Director: Tatyana Polenova, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

COBRE Business Administrator: Vera Vladimirova, B.S.

Internal Steering Committee:
Joseph Fox, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Director of COBRE “Discovery of Chemical Probes and Therapeutic Leads”
Murray Johnston, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kristi Kiick, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineeering; Deputy Dean, College of Engineering
April Kloxin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Darrin Pochan, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineeering
Charles Riordan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Deputy Provost for Research and Scholarship, University of Delaware

External Advisory Committee:
Kathryn Uhrich, Chair; Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
Joanna Long, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida; Director of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (AMRIS) Laboratory of the  National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL)
Michele Marcolongo, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Department of Material Engineering, Drexel University

Instrumentation Cores:
Mass Spectrometry and Surface Characterization (MSSC) Core
Colin Thorpe, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, MSSC Core Co-Director
Tom Beebe, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, MSSC Core Co-Director
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Core
Steve Bai, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, NMR Core Director
Microscopy and Mechanical Testing (MMT) Core
Xinqiao Jia, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MMT Core Director
Computational Core
Sandeep Patel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computational Core Director

Pilot Research Project Program:
Tatyana Polenova, coordinator