| Sames Group: C-H Bond functionalization in complex organic synthesis, chemical probes for covalent protein modification and imaging of metabolic/signaling pathways. |
| Sardina Group: Synthesis of enzyme inhibitors as potential drug candidates. Reactivity and stability of organolithium compounds. Development of software for NMR data processing and simulation. |
| Scaiano Group: Photochemistry. Kinetics and mechanisms of organic reactions. |
| Schaus Group: Synthesis of natural products and small molecules to study biological processes, Transcriptional and translational control of protein synthesis, Molecular control of cellular signaling processes. |
| Scheidt Group: Discovery of new reaction methodology and bioorganic chemistry. |
| Seeberger Group: Interactions of oligosaccharides with proteins that control cell growth, cell differentiation, cell-cell interactions, bacterial attachment to target cells and signaling events involving the extracellular matrix. |
| Sharpless Group: Useful new reactivity and general methods for selectively controlling chemical reactions. |
| Sherman Group: Molecular encapsulation, self-assembling structures, de novo design of proteins organized by organic macrocycles. |
| Shibasaki Group: Development of new catalytic asymmetric reactions. Synthesis of biologically significant molecules. |
| Sibi Group: New synthetic methodology, asymmetric synthesis, natural product synthesis, and new materials. |
| Sigman Group: Asymmetric catalysis, organic synthesis and organometallic chemistry. |
| Smith Group: Natural product synthesis, bioorganic chemistry and materials science. |
| Snapper Group: Development of new reactions. |
| Snieckus Group: Synthetic methodology. Synthesis of bioactive molecules and natural products. Aromatic and heteroaromatic synthesis directed ortho metalation. Transition metal cross coupling. Ferrocene and BINOL ligands for asymmetric synthesis. |
| Sorensen Group: Syntheses of architecturally unique natural products and protein reactive natural products. |
| Stoltz Group: Synthesis of biologically active and structurally complex natural products and the development of new reaction methodology. |
| Straub Group: Development of novel coinage metal catalysts. Investigation of the mechanisms of transition metal catalyzed reactions by DFT model calculations. |
| Strohmann Group: Polylithium chemistry and the synthetic use of these polyfunctional building blocks for the preparation of organometallic compounds. |
| Stryker Group: Mechanistic organometallic chemistry and organic synthesis. |
| Stucky Group: Design and synthesis of new materials with an emphasis on understanding interface and nucleation chemistry and creating multifunctional 3D systems by cooperative assembly. |
| Studer Group: Development of new synthetic methods in the field of free radical chemistry. Stereoselective ionic reactions. |
| Suginome Group: Catalytic synthesis of valuable organoboron and silicon compounds. Synthesis and utilization of optically active helical polymers. Organic photochemistry. |
| Sulikowski Group: Total synthesis. |
| SynBioC Research Group: Specialized in organic synthesis (azaheterocyclic phosphonates, constrained amino acids, microreactor studies) and bioresources chemistry (inulin and natural fibers). |