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ORGANIC

CHEMISTRY

The organic division consists of research groups with broad interests spanning the intersection of organic chemistry with materials science, organometallics, and chemical biology. This interdisciplinary work prepares students for the collaborative role that organic chemistry has in materials synthesis as well as biological problems like antibiotic discovery or developing new drug delivery systems. 

Faculty:

Joshua A. Baccile

Assistant Professor
jbaccile@utk.edu
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Michael D. Best

Professor, Associate Head of Undergraduate Education
mdbest@utk.edu
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Johnathan N. Brantley

Associate Professor
jbrant13@utk.edu
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Shawn R. Campagna

Professor, Scientific Director UT-ORII, Faculty Director BSMMSC
campagna@utk.edu
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Joseph Clark

Assistant Professor
joseph.clark@utk.edu
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Ampofo K. Darko

Associate Professor
adarko@utk.edu
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Viktor N. Nemykin

Professor
vnemykin@utk.edu
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    Baccile Awarded $1.8 Million Grant for Pioneering Research on Five-Carbon MetabolismApril 4, 2025
    Assistant Professor Joshua Baccile has been awarded a Maximizing Investigators’ Research (MIRA) award from the NIH. The MIRA grant, unlike many other grants, is awarded to support a researcher’s collective… Read more: Baccile Awarded $1.8 Million Grant for Pioneering Research on Five-Carbon Metabolism
  • A young Asian man wearing a blue lab coat and clear safety glasses is using a glove box in a lab. A shadow of his image is reflected in the glove box window
    Baccile’s Grant Prepares Community College Students for Four-Year ProgramsJuly 9, 2024
    Joshua Baccile, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, is leveraging a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to provide summer research opportunities to community college students. He hopes the program… Read more: Baccile’s Grant Prepares Community College Students for Four-Year Programs
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    UT Professors Investigate Solutions for “Forever Chemicals”June 22, 2022
    University of Tennessee, Knoxville faculty members Shawn Campagna, professor and associate department head in chemistry, and Frank Loeffler, Governor’s Chair professor in microbiology, have made a discovery that could lead… Read more: UT Professors Investigate Solutions for “Forever Chemicals”

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