Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

51 faculty and 40 courses in Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Faculty

• Timothy Manning Swager, John D. MacArthur Professor h-index 215
  Notable: “Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole” (2001) · 8,209 citations
• Stephen Leffler Buchwald, Camille Dreyfus Professor h-index 178
  Notable: “Applications of Palladium-Catalyzed C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions” (2016) · 2,889 citations
• Moungi Bawendi, Lester Wolfe Professor h-index 161
  Notable: “Synthesis and characterization of nearly monodisperse CdE (E = sulfur, selenium, tellurium) semiconductor nanocrystallites” (1993) · 9,155 citations
• Stephen J. Lippard, Arthur Amos Noyes Professor Emeritus h-index 145
  Notable: “Cellular processing of platinum anticancer drugs” (2005) · 3,757 citations
• Yang Shao-Horn, JR East Professor h-index 133
  Notable: “A Perovskite Oxide Optimized for Oxygen Evolution Catalysis from Molecular Orbital Principles” (2011) · 5,314 citations
• Richard Royce Schrock, F G Keyes Professor Emeritus h-index 120
  Of longest standing concerns complexes that contain metal-carbon multiple bonds, usually alkylidene complexes (M=CHR) where the metal is usually W or Mo in its highest possible oxidation state. The primary goal is to synthesize and characte
  Notable: “Beyond fossil fuel–driven nitrogen transformations” (2018) · 2,391 citations
• Robert Guy Griffin, Arthur Amos Noyes Professor h-index 117
  Notable: “Heteronuclear decoupling in rotating solids” (1995) · 2,133 citations
• Susan Solomon, Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor h-index 115
• Alexander M. Klibanov, Novartis Professor Emeritus h-index 103
  Notable: “Improving enzymes by using them in organic solvents” (2001) · 2,142 citations
• Ronald T. Raines, Roger and Georges Firmenich Professor h-index 99
  Notable: “Collagen Structure and Stability” (2009) · 3,774 citations
• Keith Adam Nelson, Haslam and Dewey Professor h-index 95
• Steven R. Tannenbaum, Underwood-Prescott Professor Post-Tenure h-index 87
  Notable: “Analysis of nitrate, nitrite, and [15N]nitrate in biological fluids” (1982) · 12,059 citations
• Timothy F. Jamison, Robert R. Taylor Professor Emeritus h-index 83
  Notable: “Recent advances in homogeneous nickel catalysis” (2014) · 2,288 citations
• Mei Hong, David A. Leighty Professor h-index 76
  Notable: “Structure of the amantadine binding site of influenza M2 proton channels in lipid bilayers” (2010) · 630 citations
• Laura L Kiessling, Novartis Professor h-index 75
  Notable: “How many human proteoforms are there?” (2018) · 945 citations
• Troy Van Voorhis, Haslam and Dewey Professor h-index 74
  Notable: “Advances in methods and algorithms in a modern quantum chemistry program package” (2006) · 2,800 citations
• Jeremiah A. Johnson, A. Thomas Guertin Professor, Associate Head h-index 73
  Notable: “Light-Controlled Radical Polymerization: Mechanisms, Methods, and Applications” (2016) · 1,174 citations
• JoAnne Stubbe, Novartis Professor Emerita h-index 72
  Notable: “Mechanisms of bleomycin-induced DNA degradation” (1987) · 873 citations
• Barbara Imperiali, Class of 1922 Professor h-index 71
  Notable: “Effect of N-linked glycosylation on glycopeptide and glycoprotein structure” (1999) · 392 citations
• Christopher C. Cummins, Henry Dreyfus Professor h-index 70
  Notable: “Dinitrogen Cleavage by a Three-Coordinate Molybdenum(III) Complex” (1995) · 629 citations
• Arup K. Chakraborty, John M. Deutch Institute Professor h-index 68
  Notable: “Coactivator condensation at super-enhancers links phase separation and gene control” (2018) · 2,691 citations
• Bin Zhang, Associate Professor h-index 67
  Notable: “PhosphoSitePlus, 2014: mutations, PTMs and recalibrations” (2014) · 3,453 citations
• Robert W. Field, Haslam and Dewey Professor Emeritus h-index 66
  Notable: “Vibrational Energy Flow in Highly Excited Molecules: Role of Intramolecular Vibrational Redistribution” (1996) · 747 citations
• John M. Essigmann, Professor Post-Tenure h-index 66
  Notable: “Mechanisms of resistance to cisplatin” (2001) · 865 citations
• Yogesh Surendranath, Donner Professor h-index 64
  Notable: “Solar Energy Supply and Storage for the Legacy and Nonlegacy Worlds” (2010) · 3,032 citations
• Catherine L. Drennan, John and Dorothy Wilson Professor h-index 64
  Notable: “How a Protein Binds B 12 : A 3.0 Å X-Ray Structure of B 12 -Binding Domains of Methionine Synthase” (1994) · 593 citations
• Heather J. Kulik, Lammot du Pont Professor h-index 60
  Notable: “Density Functional Theory in Transition-Metal Chemistry: A Self-Consistent HubbardUApproach” (2006) · 650 citations
• Robert J. Gilliard, Jr., Novartis Professor, Graduate Officer h-index 56
  Notable: “The Natural History of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Computer Analysis” (1978) · 529 citations
• Rick Lane Danheiser, A C Cope Professor h-index 55
  Notable: “Regiospecific alkylation of cyclic .beta.-diketone enol ethers. General synthesis of 4-alkylcyclohexenones” (1973) · 281 citations
• John M. Deutch, Emeritus Institute Professor h-index 52
  Notable: “Estimating the Entropic Cost of Self-Assembly of Multiparticle Hydrogen-Bonded Aggregates Based on the Cyanuric Acid·Melamine Lattice” (1998) · 456 citations
• Mohammad Movassaghi, Professor h-index 50
  Notable: “Direct Synthesis of Pyridine Derivatives” (2007) · 380 citations
• Elizabeth Marie Nolan, Ivan R. Cottrell Professor of Immunology h-index 49
  Notable: “Tools and Tactics for the Optical Detection of Mercuric Ion” (2008) · 2,330 citations
• Bradley L. Pentelute, Professor h-index 46
  Notable: “Personal neoantigen vaccines induce persistent memory T cell responses and epitope spreading in patients with melanoma” (2021) · 520 citations
• Danna Freedman, F.G. Keyes Professor h-index 43
  Notable: “Exploiting chemistry and molecular systems for quantum information science” (2020) · 573 citations
• Brett McGuire, Associate Professor h-index 38
  Notable: “Detection of the aromatic molecule benzonitrile ( c -C 6 H 5 CN) in the interstellar medium” (2018) · 560 citations
• Alexander T. Radosevich, Professor, Postdoc Officer h-index 37
  Notable: “Using nature’s blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals” (2020) · 581 citations
• Adam P. Willard, Francis Wright Davis Prof., Undergrad Officer h-index 35
  Notable: “Hot charge-transfer excitons set the time limit for charge separation at donor/acceptor interfaces in organic photovoltaics” (2012) · 667 citations
• Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen, Haslam and Dewey Professor h-index 32
  Notable: “Quantum coherence and its interplay with protein environments in photosynthetic electronic energy transfer” (2010) · 362 citations
• Sylvia Teresse Ceyer, John C Sheehan Professor h-index 32
  Notable: “Dynamics of the activated dissociative chemisorption of CH4 and implication for the pressure gap in catalysis: A molecular beam–high resolution electron energy loss study” (1987) · 420 citations
• Matthew D. Shoulders, Class of 1942 Professor, Department Head h-index 30
  Notable: “Collagen Structure and Stability” (2009) · 3,774 citations
• Jeffrey I. Steinfeld, Emeritus Professor h-index 28
  Evolved from focusing on obtaining kinetic data for physical and chemical systems using time-resolved spectroscopy, to ultimately studying gigaseconds and large, interconnected systems.
  Notable: “Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change” (1998) · 2,179 citations
• Daniel L.M. Suess, A. A. Noyes Associate Prof., Associate Head h-index 27
  Notable: “Evaluating Molecular Cobalt Complexes for the Conversion of N2to NH3” (2015) · 155 citations
• Alison Wendlandt, Associate Professor h-index 24
  Notable: “Copper‐Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative CH Functionalizations: Trends and Mechanistic Insights” (2011) · 1,285 citations
• Masha Elkin, Assistant Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “Traversing Biosynthetic Carbocation Landscapes in the Total Synthesis of Andrastin and Terretonin Meroterpenes” (2017) · 97 citations
• Oleta Johnson, W.R. and D.L. Young C.D. Assistant Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “Two distinct classes of cochaperones compete for the EEVD motif in heat shock protein 70 to tune its chaperone activities” (2022) · 37 citations
• Jianshu Cao, Professor h-index 1
  Notable: “Weak collisional efficiencies in the thermal unimolecular dissociation of ethane” (1984) · 7 citations
• Alex K. Shalek, J. W. Kieckhefer Professor
• Danny Thach, Assistant Professor (Beginning January 2027)
• Sam Peng, Pfizer-Laubach C.D. Assistant Professor
  Office Broad Institute (75 Ames Street
• Xiao Wang, Cabot Associate Professor
  Office Broad Institute (75 Ames Street
• Yuriy Román, Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

Courses

• Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I 5.03
• Principles of Inorganic Chemistry II 5.04
• Principles of Inorganic Chemistry III 5.05
• Principles of Organometallic Chemistry 5.061
• Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry 5.062
• Solid-state Materials Chemistry 5.064
• Electrochemistry 5.065
• Crystal Structure Refinement 5.067
• Physical Inorganic Chemistry 5.068
• Crystal Structure Analysis 5.069
• Introduction to Biological Chemistry 5.07[J]
• Fundamentals of Chemical Biology 5.08[J]
• Principles of Chemical Science 5.111
• Organic Chemistry I 5.12
• Organic Chemistry II 5.13
• Archaeological Science 5.24[J]
• Chemistry Laboratory Techniques 5.301
• Introduction to Experimental Chemistry 5.302
• Laboratory Chemistry 5.310
• Fundamentals of Spectroscopy 5.351
• Synthesis of Coordination Compounds and Kinetics 5.352
• Macromolecular Prodrugs 5.353
• Recombinant DNA Technology 5.361
• Cancer Drug Efficacy 5.362
• Organic Structure Determination 5.363
• Continuous Flow Chemistry 5.371
• Chemistry of Renewable Energy 5.372
• Synthesis of Boron Heterocycles 5.373
• Quantum Dots 5.381
• Time- and Frequency-resolved Spectroscopy of Photosynthesis 5.382
• Fast-flow Peptide and Protein Synthesis 5.383
• Research and Communication in Chemistry 5.39
• Advanced Organic Chemistry 5.43
• Organometallic Chemistry 5.44
• Dimensions of Geoengineering 5.000[J]
• Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity 5.002[J]
• Models of Molecular Systems: from Newtonian Mechanics to Machine Learning 5.008[J]
• Ocean Chemistry Change Laboratory 5.009[J]
• + 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.