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Chemistry Faculty And Staff

All phone numbers use area code 321. Faculty offices are located in the Olin Physical Sciences building (OPS), Olin Life Sciences (OLS), and Olin Engineering Center (OEC). The Chemistry Resource Center (CRC) is in Quad building 405. See the campus map for building locations. The chemistry program fax number is 674-8951.

Chemistry Program Chair

Jessica Smeltz
Program Chair and Assistant Professor

Jessica Smeltz | Program Chair and Assistant Professor

Office: 103 OPS

jsmeltz@fit.edu

321-674-8572

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Chemistry Faculty

Boris Akhremitchev
Associate Professor

Alan B. Brown
Associate Professor

Andy Knight
Professor and Department Head (BCES)

Yi Liao
Professor

Boris Akhremitchev | Associate Professor

Office: 338 OPS

bakhremitchev@fit.edu

321-674-8587

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Biophysical and physical chemistry, atomic force microscopy

Alan B. Brown | Associate Professor

Office: 322 OPS

abrown@fit.edu

321-674-7433

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Structural organic chemistry

Andy Knight | Professor and Department Head (BCES)

Offices: 103 and 316 OPS

aknight@fit.edu

321-674-8175

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Inorganic chemistry, catalysis, materials, organometallics, chemistry for defense applications, green technologies

Yi Liao | Professor

Office: 310 OPS

yliao@fit.edu

321-674-8043

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Photochemistry and organic materials

Gordon Nelson
University Professor

Nasri Nesnas
Professor

Pavithra Pathirathna
Assistant Professor

Roberto Peverati
Assistant Professor

Gordon Nelson | University Professor

Office: River's Edge Main - Building A, 122N

nelson@fit.edu

321-674-8480

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polymers, polymer degradation and flammability, flame retardant materials, nanocomposites, combustions product toxicity, polymer aging and weathering, coating adhesion to plastic substrates

Nasri Nesnas | Professor

Office: 323 OPS

nesnas@fit.edu

321-674-8902

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Synthetic organic, biomimetic, bioorganic and physical organic chemistry

Pavithra Pathirathna | Assistant Professor

Office: 257 OEC

ppathirathna@fit.edu

321-674-7561

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Analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, micro/nano electrodes, sensors for in-vivo and in-vitro applications

Roberto Peverati | Assistant Professor

Office: 334 OPS

rpeverati@fit.edu

321-674-7735

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Theoretical and computational chemistry for spectroscopy and energy science, molecular modeling for medicinal and synthetic chemistry

Stephen Smith
Teaching Assistant Professor

Norito Takenaka
Associate Professor

Robert Usselman
Assistant Professor

Rudi Wehmschulte
Professor

Stephen Smith | Teaching Assistant Professor

Office: 127 OPS

stephensmith@fit.edu

321-309-3037

Analytical chemistry, nanochemistry, formulation chemistry, agrochemical and drug delivery

Norito Takenaka | Associate Professor

Office: 220 OPS

ntakenaka@fit.edu

321-674-7310

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Organic chemistry

Robert Usselman | Assistant Professor

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Office: 220 OLS

russelman@fit.edu

321-674-7751

biophysical chemistry, cell biology, redox biochemistry, proteins, magnetic resonance, quantum biology and sensing, deep learning and A.I. in biochemistry, microscopy

Rudi Wehmschulte | Professor