Member Qualifications

• Over $4 million in extramural funding
• 15 patents in biotech. and MOMs
• > 400 publications in top tier journals
• Extensive industrial collaboration
• > 3000 citations/year

Participating Faculty

• Dr. Venkat Bhethanabotla
• Dr. Mohamed Eddaoudi
• Dr. Julie Harmon
• Dr. Randy Larsen
• Dr. Gregory McColm
• Dr. David Merkler
• Dr. Casey Miller
• Dr. Rudy Schlaf
• Dr. Brian Space
• Dr. Mike Zaworotko
• Dr. Peter Zhang

College of Arts and Sciences:

  Chemistry

	Mohamed Eddaoudi Associate Professor E-mail: eddaoudi@cas.usf.edu Research Area: Design and synthesis of functional solid-state materials
	Randy Larsen Chairperson and Professor E-mail: rlarsen@cas.usf.edu Research Area: Photochemistry and molecular biophysics
	Julie Harmon Professor E-mail: harmon@cas.usf.edu Research Area: Polymers, nanoporous materials, and thermal analysis
	David Merkler Professor E-mail: merkler@cas.usf.edu Research Area: Protemic profiling
	Brian Space Professor E-mail: space@cas.usf.edu Research Area: Computational chemistry
	Mike Zaworotko Professor E-mail: zaworo@cas.usf.edu Research Area: Crystal engineering; supramolecular chemistry
	Peter Zhang Associate Professor E-mail: pzhang@cas.usf.edu Research Area: Synthesis of novel functional materials

  Mathematics

Gregory McColm Associate Professor E-mail: mccolm@cas.usf.edu Research Area: Graph theory and transformational geometry

  Physics

Casey Miller Assistant Professor E-mail: cmiller@cas.usf.edu Research Area: Novel magnetic materials; spin transport

College of Engineering:

  Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Venkat Bhethanabotla Professor E-mail: bhethana@eng.usf.edu Research Area: Synthesis, characterization, and electronic structure simulation

  Electrical Engineering

Rudy Schlaf Associate Professor E-mail: schlaf@eng.usf.edu Research Area: Surface science; macro-molecular materials and electronics

Students

Current SMMARTT Students
Former SMMARTT Students

Current SMMARTT Students:

	Mohamed Alkordi Department of Chemistry Advisor: Mohamed Eddaoudi SCA 438; Dept. Phone: 813-947-3008 E-mail: malkordi@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Sustainable Energy Platforms; Catalytic Materials
	Jon Belof Department of Chemistry Advisor: Brian Space CHE 204; Dept. Phone: 813-947-8178 E-mail: jbelof@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Computational Chemistry
	Amy Cairns Department of Chemistry Advisor: Mohamed Eddaoudi SCA 436; Dept. Phone: 813-974-3008 E-mail: acairns@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Sustainable Energy Platforms; Catalytic Materials
	Kimberly Fields Department of Chemistry Advisor: Peter Zhang BSF 363; Dept. Phone: 813-974-7392 E-mail: kfields@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Design & Synthesis of Chiral Metalloporphyrins; Application of Porphyrins
	Chung-Sik Kim Department of Chemistry Advisor: Peter Zhang BSF 363; Dept. Phone: 813-974-7392 E-mail: ckim3@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Porphyrins
	Ryan Luebke Department of Chemistry Advisor: Mohamed Eddaoudi SCA 436; Dept. Phone: 813-974-3008 E-mail: rluebke@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Organic Materials (MOMs)
	Farid Nouar Department of Chemistry Advisor: Mohamed Eddaoudi SCA 438; Dept. Phone: 813-974-3008 E-mail: fnouar@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Sustainable Energy Platforms
	Jason Perman Department of Chemistry Advisor: Mike Zaworotko SCA 412; Dept. Phone: 813-974-3451 E-mail: perman@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Synthesis of Functional Metal-Organic Materials (MOMs)
	John J. Perry Department of Chemistry Advisor: Mike Zaworotko SCA 412; Dept. Phone: 813-974-3451 E-mail: jjperry@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Sustainable Energy Platforms
	Dorina Sava Department of Chemistry Advisor: Mohamed Eddaoudi SCA 436; Dept. Phone: 813-974-3008 E-mail: dsava@cas.usf.edu Research Topic: Sustainable Energy Platforms; Catalytic Materials
	Abe Stern Department of Chemistry Advisor: Brian Space CHE 204; Dept. Phone: 813-947-8178 E-mail: stern@mail.usf.edu Research Topic: Computational Chemistry

Former SMMARTT Students:

	Jarrod F. Eubank Department of Chemistry Advisor: M. Eddaoudi Research Topic:   Sustainable Energy; Catalytic Materials; Hybrid Metal-Organic/Bio-Materials Current Position: Post-doc with the Christian Serre Group, Université de Versailles, Versailles, France
	Gregory J. McManus Department of Chemistry Advisor: M. Eddaoudi Research Topic:   Sustainable Energy Platforms; Synthesis of Functional Metal-Organic Materials Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida