Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- John D. Roberts – Physical chemist, one of the pioneers of NMR as a tool to study organic compounds, winner of the National Medal of Science (1990) and the Priestley Medal (1987)
- Jacqueline Barton – Bioinorganic chemist, MacArthur Fellow (1991), and winner of National Medal of Science (2011)
- Harry Gray – Inorganic chemist, winner of National Medal of Science (1986), the Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2004), the Priestley Medal (1991) and founding director of the Beckman Institute
- Robert H. Grubbs – Nobel laureate in chemistry (2005)
- Nathan Lewis – George L. Argyros Professor and Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis
- Rudolph Marcus – Nobel laureate in chemistry (1992)
- Arthur A. Noyes – Chemist
- John H. Seinfeld – Chemical Engineer
- Ahmed H. Zewail – Nobel laureate in chemistry (1999)
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