Craig Grapperhaus is originally from Southern Illinois and he received his B.S. in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 1994. He then completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1998 from Texas A&M University under the direction of Marcetta Darensbourg. From 1998 to 2000, Prof. Grapperhaus was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry with Karl Wieghardt in Mülheim, Germany. He joined the chemistry faculty at the University of Louisville (UofL) in 2000, was promoted with tenure to associate professor in 2006, and promoted to full professor in 2011. Dr. Grapperhaus served as the Director of Graduate Studies in the Chemistry from 2005 to 2010, the Chemistry Department Vice Chair from 2009 to 2012 and 2015 to 2017, the Chemistry Department Chair from 2017 to 2020 and 2024, and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Chemistry from 2021 to 2022. In June 2024, he was appointed as the Associate Dean for Finance and Strategy in the College of Arts and Sciences.