The University of Toledo

SGCE Faculty

Faculty associated with the UT School for Green Chemistry and Engineering participate in interdisciplinary teaching, research, and service in the development, practice, and promotion of green chemistry and green engineering principles.  Current SGCE faculty are listed below by college with links to individual research pages and contact information.

Jared Anderson
Department of Chemistry
Application of ionic liquids to analytical chemistry and SPME

 

Peter Andreana
Department of Chemistry
Organic synthesis; carbohydrate and medicinal chemistry

 

Abdul-Majeed Azad    
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering 

 

 

Maria Coleman 
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Biopolymers; polymer processing; membranes

Dean Giolando
Department of Chemistry
Inorganic chemistry; photovoltaics; deposition of thin films

 

Saleh Jabarin
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Director, Polymer Institute

 

Andrew Jorgensen
Department of Chemistry
2012 Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Chemical education; climate change; environmental chemistry

 

Dong-Shik Kim
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Biosensor development; natural anti-biofouling materials


 

Anand Kunnathur
Department of Information Operations and Technology Management

 

Yakov Lapitsky
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

 

 

Jon Kirchhoff
Department of Chemistry
Analytical chemistry; sensors

 

                       
     Cora Lind-Kovacs
     Department of Chemistry
     Sustainable materials synthesis; inorganic/polymer composites;
     Low temperature routes to advanced materials

 

Glenn Lipscomb
Chair, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Associate Director, School of Green Chemistry and Engineering

 

Mark Mason
Department of Chemistry
Director, School of Green Chemistry and Engineering
Inorganic and organometallic synthesis; homogeneous catalysis

                      Alan Pinkerton
                      Department of Chemistry
                      Inorganic chemistry; X-ray crystallography; electron density mapping

      
     Don Ronning       
     Department of Chemistry
     Chemoenzymatic synthesis in water-based solvents

 

Constance Schall 
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Biochemical conversion of lignocellulose and algal processing

 

Joseph Schmidt
Department of Chemistry
Inorganic and organometallic synthesis; homogeneous catalysis

 

Youngwoo Seo 
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Sustainable bioremediation; microsensors for environmental monitoring

 
 

Steven Sucheck 
Department of Chemistry
Organic synthesis; carbohydrate and medicinal chemistry

 

L. M. Viranga Tillekeratne
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Organic synthesis; medicinal chemistry

 

Sas Varanasi
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Biomass processing and pretreatment; conversion to fuels and chemicals

 

Sridhar Viamajala
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

 

Kana Yamamoto
Department of Chemistry
Organic synthesis; green oxidations

Jianglong Zhu
Department of Chemistry
Organic synthesis; carbohydrate and medicinal chemistry