
Vesselin N. Paunov, Ph.D.
Chair/Full Professor
Specializations: Materials Science, Formulations, Antimicrobial nanotechnologies, Drug delivery, Tissue engineering, Bioimprinting technologies

Haiyan Fan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specializations: Laser-Induced fluorescence spectroscopy; Nanocarbon dots as well as ORR heterogeneous catalyst synthesis, characterization, and application; and Spectroscopic study of intermolecular interactions in solution phase

Mannix P. Balanay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and PhD Program Director
Specializations: Materials Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Optoelectronic materials, Heterogeneous catalysis, Flexible devices

Andrey Khalimon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and MSc Program Director
Specializations: Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Homogeneous Catalysis

Timur Atabaev, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
Specializations: Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry

Rostislav Bukasov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Analytical chemistry, surface-enhanced spectroscopy (SERS, SEIRA, SEF), AFM, immuno-assays, top-down nanofabrication

Darkhan Utepbergenov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Biochemistry, Protein Chemistry, Structural Biology, Enzymology

Ellina Mun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Development of drug delivery systems and nano-, micromaterials for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications

Aliya Toleuova, Ph.D.
Instructor
Specializations: Electrochemistry, Energy conversion and storage systems, Fuel cells, and Batteries

Roza Demeisinova, M.Sc.
Instructor
Specializations: Molecular dynamics simulations, Ionic liquids, Deep eutectic solvents, Adsorption over nanomaterials, Protein aggregation and bio-molecular stability

Aisulu Zhanbossinova, M.Sc.
Instructor
Specializations: Science education, Conceptual understanding in Chemistry, STEM shows