30 chemistry professors in the United States, at 21 universities. The most represented are Northwestern University, University of California, Berkeley and California Institute of Technology. 24 of them are verified faculty: their current appointment was confirmed against their own university's pages or a current faculty record in ORCID, and they are listed first.
The list is built from open publication data (OpenAlex and ORCID), the same data ProfScout uses in the app: actively publishing faculty at the largest research universities in the United States whose recent work sits in chemistry. Retired, trainee and staff-scientist records are filtered out where the public record identifies them. It is not a prestige ranking: professors are listed by how prominently chemistry figures in their published work, verified faculty first. Reply-fit scores, which weigh how likely each professor is to answer a student's email, are computed for your own profile inside ProfScout. Updated September 2026; the list is rebuilt from the open record a few times a year.
Organometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compoundsCoordination Chemistry and Organometallics
Recent: Stratospheric impacts on Eurasian soil moisture on subseasonal timescales (2026)
Crystallization and Solubility StudiesSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compoundsOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
Recent: Impressions of the Development of the Open-Shell Chemistry and Multiple Bonding in Heavier Main-Group Species (2026)
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionFuel Cells and Related MaterialsElectrochemical Analysis and Applications
Recent: Rotating-Disk Slurry Electrodeposition of Pt−Fe−Co−Ni−Cu Nanoparticles on Carbon XC-72R Material for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media (2026)
Crystallization and Solubility StudiesMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsGraphene research and applications
Recent: Regulation of Lipid Oxidation and Ferroptosis By a Tunable Axis of Vitamin E, High-Density Lipoprotein, and Scavenger Receptor Class B Type 1 (2026)
Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionSemiconductor materials and devicesElectrochemical Analysis and Applications
Recent: Repository for 'Wind, Solar, and Batteries Can Cost-Effectively Reduce Off-Grid Diesel Electricity Generation in Low- and Mid-latitude Areas' (2026)
Universities on this list: Northwestern University (4) · University of California, Berkeley (4) · California Institute of Technology (2) · Cornell University (2) · Yale University (2) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1) · Michigan State University (1) · Purdue University West Lafayette (1) · Stanford University (1) · Texas A&M University (1) · The University of Texas at Austin (1) · University of California San Diego (1) · University of California, Davis (1) · University of California, Los Angeles (1) · University of California, San Francisco (1) · University of Chicago (1) · University of Michigan (1) · University of Minnesota (1) · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1) · University of Washington (1) · Washington University in St. Louis (1)
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