27 faculty and 37 courses in Chemistry at Wellesley College.
- Rachel Stanley, Frost Associate Professor in Environmental Science and Associate Professor of Chemistry h-index 23
Es on environmental inorganic chemistry. To that end, I use inorganic chemicals as tracers of chemical, biological, and physical processes occurring primarily in the ocean. The tracers I study in particular are the noble gases and the tripl
Notable: “Prediction of the Export and Fate of Global Ocean Net Primary Production: The EXPORTS Science Plan” (2016) · 292 citations
- Christopher Arumainayagam, Nancy Harrison Kolodny '64 Professor of Chemistry h-index 20
Notable: “Low-energy electron-induced reactions in condensed matter” (2009) · 263 citations
- Megan Nunez, Nan Walsh Schow '54 and Howard B. Schow Professor in the Physical and Natural Sciences & Professor of Chemistry h-index 18
Notable: “Long-range oxidative damage to DNA: Effects of distance and sequence” (1999) · 409 citations
- Nancy Kolodny, Cohen/Heller Professor Emerita of Health Sciences h-index 18
Notable: “NMR determination of the rotational barrier in N,N-dimethylacetamide. A physical chemistry experiment” (1977) · 166 citations
- Nolan Flynn, Associate Professor of Chemistry h-index 15
In nanoscience and biomaterials. One area of focus in my lab is modifying the properties of nanometer-sized metal particles by attaching small molecules to their surfaces. Through this process, we can make materials that have potential
Notable: “A BioMEMS Review: MEMS Technology for Physiologically Integrated Devices” (2004) · 559 citations
- Mathew Tantama, Associate Professor of Chemistry h-index 14
Notable: “Imaging energy status in live cells with a fluorescent biosensor of the intracellular ATP-to-ADP ratio” (2013) · 509 citations
- Adele Wolfson, Nan Walsh Schow '54 and Howard B. Schow Professor Emerita in the Physical and Natural Sciences & Professor Emerita of Chemistry h-index 14
Notable: “A Heuristic Proposal for Understanding Steroidogenic Processes” (1984) · 123 citations
- Michael Hearn, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry h-index 13
Notable: “Preparation and antitubercular activities in vitro and in vivo of novel Schiff bases of isoniazid” (2009) · 179 citations
- David Haines, Associate Professor Emeritus of Chemistry h-index 11
Notable: “Low-energy electron-induced reactions in condensed matter” (2009) · 263 citations
- Mala Radhakrishnan, Professor of Chemistry h-index 11
Interdisciplinary, combining chemistry, physics, biology, applied mathematics, and computer science. I am especially interested in problems that require modeling at the molecular level as well as the systems or population levels, and I
Notable: “Manipulation of magnetic microbeads in suspension using micromagnetic systems fabricated with soft lithography” (2001) · 178 citations
- Dora Carrico-Moniz, Associate Professor of Chemistry h-index 5
Notable: “Pancreatic anticancer activity of a novel geranylgeranylated coumarin derivative” (2011) · 116 citations
- Mona Hall, Associate Teaching Professor in Chemistry h-index 5
Notable: “An Integrated Biochemistry Laboratory, Including Molecular Modeling” (1996) · 24 citations
- Sonja Hicks, Professor Emerita of Chemistry h-index 4
Notable: “Inhibition of hyperlipogenesis with puromycin or actinomycin D” (1965) · 42 citations
- Carla Verschoor, Associate Teaching Professor in Chemistry h-index 4
Notable: “Host-to-guest, excited-state energy transfer in lamellar solids. Photoluminescent properties of hydrated europium uranyl phosphate” (1986) · 20 citations
- Marilyn Turnbull, Senior Instructor Emerita in Chemistry Laboratory h-index 3
Notable: “Differential Scanning Calorimetric Study of Bilayer Membrane Phase Transitions. A Biophysical Chemistry Experiment” (2001) · 42 citations
- Elizabeth Oakes, Associate Teaching Professor in Chemistry h-index 2
In the area of bacterial adaptation to environmental stress. In particular, I would like to understand how small molecules are used by cells to modulate interactions between regulatory proteins and DNA in order to start the adaptive pro
Notable: “A fully integrated undergraduate introductory biology and chemistry course with a community‐based focus II: Assessment of course effectiveness” (2021) · 4 citations
- Amanda McCarthy, Associate Teaching Professor in Chemistry
- Christopher Suarez, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor in Chemistry
- Danielle Vellucci, Associate Teaching Professor in Chemistry
- Don Elmore, Denise Kellen '68 Chair in the Health Sciences and Professor of Chemistry
- Flick Coleman, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- Jacquelin Woodford, Assistant Teaching Professor in Chemistry
Lie at the intersection of organic chemistry and biochemistry. I am interested in synthesizing new polymers that can be used to stabilize therapeutic and bioactive peptides. Many therapeutic peptides are too unstable, or are degraded too ra
- Kelsey Sakimoto, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor in Chemistry
- Malia Wenny, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Michael Mavros, Assistant Teaching Professor in Chemistry
- Nicholas Doe, Associate Teaching Professor in Chemistry
- Paul Reisberg, Adjunct Assistant Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
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.