The Department of Chemistry at MIT was established in 1865. Research conducted covers the entire field of chemistry, ranging from organic chemistry and biological chemistry to physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, environmental chemistry, materials science, and nanoscience.
History The Department of Chemistry at MIT has been established since the Institute opened its doors in 1865. It started with two professors, Charles W. Eliot and Francis H. Storer, and a class of 15 students.
In 1866, the department moved to its then new quarters in the basement of the Rogers Building in Boston.
In 1907, MIT awarded its first Ph.D. to three students in the field of physical chemistry.
Nobel laureates The department has several Nobel Laureates among its faculty and alumni, including the following: Robert B. Woodward (Chemistry, 1965) Robert S. Mulliken (Chemistry, 1966) H. Gobind Khorana (Medicine & Physiology, 1968) Geoffrey Wilkinson (Chemistry, 1973) Charles J. Pedersen (Chemistry 1987) Sidney Altman and Thomas R. Cech (Chemistry, 1989) Elias J. Corey (Chemistry, 1990) Mario Molina (Chemistry, 1995) K. Barry Sharpless (Chemistry, 2001) Aaron Ciechanover (Chemistry, 2004) Richard R. Schrock (Chemistry, 2005) Moungi Bawendi (Chemistry, 2023)
Faculty
Current members
Moungi Bawendi Stephen L. Buchwald Jianshu Cao Sylvia Ceyer Arup K. Chakraborty Christopher C. Cummins, Ph.D. 1993 Rick L. Danheiser John M. Deutch, S.B. 1961, Ph.D. 1966 Mircea Dincă Catherine L. Drennan John M. Essigmann, S.M. 1972, Ph.D. 1976 Robert W. Field Frederick D. Greene Robert G. Griffin Mei Hong Barbara Imperiali Timothy F. Jamison Jeremiah A. Johnson Laura L. Kiessling, S.B. 1983 Alexander M. Klibanov Stephen J. Lippard, Ph.D. 1965 Mohammad Movassaghi Keith A. Nelson Elizabeth Nolan, Ph.D. 2006 Brad L. Pentelute Alexander T. Radosevich Ronald T. Raines, S.B. 1980 Gabriela Schlau-Cohen Richard R. Schrock Dietmar Seyferth Alex K. Shalek Matthew D. Shoulders Susan Solomon Jeffrey I. Steinfeld, S.B. 1962 JoAnne Stubbe Daniel L. M. Suess Yogesh Surendranath, Ph.D. 2011 Timothy M. Swager Steven R. Tannenbaum, S.B. 1958, Ph.D. 1962 Troy Van Voorhis Xiao Wang Alison Wendlandt Adam P. Willard Bin Zhang
Former members
Robert A. Alberty Isadore Amdur Avery Ashdown James A. Beattie Klaus Biemann Arthur A. Blanchard George H. Büchi James Mason Crafts Alan Davison Charles W. Eliot Gregory Fu Carl W. Garland Leicester F. Hamilton Daniel S. Kemp Frederick G. Keyes H. Gobind Khorana Gilbert Newton Lewis Mario Molina Forris Jewitt Moore Avery A. Morton Lewis M. Morton Samuel Parsons Mulliken Daniel G. Nocera James Flack Norris Arthur Amos Noyes, S.B. 1886 Irwin Oppenheim Jonas C. Peters Joseph Sadighi Walter C. Schumb George Scatchard Peter Seeberger K. Barry Sharpless John C. Sheehan Robert J. Silbey Walter H. Stockmayer Francis H. Storer Henry P. Talbot Andrei Tokmakoff William Walker Christopher T. Walsh Cyrus Warren John S. Waugh Mark S. Wrighton Douglas Youvan Hans-Conrad zur Loye
Notable alumni
Sidney Altman, S.B. 1960 Elias J. Corey, S.B. 1948, Ph.D. 1951 Roscoe G. Dickinson Robert S. Mulliken, S.B. 1917 Charles J. Pedersen, S.M. 1927 Ellen Swallow Richards, S.B. 1873 Robert B. Woodward, S.B. 1936, Ph.D. 1937
References
External links
MIT OpenCourseWare: Chemistry