Co-director, Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling
- Cross-appointed faculty member, Geography, Planning and Environment
Status: Positions available for graduate studies and undergraduate researchResearch areas: Organic Contaminants in the Environment; Analytical Environmental Chemistry; Environmental and Molecular Modeling; Chemical Exposure and Risk Assessment; Chemical Management and Regulation
