Chemistry at Haverford College

19 faculty and 40 courses in Chemistry at Haverford College.

Faculty

• Helen White h-index 42
  Notable: “Design and standardization of PCR primers and protocols for detection of clonal immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene recombinations in suspect lymphoproliferations: Report of the BIOMED-2 Concerted Action BMH4-CT98-3936” (2003) · 3,042 citations
• Alexander Norquist h-index 35
  Notable: “Machine-learning-assisted materials discovery using failed experiments” (2016) · 1,718 citations
• Casey Londergan h-index 27
  Notable: “Vibrational Spectroscopic Map, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Interaction” (2020) · 405 citations
• Robert Scarrow h-index 23
  Notable: “Ferric ion sequestering agents. 13. Synthesis, structures, and thermodynamics of complexation of cobalt(III) and iron(III) tris complexes of several chelating hydroxypyridinones” (1985) · 154 citations
• Karin Åkerfeldt, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry h-index 17
  Notable: “Peptides as novel smart materials” (2005) · 232 citations
• Clyde Daly h-index 10
  Notable: “Decomposition of the Experimental Raman and Infrared Spectra of Acidic Water into Proton, Special Pair, and Counterion Contributions” (2017) · 102 citations
• Frances Rose Blase, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry h-index 7
  Notable: “Tremorgenic Indole Alkaloids. 9. Asymmetric construction of an Advanced F-G-H-ring Lactone precursor for the Synthesis of Penitrem D” (1995) · 41 citations
• Leah Seebald h-index 5
  Notable: “In Vivo Bioorthogonal Chemistry Enables Local Hydrogel and Systemic Pro-Drug To Treat Soft Tissue Sarcoma” (2016) · 214 citations
• Alberto Lopez h-index 3
  Notable: “A seismological reassessment of the source of the 1946 Aleutian ‘tsunami’ earthquake” (2006) · 148 citations
• Terry Newirth, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry h-index 3
  Notable: “Mechanism of reaction of carbon monoxide with phenyllithium” (1973) · 59 citations
• Amy Greene
• Gavin Smith
• Gordon Peterson
• Joseph Smith
• Kelly Matz
• Lou Charkoudian
• Margarita Tararina
• Theresa Gaines
• Yiming Wang

Courses

• Chemical Structure and Bonding CHEM H111
• Chemical Structure and Bonding Lab CHEM H111L
• Chemical Dynamics CHEM H112
• Chemical Dynamics Lab CHEM H112L
• Intensive: Chemical Structure and Bonding CHEM H113
• Chemical Structure and Bonding Lab (Intensive) CHEM H113L
• Intensive: Chemical Dynamics CHEM H114
• Chemical Dynamics Lab (Intensive) CHEM H114L
• Organic Biological Chemistry CHEM H222
• Organic Biological Chemistry Lab CHEM H222L
• Organic Reactions and Synthesis CHEM H225
• Organic Reactions and Synthesis Lab CHEM H225L
• Research Tutorial in Physical Chemistry CHEM H261
• Research Tutorial in Theoretical Chemistry CHEM H262
• Research Tutorial in Organic Chemistry CHEM H263
• Research Tutorial in Nanochemistry CHEM H264
• Research Tutorial in Bioinorganic Chemistry CHEM H265
• Research Tutorial in Biological Chemistry CHEM H267
• Research Tutorial in Environmental Chemistry CHEM H268
• Research Tutorial in Materials Science CHEM H269
• Lab in Chemical Structure and Reactivity CHEM H301
• Laboratory in Biochemical Research CHEM H303
• Statistical Thermodynamics and Kinetics CHEM H304
• Quantum Chemistry CHEM H305
• Seminar in the Social Relevance of Chemistry CHEM H310
• Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry CHEM H320
• Topics in Computational Chemistry CHEM H350
• Bioinorganic Chemistry CHEM H351
• Topics in Biophysical Chemistry CHEM H352
• Topics in Materials Science CHEM H353
• Solid State Chemistry CHEM H354
• Topics in Advanced Organic Chemistry CHEM H355
• Topics in Biological Chemistry CHEM H356
• Topics in Biological Chemistry: Medicinal Chemistry CHEM H357
• Topics in Inorganic Chemistry CHEM H359
• Senior Research Tutorial in Physical Chemistry CHEM H361
• Senior Research Tutorial in Theoretical Chemistry CHEM H362
• Senior Research Tutorial in Organic Chemistry CHEM H363
• + 2 more courses

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.