The faculty members have extensive experience in the synthesis of organic and biopolymer therapeutics, the development of high-throughput screens and assays, the application of three-dimensional structure determination and modeling techniques to drug design, and the identification and evaluation of molecular targets and therapeutics, and the evaluation of the toxic action of drugs and drug candidates.

Brian Belardi
- Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
- Chemistry

Xiaolu (Lulu) Cambronne
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Kevin N Dalby
- Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Andrew Ellington
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry (Holder)

Ken Hsu
- Associate Professor
- Chemistry
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Stephen F. and Fay Evans Martin Endowed Professorship in Chemistry (Fellow)

Kenneth Johnson
- Professor
- Roger J. Williams Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Ken Keiler
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Benjamin Keith Keitz
- Associate Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Seongmin Lee
- Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Hung-Wen (Ben) Liu
- Professor
- George H. Hitchings Regents Chair in Drug Design
- Chemistry
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Yi Lu
- Professor
- Richard J. V. Johnson - Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry
- Chemistry
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
- Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry
Accepting graduate students 25-26 academic year

Edward M. Marcotte
- Professor
- Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1
- Affiliated Faculty, Oden Institute
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Despoina Mavridou
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Jennifer Maynard
- Professor
- Z. D. Bonner Professorship of Chemical Engineering
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Pengyu Ren
- Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
John H Richburg
- Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Stefano Tiziani
- Professor
- Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
- Nutritional Sciences
- Human Ecology
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Keiko Torii
- Professor
- Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Benjamin J Umlauf
- Assistant Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Andrew D. Weems
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Actively recruiting:
- Graduate Students
- Postdocs
Christian P Whitman
- Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Kun Yang
- Assistant Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Y. Jessie Zhang
- Professor
- L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Biochemistry
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs