- Richard N. Armstrong, Professor
- Brian O. Bachmann, Assistant Professor
- Darryl J. Bornhop, Professor
- Hugh Alex Brown, Associate Professor
- Richard M. Caprioli, Professor
- David Cliffel, Associate Professor
- Timothy P. Hanusa, Professor
- Eva Harth, Assistant Professor
- David M. Hercules, Research Professor
- B. Andes Hess Jr., Professor
- Jeffrey N. Johnston, Professor
- Piotr Kaszynski, Associate Professor
- Charles M. Lukehart, Professor
- Lawrence J. Marnett, Professor
- John A. McLean, Assistant Professor
- Jens Meiler, Assistant Professor
- Prasad L. Polavarapu, Professor
- Ned A. Porter, Stevenson Professor & Department Chairman
- Carmelo J. Rizzo, Professor
- Sandra J. Rosenthal, Professor
- Michael P. Stone, Professor
- Gary A. Sulikowski, Professor
- Joel B. Tellinghuisen, Professor
- David Wright, Associate Professor
 Departmental instrumentation includes a High-Field NMR Laboratory consisting of 200, 300, 400, and 500 MHz NMR spectrometers with associated Silicon Graphics workstations.
Other major research equipment available within the department includes a powder X-ray diffraction system, X-ray photoelectron spectrometers, a secondary-ion mass spectrometer, laser microprobe mass spectrometer, a GC-mass spectrometer, UV-Vis, FT-IR, and Raman spectrometers, an electronic circular-dichroism spectrometer, high-resolution continuous wave and ultrafast laser spectrometers, a fluorimeter, an oligonucleotide synthesizer, an atomic-force microscope, polarimeters, a surface area and porosity analyzer, and a high-resolution thermal gravimetric analyzer. Other more common instrumentation, such as HPLC systems or capillary GCs, are available throughout the department.
Chemistry graduate students also benefit from the availability and proximity of other research facilities on campus. Major equipment includes a transmission electron microscope, scanning electron microscopes
and atomic force/scanning tunneling microscopes.
A vast array of interdisciplinary research at Vanderbilt is ongoing within specific instrumentational or programmatic centers.
This center maintains a wide variety of mass spectrometers for analytical applications. Professional staff assist in data acquisition.
This center supports faculty members working in the area of toxicology by providing core facilities that are used on a collaborative basis and by fostering collaborations through seminar programs, symposia, and pilot project research funding. Graduate students and postdoctoral associates from the departments of Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Pathology, and Pharmacology participate in programs emphasizing molecular aspects of toxicology.
The Vanderbilt Cancer Center, a multidisciplinary research and treatment center, received its National Cancer Institute designation in August 1995. The Center ties together all aspects of cancer research, treatment, and education,with basic biomedical laboratory research, clinical research, and patient care under one administrative structure. This aids in the development of state-of-the-art approaches to cancer prevention and treatment, and allows them to be rapidly translated into practice. Conversely, communication from the clinic to the laboratory provides basic researchers with valuable clues in directing their work. Since cancer research and treatment are multidisciplinary efforts, there are many collaborations and interactions between the Center and other departments within the Vanderbilt community. Members of the basic science departments such as Chemistry hold membership in the Vanderbilt Cancer Center. Cancer Center members who are medical school faculty also hold adjunct appointments in the Chemistry Department. The collegial atmosphere at Vanderbilt further promotes interactive program projects that enhance progress in science and medicine.
The Vanderbilt Free-Electron Laser Center is a national center for exploring the application of free-electron lasers to scientific problems related to medicine, biology, and materials science. In addition to a wide variety of basic research projects under study, the facility includes a medical suite for experimental surgery and laser target rooms for conducting experiments in biology and materials science.
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