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The Chemistry Department prides itself in close student/professor relationships and the
availability of individualized instruction. This helps account for the excellent achievement
and placement records of our graduates. Each faculty member is actively involved in classroom
and laboratory instruction, and many conduct scholarly research activities. Fields of
specialization include biochemistry, organic, analytical, inorganic, physical and
environmental chemistry as well as science education. Faculty are listed below along with his
or her areas of expertise and research interests.
| Name |
Title |
| Stephen Chamberland |
Assistant Professor, Organic Chemistry. Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2005; Development of Methodology for Use in Synthesis, Natural Product Total Synthesis, and Using Computational Chemistry in Organic Synthesis
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| Anthony Diaz |
Associate Professor, Inorganic Chemistry. Ph.D.,
Oregon State University, 1996; Luminescence,
Energy Transfer and Degradation Processes in
Solid State Luminescent Systems |
| Levente Fabry-Asztalos |
Assistant Professor, Organic Chemistry. Ph.D., Washington State
University, 2001; Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors of Therapeutically
Important Enzymes. |
| Anne Johansen |
Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering
Science. Ph.D., California Institute of Technology,
1999; Chemical Composition of Ambient Aerosol
Particles |
| Martha Kurtz |
Department Chair, Associate Professor, Chemical
Education. Ph.D., Arizona State University,
1995; Critical Thinking Skill Assessment, Environment-based
Integrated Inquiry, and Academic Service-Learning |
| David Lygre |
Professor, Biochemistry. Ph.D., University
of North Dakota, 1970; Enzymology of Carbohydrate
Metabolism |
| Jozef Magonski |
Adjunct Professor.
Ph.D., University of Gdansk;
Environmental and Aqueous Chemistry |
| JoAnn Peters |
Professor, Organic Chemistry. Ph.D., Harvard University, 1986;
Organic Reaction Mechanisms, Study of Singlet Carbenes Including Oxonium and
Fluoronium Ylides |
| Robert Rittenhouse |
Adjunct Professor, Physical/Inorganic Chemistry.
Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1975;
Computational Biochemistry as Applied to the
Catalytic Function of Metalloenzymes in Particular
the Fidelity Assurance Mechanism Used in DNA
Repair by DNA Polymerases
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| Dion Rivera
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Assistant Profesor, Physical/Analytical, Ph.D.,
University of Utah, 2000; Infrared and Data Analysis
Methodologies Applied to Model Humic Acid Systems,
Analytical Methodologies for Geothermal Well Exploration
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| Viorel Sarca |
Adjunct Professor, Organic Chemistry. Ph.D., Babes-Bolyai University, 1997; Organic Synthesis in Ionic Liquids - Green Solvents and Catalysts |
| Tim Sorey |
Assistant Professor, Chemical Education. Ph.D., Montana State University, 2005; Supporting Student Inquiry in the Laboratory through a Research-Based Approach and Use of Computer-Based Measurement Technology |
| Carin Thomas |
Associate Professor, Biochemistry. Ph.D.,
University of Nevada, Reno, 1991; Bioactivation
and Cytotoxcity of Xenobiotics, Oxygen Toxicity
and Mitochondrial Dysfunction |
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