Chair, Department of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Research Interests: single-crystal x-ray diffraction to examine: polymer precursors and pendants with interest in their non-linear optical properties, sydnones, crystalline battery substrates, and novel organic and inorganic molecules.

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry

Research Interests: Experimental and computational techniques applied to renewable energy alternatives, computer simulations to study molecular hydrogen storage capacity in nanostructured carbon materials, study performance efficiency of organic photovoltaic materials

Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry

Research Interests: Vacuum gas and liquid chromatography, surface ionization mass spectrometry

Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry

Research Interests: kinetics and spectroscopy of transient gas phase atoms and molecules using laser techniques, diode laser absorption spectroscopy

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research Interests: organic synthesis of haplomyrtin and cyclopentadienones, monomer/polymer synthesis of conducting and electronically active organic materials, study of thermally stable and potentially ordered polymers and bifunctional monomers

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research Interests: synthesizing funtionalized highly branched polymers, using kinetic parameters to control polycondensation reactions that lead to linear and branched polymers, synthesis of new and interesting monomers

Professor of Environmental Science

Research Interests: Surface science

Professor of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry

Research Interests: atomic force microscopy of solid-liquid interfaces,studies of heterogeneous kinetics under well-defined chemical and transport conditions, inorganic and bio-mineralization processes, aqueous geochemistry.

Professor of Analytical Chemistry

Research Interests: organometallic and coordination chemistry of early transition metals, electrochemistry

Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research Interests: combinatorial organic synthesis and bioorganic, heterocyclic natural products

Professor of Chemical Education and Electrochemistry

Research Interests: Inquiry-based technology in the classroom

Associate Professor of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry

Research Interests: Green methods for environmental analysis

Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry

Research Interests: Bio-nanotechnology and nanotoxicology, physical chemistry (with a special emphasis on Raman and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy), analytical chemistry (study of environmental effects from platinum group metals)

Professor of Physical Chemistry

Research Interests: developing probabilistic stochastic cellular automata models that simulate the evolution of a variety of complex physical and chemical systems, using computer-based methods to find relationships between the structures of molecules and their physical, chemical, and biological properties

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research Interests: Anticancer/antiviral compounds, bioorganic and sydnone synthesis, reagents for amination, and polymer supported reagents

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

Research Interests:

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

2011 Outstanding Engineers and Scientist Award Recipent, honored at the 52nd Annual Awards Banquet, Sponsored by The Affiliate Societies Council of Dayton