Department of Chemistry Faculty

- Richard N. Biagioni, Professor
Ph.D. - University of California-Berkeley
Analytical and Environmental. Application of instrumental methods to projects of environmental (broadly defined) significance
- Eric Bosch, Professor
Ph.D. - Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Organic Chemistry, Crystal Engineering and Coordination Chemistry
- Bryan E. Breyfogle, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla
Electrochemistry of Materials; Chemical Education
- Dean A. Cuebas, Associate Professor
Ph.D. - City University of New York
Biochemistry – Enzymology of the β-oxidation systems of fatty acids/bile acids/xenobiotics in mammalian peroxisomes and mitochondria. Molecular mechanics and dynamics of β-oxidation enzymes to define enzymatic stereoselectivity and enzyme evolution
- Katye Fichter, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Cincinnati
Biochemistry
- Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Professor
Ph.D. - University of Kansas
Inorganic/bioinorganic – chemistry and applications of oxime-bearing ligands and their metal complexes
- Annette W. Gordon, Professor
Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University
Chemical education with emphasis on improving our Chemistry course (and the accompanying lab) for non-science majors; encouraging girls, especially junior high age, to pursue their interest in math, science and technology
- Brian High, Instructor
M.S. - Missouri State University
- Tamera S. Jahnke, Dean, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, and Professor
Ph.D. - University of Iowa
Organic Chemistry, chemical education, sustainability and women in science
- Dmitry Kadnikov, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D - Iowa State University
Organic Chemistry
- Gary A. J. Meints, Associate Professor
Ph.D. - University of Washington
Physical/biophysical chemistry, NMR spectroscopy of damaged DNA
- Mark M. Richter, Professor
Ph.D. - Washington State University
Analytical - Photo-luminescence and electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL)
- G. Alan Schick, Professor and Department Head
Ph.D - University of California-Riverside
Physical/Materials chemistry - colloid and surface chemistry with emphasis on thin film deposition
- M. Reza Sedaghat-Herati, Professor
Ph.D. - University of Surrey, England
Organic and Polymer Chemistry – reaction mechanism and dendrimers [particularly those that contain poly(ethylene glycol)]
- Kathy Shade, Instructor
M.S. - Missouri State University
- Matthew Siebert, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of California - Davis
Organic Chemistry
- Erich D. Steinle, Associate Professor
Ph.D. - University of Michigan
Analytical - developing sensors based on nanotechnology and electrochemistry
- Shujun Su, Professor
Ph.D. - University of New Hampshire
Physical Chemistry - quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics of polymers
- Diann Thomas - Senior Instructor
Ph.D. - University of Arkansas
Analytical Chemistry
- Anthony P. Toste, Professor
Ph.D. - University of California-Berkeley
Biochemistry - chemodynamics in mixed nuclear wastes, chelator fragments
- Adam K. Wanekaya, Associate Professor
Ph.D. - State University of New York at Binghampton
Analytical Chemistry - fabrication, modification, characterization and applications of nanomaterials in chemical and biological sensing