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Department of Chemistry Faculty

Chemistry Department 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
  • Bhaskar Datta, Assistant Professor
    Ph.D. - Carnegie Mellon University
    Bio-Organic Chemistry
  • Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Associate 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 
  • Gary A. J. Meints, Assistant 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
  • Chad Stearman, Assistant Professor
    Ph.D. - Rice University
    Organic chemistry - synthesis and synthetic methods development leading to novel materials 
  • 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, Assistant Professor
    Ph.D. - State University of New York at Binghampton
    Analytical Chemistry -  fabrication, modification, characterization and applications of nanomaterials in chemical and biological sensing