The department employs 34 full-time Professors and 11 Emeritus Professors including:
* David Procter, Head of Department, and Professor of Organic Chemistry.
* Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, Ex-Head of School, and Professor of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry.
* Richard Winpenny, Ex-Head of School, and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry.
* David Leigh, FRS, Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry
* Gareth A. Morris, FRS, Professor of Physical Chemistry