Chemistry Faculty
Department Chair: Dr. Ipsita Banerjee (JMH 642)
Associate Chair: Dr. Chris Bender (JMH 636)
Administrator: Adriana Magnotta (JMH 642)
Ipsita Banerjee, Ph.D. Chair (JMH 642)
Bionanotechnology, Biochemistry, and Nanomedicine
banerjee@fordham.edu
Robert Beer, Ph.D. (JMH 634)
Inorganic Chemistry
beer@fordham.edu
Chris Bender, Ph.D., Associate Chair (JMH 636)
Theoretical/Biological/Analytical Chemistry
bender@fordham.edu
James Ciaccio, Ph.D. (JMH 518)
Organic/Synthetic Chemistry
ciaccio@fordham.edu

Donald Clarke, Ph.D. (JMH 532)
NMR Spectroscopy, Biochemistry
clarke@fordham.edu
Peter Corfield, Ph.D. (JMH 614)
Crystallography, Inorganic Chemistry
pcorfield@fordham.edu
Fariborz Firooznia, Ph.D. (JMH 512)
Organic Chemistry/Curriculum Development
ffirooznia@fordham.edu
Jon Friedrich, Ph.D. (JMH 536)
Cosmochemistry/Planetary Science
friedrich@fordham.edu
Christopher Koenigsmann, Ph.D. (JMH 514)
Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, and Renewable Energy
ckoenigsmann@fordham.edu
Shahrokh Saba, Ph.D. (JMH 516)
Organic/Synthetic Chemistry
saba@fordham.edu
Nicholas Sawyer, Ph.D. (JMH 638)
Biochemistry
nsawyer@fordham.edu
Julia A. Schneider, Ph.D. (JMH 534)
Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Organic Electronics
jschneider43@fordham.edu

Joshua Schrier, Ph.D. Bepler Chair in Chemistry (JMH 616)
Physical Chemistry, Chemical Informatics, Computational Methods
jschrier@fordham.edu
Massud Shoja, Ph.D. (JMH 618)
Crystallography/Physical Chemistry
shoja@fordham.edu
Elizabeth Thrall, Ph.D. (JMH 632)
Physical/Biophysical Chemistry
ethrall@fordham.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Diana Bray (Fordham Prof. Emerita)
bray@fordham.edu
Dr. Norman Bray
nbray@fordham.edu
Dr. Bob Drake
rdrake3@fordham.edu
Dr. Anthony Durante
durante@fordham.edu
Dr. Cihan Gunduz
cgunduz@fordham.edu
Dr. Julio Martinez
jmartinez138@fordham.edu
Dr. Luz T. Padro
lpadro@fordham.edu
Dr. Jason Polisar
jpolisar@fordham.edu
Dr. Frank Sena
sena@fordham.edu
Radhika Srinivas, MS
rsrinivas1@fordham.edu
Dr. Lukasz Sztaberek
lsztaberek@fordham.edu
Emeriti
Dr. Diana Bray
Dr. Moses Kaloustian
Dr. John McMahon
Department Staff
Adriana Magnotta, JMH 642 - Department Administrator
Pooja Grewal, JMH 220 - Laboratory Technician, Organic Chem.
Candido Gude, JMH 120 - Laboratory Technician, General Chem.
Luz Padro-Martinez, JMH 120 - Laboratory Technician, General Chem.