CHEMISTRY FACULTY
The following list is a summary of the main research interest of the contributing Chemistry Department faculty. For a more detailed description of their projects visit the faculty web pages on the Biology web site at www.chem.umb.edu.

Robert L. Carter, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chemistry Department Chair, S-1-126,617-287-6193. robert.carter@umb.edu   Inorganic Chemistry: Structural Studies of Inorganic Solids by Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy

Timothy Dransfield, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, S-1-085, 617-287-6143,  timothy.dransfield@umb.edu    Physical Chemistry: Atmospheric and Green Chemistry

Michelle Foster, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) S-1-087 Telephone: 617-287-6096 michelle.foster@umb.edu. Physical, Environmental & Atmospheric Chemistry. Amongst our research topics are surface spectroscopy of liquid thin films on insulating substrates and the chemical reactions and dynamics of trace constituents in these liquid thin films, as well as scanning probe microscopy of insulating surfaces. Currently we are investigating topics within the following fields.

Stuart Licht, Ph.D., Professor, S-1-078, 617-287-6130

stuart.licht@umb.edu    Physical/Analytical Chemistry : Renewable Energy, Green Chemistry , and Electrochemistry

Deyang Qu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, S-1-129, 617-287-6035, deyang.qu@umb,edu   Physical Chemistry : Physical/Analytical of Electrochemistry sensors, fuel cells, battery materials and super capacitors.

Marietta H. Schwartz, Ph.D. (Associate Professor) CC-2-2100 Telephone: 617-287-6146, 6330, marietta.schwartz@umb.edu
Synthesis and study of cyclophanes with potential charge-transfer activity; synthesis of strained molecules such as paddlanes; organic spectral interpretation; chemical education.

Bela Torok, Ph.D., Associate Professor, S-1-132, 617-287-6159, bela.torok@umb.edu   Green Organic Chemistry

Leverett J. Zompa, Ph.D. (Professor) Office: S-1-130 Telephone: 617-287-6133 leverett.zompa@umb.edu. We synthesize organic ligands that are capable of binding metal ions in a variety of ways. Under certain conditions the metal complexes formed by these ligands may contain one metal ion, but with adjustment of parameters such as pH or metal to ligand ratios polymetallic species may be formed. These complexes are quite useful as model compounds for the function of certain metallo enzymes and polymetallic catalysts. We study the solid state and solution structure, electronic spectra, thermodynamics of formation, electrochemical and magnetic properties of these metal complexes. Techniques include structure determination by single crystal X-ray diffraction, equilibrium modeling by pH-potentiometric complex titration, electrochemical characterization with cyclovoltammetry, UV-visible spectroscopy, bulk magnetic susceptibility, and electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Inorganic Chemistry, X-ray diffraction. Stability of metal complexes; transition metal complexes of amines and amino acids with unusual stereochemistry. Anion complexes.