Department of Chemistry

Biological Chemistry

The Penn State Department of Chemistry has a rich history of research in biological chemistry.  Faculty are engaged in cutting edge research in bioinorganic, biophysical, and computational biology. Researchers have a breadth of interests that range from solving structures of biomolecules to elucidating the mechanism of novel enzymes to looking at protein and RNA folding on a genome-wide scale. Research has applications to numerous organisms, biological pathways, and human diseases.

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Biological Chemistry Research Areas:

Bioanalytical  |  Bioinorganic  |  Bioorganic  |  Biophysical  |  Computational  |  Nucleic Acids  |  Structural biology 

Faculty
Associate Professor of Chemistry, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Chemistry and Associate Head for Undergraduate Education
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Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Professor of Chemistry
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J. Lloyd Huck Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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Shapiro Professor of Chemistry
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Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Associate Department Head for Chemistry Climate and Diversity
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Assistant Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs; Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Courtesy Faculty
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and of Chemistry
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Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnology, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and of Chemistry
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Associate Professor and Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Biomaterials and Regenerative Engineering
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and of Chemistry

Adjunct Faculty 

Xin Zhang  
Biochemistry of intracellular protein aggregation in stressed proteome and neurodenegeration.