| Professors |
| Richard D. Adams, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973, Carolina Distinguished Professor of Chemistry |
| S. Michael Angel, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1984, Fred M. Weissman Palmetto Chair |
| Brian C. Benicewiez, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1980, USC Educational Foundation Distinguished Professor, COEE Endowed Chair in Polymer Nanocomposites |
| Mark A. Berg, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1985 |
John H. Dawson, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1976, Carolina Distinguished Professor and Chair
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| Scott R. Goode, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1974 |
| W. Stephen Kistler, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1970 |
| Lukasz Lebioda, Ph.D., Jagiellonian University, 1972, Guy F. Lipscomb Chair of Chemistry |
| Stephen L. Morgan, Ph.D., Emory University, 1975 |
| Michael L. Myrick, Ph.D., New Mexico State University, 1988 |
Daniel L. Reger, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972, Carolina Distinguished Professor
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| Timothy J. Shaw, Ph.D., University of California, 1988 |
| Ken D. Shimizu, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995 |
| James M. Sodetz, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1975, Carolina Distinguished Professor |
| Thomas Vogt, Ph.D., Eberhard Karls Universitatin, Tubingen, Germany, 1987, Director of USC NanoCenter, Educational Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Hans-Conrad zur Loye, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1988, David W. Robinson Palmetto Professor |
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| Associate Professors |
| Donna A. Chen, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1997 |
| John L. Ferry, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996 |
| John L. Lavigne, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2000 |
| Vitaly A. Rassolov, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1996 |
| Qian Wang, Ph.D., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1997, Robert L. Sumwalt Professor of Chemistry |
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| Assistant Professors |
| Sophya V. Garashchuk, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1998 |
| Andrew B. Greytak, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2006 |
| Caryn E. Outten, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2001 |
| F. Wayne Outten, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2001 |
| Linda S. Shimizu, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997 |
| Chuanbing Tang, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2006 |
| Hui Wang, Ph.D., Rice University, 2007 |
| Sheryl L. Wiskur, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2003 |
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| Senior Instructors |
| Daniel L. Freeman, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1995 |
| George A. Handy, Ph.D., University of Nottingham, England, 1973 |
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| Instructors |
| William E. Brewer, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1991 |
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| Faculty Emeriti |
| Elmer L. Amma, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1957 |
| John W. Baynes, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1973, Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus |
| Thomas A. Bryson, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1970 |
| Robert S. Bly, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1958 |
| H. Willard Davis, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1941 |
| R. Bruce Dunlap, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1968 |
| James R. Durig, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962 |
| W. Richard Gilkerson, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1953 |
| Benjamin M. Gimarc, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1963 |
| Edward E. Mercer, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1960 |
| Jerome D. Odom, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1968, Distinguished Professor Emeriti and Provost Emeritus |
| Robert H. Philp Jr., Ph.D., Emory University, 1962 |
| Roy E. Wuthier, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1960, Guy F. Lipscomb Sr. Distinguished Chair Emeritus |
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