Chemistry and Physics Department
Professors: Kevin Bennett, Susan Ensel (chair), Christopher Stromberg
Professor Emerita: Sharron W. Smith, Allen P. Flora
Associate Professor: Dana Lawrence
Assistant Professor: Ashish Chakradhar
General Chemistry Coordinator: Nicholas Kettenhofen
Chemistry Lab Technician: Christina Orcutt
The department offers two undergraduate majors: chemistry and biochemistry. The major in chemistry consists of a core of chemistry courses with some work in physics and mathematics.
The major in biochemistry consists of a combination of chemistry and biology courses, also with some work in physics and mathematics.
Chemistry majors may earn secondary teaching certification. Minors in chemistry and physics are offered, as well as an environmental chemistry concentration in the environmental science and policy major.
The chemistry and physics faculty are active professionals and scholars.
Facilities: Chemistry and physics teaching laboratories are equipped with computer-controlled data acquisition and analysis systems. Chemistry students use instruments such as a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer; a GC-Mass spectrometer; an LC-Mass Spectrometer; Fourier transform infrared spectrometer; a visible and ultraviolet spectrophotometer; a SPEX fluorimeter; a Raman spectrometer; high performance liquid chromatographs; a capillary electrophoresis system; and calorimeters. Research laboratories contain additional specialized equipment.
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