Original Department of Chemistry

Separation from Metallurgy in 1893 (3 Chairmanships)

1.   Dr. W. H. Seamon, 1893-1896, First Chair of the original Department of Chemistry

2.   Dr. Eugene T. Allen, 1896-1900, Second Chair of the original Department of Chemistry

3a. Dr. Victor Hugo Gottschalk, 1900-1916, Third Chair of the original Department of Chemistry  

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Joined in 1916 (4 Chairmanships)

3b. Dr. Victor Hugo Gottschalk, 1916-1918, First Chair of the Dept. of Chem. and Chem. Eng.

4.   Dr. William D. Turner, 1918-28, Second Chair of the Dept. of Chem. and Chem. Eng.

5.   Dr. Walter Schrenk, 1928-1956, Third Chair of the Dept. of Chem. and Chem. Eng.

6.   Dr. Dudley Thompson, 1956-1964, Fourth Chair of the Dept. of Chem. and Chem. Eng.

Modern Department of Chemistry

Separation from Chemical Engineering in 1964 (12 Chairmanships, 9 Chairs)

7.   Dr. William Webb, 1965-1979, First Chair of the Department of Chemistry

8.   Dr. Stig Friberg, 1979-1982, Second Chair of the Department of Chemistry

9.   Dr. Oliver Manuel, 1982-1988,  Third Chair of the Department of Chemistry

10. Dr. Vincent Roach, 1988-1990 Fourth Chair of the Department of Chemistry

11. Dr. Oliver Manuel, 1990-1996, Fifth Chair of the Department of Chemistry

12. Dr. Harvest Collier, 1996-1999, Sixth Chair of the Department of Chemistry

13. Dr. Ekkehard Sinn, 1999-2005, Seventh Chair of the Department of Chemistry

14. Dr. Philip Whitefield, 2005-2011, Eighth Chair of the Department of Chemistry

15. Dr. Klaus Woelk, 2011-2014, Interim, Nineth Chair of the Department of Chemistry

16. Dr. Philip Whitefield, 2014-2018, Tenth Chair of the Department of Chemistry

17. Dr. Rainer E. Glaser, 2018-2022, Eleventh Chair of the Department of Chemistry

18. Dr. Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, 2022-, Twelfth Chair of the Department of Chemistry