| Angelo Anthony Lamola | Biophysics | | | | Robert G. Shulman (collaborator) |
| Kenneth S. Schweizer | statistical mechanics and theoretical chemical and polymer physics | | | 1983 | Frank H. Stillinger (post-doc) |
| Eugene O. Degenkolb | Atomic Force Microscopy, Plasma Emission Optical Spectroscopy, Plasma Etching | Chemistry Research | | | Peter M. Rentzepis (research scientist) |
| Sherwin J. Singer | Theoretical Chemistry of Clusters, Films, and Condensed Phases | | | 1987 | John D. Weeks (post-doc) |
| Lynden A. Archer | Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry | | | | Ronald G. Larson (post-doc) |
| Peter B. Armentrout | Gas phase chemistry | | | 1981 | Robert S. Freund (post-doc) |
| David R. Herrick | Physical Chemistry, Theory Physics, Optics Physics | | | 1975 | Frank H. Stillinger (post-doc) |
| Amy Prieto | Materials Chemistry | | | 1996 | Lynn Schneemeyer (research assistant) |
| Esther M. Conwell | Electrical and Optical Properties of Organic Semiconductors | | | 1951 | William B. Shockley (post-doc) |
| David W. Tank | Neural Circuit Dynamics | | | | Alan R. Kay (collaborator), John J. Hopfield (research scientist) |
| Karen I. Goldberg | Inorganic Chemistry | | | 1983 | Steven H. Bertz (research assistant) |
| Norman A. Kuebler | | | | | Melvin B. Robin (research scientist) |
| William E. Blumberg | biophysics, magnetic resonance | | | | Robert G. Shulman (collaborator) |
| William Oliver Baker | Polymer Research | | | | |
| Sivert H. Glarum | organic superconductors | | | | |
| Eugene Helfand | theoretical study of polymers | | | | |
| Robert S. Freund | Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) | | | | |
| James M. Goldey | silicon transistor and integrated circuit development | | | | |
| N. Bruce Hannay | | | | | |
| Calvin Souther Fuller | polymer science, solid state chemistry | | | | |
| Robert R. Williams | molecular structure of vitamin B1, thiamine | | | | |
| David W. McCall | engineering of polymers for high performance and reliability in communications and electronics | | | | |
| R. Stanley Williams | nanotechnology, computing, cognition | | | | |
| Robert P Jones | Picosecond laser excitation | Chemistry | | | Peter M. Rentzepis (research assistant) |
| Wolfgang Eisert | | chemistry | 1976 | 1979 | Lewis J. Noe (collaborator) |
| Daniel S. Fisher | statistical physics; theoretical evolutionary biology | | | | |
| Melvin B. Robin | Molecular Spectroscopy | | | | |
| Cyril A.G.O. Varma | laser spectroscopy | | | 1972 | Peter M. Rentzepis (post-doc) |
| Shlomo Alexander | NMR, superconductors, condensed matter | | | 1962 | Philip Warren Anderson (post-doc) |
| Kevin S. Peters | Organic Reaction Dynamics | | | 1978 | Peter M. Rentzepis (post-doc) |
| A. Paul Alivisatos | colloidal inorganic nanocrystals | | | 1988 | Louis E. Brus (post-doc) |
| Mark R Ondrias | Physical Chemistry | | | 1982 | Denis L. Rousseau (post-doc) |
| Thomas L. Netzel | Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry | | | | Peter M. Rentzepis (research scientist) |
| James A Schiavone | | Chemistry | | | Robert S. Freund (research assistant) |
| James Joseph Lander | | | | | |
| George Feher | Biophysics | | | | |
| Harry L. Frisch | Polymer Chemistry, Materials Science Engineering | | | | |
| Frank H. Stillinger | molecular dynamics | | | | |
| Zeev Luz | NMR | | 1961 | 1964 | Saul Meiboom (post-doc) |
| Robert R. Holmes | Chemistry of high-coordinate phosphorus and silicon compounds | | | | |
| Peter M. Rentzepis | ultrafast laser spectroscopy and femtosecond x-ray diffraction and absorption | | 1976 | 1979 | Lewis J. Noe (collaborator), Wolfgang Eisert (collaborator) |
| Gil Navon | | | 1965 | 1967 | Robert G. Shulman (post-doc) |
| Ian C.P. Smith | Molecular Biophysics | | 1966 | 1967 | Robert G. Shulman (post-doc) |
| Maurice Guéron | magnetic resonance | | 1966 | 1968 | Robert G. Shulman (post-doc) |
| Harold W. Kroto | Organic chemistry, structural chemistry | | 1966 | 1966 | Yoh-Han Pao (post-doc) |
| Kurt Wüthrich | nuclear magnetic resonance | | 1967 | 1969 | Robert G. Shulman (research scientist) |
| Arieh Ben-Naim | Physical chemistry | | 1967 | 1968 | Frank H. Stillinger (post-doc) |
| Alan E. Tonelli | polymers | | | | |
| Terry A. Miller | Physical Chemistry | | | | |
| William H. Breckenridge | | | 1970 | 1971 | Terry A. Miller (post-doc) |
| John D. Weeks | Theoretical studies involving: nonuniform and confined fluids, ionic fluids, hydrophobic interactions, the static and dynamic properties of solid interfaces and thin films, density functional theory, pattern formation and crystal growth | | | | |
| Cornelis W. Hilbers | nuclear magnetic resonance | | 1972 | 1974 | Robert G. Shulman (post-doc) |
| George T. Robillard | nanotechnology | | 1972 | 1974 | Robert G. Shulman (post-doc) |
| James M. Salhany | Erythrocyte Membrane Structure, Exchange & Hemolytic Anemia & Red Cell Homeostasis | | 1974 | 1975 | Robert G. Shulman (post-doc) |
| William James Baron | Organic Chemistry, Fiber Optics, Photochemistry, Advanced Materials | | | | |
| Villy Sundström | Photochemistry, time-resolved spectroscopy, | | 1975 | 1976 | Peter M. Rentzepis (research assistant) |
| Robert C. Haddon | carbon nanotubes and graphene, neutral radical molecular conductors | | 1976 | 1978 | Fred Wudl (research scientist) |
| Bruce Parkinson | Energy | Chemistry | 1977 | 1978 | Adam Heller (post-doc) |
| Kamil (Kâmil Uğurbil) Ugurbil | | | 1977 | 1979 | Robert G. Shulman (post-doc) |
| Andrew J. Lovinger | Polymeric materials | | | | |
| Sheila M. Cohen | Physiological NMR | | 1977 | 1979 | Robert G. Shulman (post-doc) |
| Hagai Rottenberg | Bioenergetics, biomembranes | | 1977 | 1978 | Robert G. Shulman (research scientist) |
| Jan A. den Hollander | magnetic resonance | | 1977 | 1979 | Robert G. Shulman (post-doc) |
| Paul F. Barbara | molecular spectroscopy | | 1978 | 1980 | Peter M. Rentzepis (post-doc), Louis E. Brus (post-doc) |
| Steven H. Bertz | | | | | |
| Steven J. Sibener | surface chemistry and catalysis, surface physics, and materials research, thin film polymer dynamics and AFM imaging studies of bacterial cell wall structure | | 1979 | 1980 | Mark J. Cardillo (post-doc) |
| Ronald G. Larson | Complex Fluids, Fluid Mechanics, Biopolymers, and Molecular Simulations | | | | |
| Ian K. Robinson | Coherent Diffraction Imaging, syncrotron | | | | |
| Krishnan Raghavachari | | | | | |
| Howard E. Katz | Materials Science Engineering, Organic Chemistry | | | | |
| Michael Rubinstein | Polymer Theory and Computer Simulations | | 1983 | 1985 | Eugene Helfand (post-doc) |
| Hans Arwin | | | 1983 | 1985 | David Erik Aspnes (post-doc) |
| Glenn H. Fredrickson | Soft Matter | | 1984 | 1990 | Eugene Helfand (post-doc) |
| Leonard W. ter Haar | Computational materials chemistry; magnetic systems; energy and power sources; thermodynamics | | 1984 | 1985 | Francis J. DiSalvo (post-doc) |
| Joseph A. Zasadzinski | biomembranes, liquid crystals | | 1984 | 1986 | Saul Meiboom (post-doc), Ronald S. Pindak (post-doc) |
| Andrew John Millis | Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics | | | | |
| Paul S. Weiss | atomic-scale chemical, physical, optical, mechanical and electronic properties of surfaces and supramolecular assemblies | | 1986 | 1988 | Mark J. Cardillo (post-doc) |
| Mara Prentiss | AMO physics, biophysics | | 1986 | 1988 | Steven Chu (post-doc) |
| Moungi G. Bawendi | quantum dots | | 1988 | 1990 | Louis E. Brus (post-doc) |
| Martin Head-Gordon | Theoretical Chemistry | | 1989 | 1992 | John Charles Tully (post-doc) |
| Teresa Head-Gordon | Theoretical and computational chemistry, biophysics | | 1990 | 1992 | Frank H. Stillinger (post-doc) |
| Steven D. Hudson | Polymer Chemistry | | 1990 | 1993 | Ronald G. Larson (post-doc), Andrew J. Lovinger (post-doc) |
| Matthew J. Rosseinsky | solid state chemistry, materials design | | | | |
| Karl Littau | Atomic Layer Deposition, Materials Chemistry | | 1990 | 1992 | Louis E. Brus (post-doc) |
| Melissa Ann Hines | surface chemistry at the atomic scale using scanned probe microscopy | Surface Physics | 1992 | 1994 | Yves J. Chabal (post-doc) |
| Sharon Hammes-Schiffer | theoretical and computational methods for describing chemical reactions in condensed phases and at interfaces | | 1993 | 1995 | John Charles Tully (post-doc) |
| Magnus Berggren | organic electronics, bioelectronics, optoelectronics | | 1996 | 1997 | Ananth Dodabalapur (post-doc) |
| Shu Yang | Polymers, Composites, Photonics, Wetting, Adhesion, Geometry, Mechanical Behaviors, Biomimetics | | | | |