Graduate Faculty Mentors

Find a Mentor

As a relatively small department and one that takes pride in the accomplishments of its students, faculty provides the necessary direction and help to guide students toward their degree goals. In short, the Department of Chemistry's Graduate Faculty Mentors are committed to supporting graduate education.

Ayush Asthana

Assistant Professor

Specialties: Quantum Chemistry, Quantum Computing

• ayush.asthana@UND.edu
• 701.777.3199
• Abbott Hall Room 360
  Grand Forks ND 58202-9024

Guodong Du

Chair / Professor

Specialties: Sustainable Polymers; Polymer-based Nanoparticles; Catalysis and Green Chemistry; Methane Conversion; Carbon Dioxide Utilization

• guodong.du@UND.edu
• 701.777.2241
• Abbott Hall Room 224c
  Grand Forks ND 58202-9024

Mark Hoffmann

Professor

Specialties: Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Electronic Structure Theory

• mark.hoffmann@UND.edu
• 701.777.2742
• Abbott Hall Room 324
  Grand Forks ND 58202-9024

Weixin Huang

Assistant Professor

• weixin.huang@UND.edu
• 701.777.4908
• Abbott Hall Room 224D
  Grand Forks ND 58202-9024

Alena Kubatova

Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor

Specialties: Characterization of complex mixtures, Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Particulate Matter, Renewable Materials

• alena.kubatova@UND.edu
• 701.777.0348
• Abbott Hall Room 310
  Grand Forks ND 58202-9024

Binglin Sui

Assistant Professor / Graduate Program Director

Specialties: Organic Synthesis, Polymers, Smart Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Bioimaging, Nanomedicine, Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

• binglin.sui@UND.edu
• 701.777.6789
• Abbott Hall Room 419
  Grand Forks ND 58202-9024

Julia Xiaojun Zhao

Professor

• julia.zhao@UND.edu
• 701.777.3610
• Abbott Hall Room 132
  Grand Forks ND 58202-9024