Spanning the elements of the periodic table, inorganic chemistry plays a central role in all chemical processes. Research in inorganic chemistry at the University of Chicago impacts diverse areas including renewable energy, medicine, catalysis, and new materials.
The broad scope of inorganic chemistry lends itself to a collaborative approach to research, involving cooperation between our groups and others in physics, the biological sciences, the Institute for Molecular Engineering, and more. Students choose from a variety of research areas, including synthesis and catalysis of molecular coordination and organometallic complexes, the development of novel molecular materials and MOFs, bioinorganic chemistry, organic and coordination polymers, photochemistry, magnetic and electronic properties of inorganic systems, drug discovery, and small molecule activation. Regardless of specialization, students gain a mastery of fundamental concepts of structure and bonding and their relationship to reactivity and physical properties in inorganic systems.
