C of C DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY FACULTY


Asleson | Beam | Breazeale | Cory | Cuff | Deavor | Doig | Donato
DuBose | Ehmann | Gelasco | Guirgis | Heldrich | Jones | Kinard | Kotz | Krantzman
Lavrich | McGill | Overby | Riggs-Gelasco | Rogers
Sessa | Straumanis | Taylor | Tonks | Wyatt

Emeritus: Faber | Likes | Martin | Metz | Towell

STAFF: Barrett | Jones | Neal | Tomlinson | Weddle


Intro Chemistry | Analytical | Biochemistry | Inorganic | Organic | Physical

GARY L. ASLESON,Mebane Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1975; B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College, 1970; ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Research Interests: Nuclear magnetic resonance and metal ion binding by tetracyclines; Chromatographic separations; Trace metals in the environment. aslesong@cofc.edu

CHARLES F. BEAM, Jr., Professor; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1970; B.S., City College of the City University of New York, 1963; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Strong-base organic syntheses; Organic Polymer synthesis; Heterocyclic synthesis from isatoic anhydrides and acetylene esters; Pyrolysis.
WILLIAM H. "JACK" BREAZEALE, JR. , Adjunct Professor; B.S., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., University of South Carolina; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Thermodynamic behavior of non-electrolytes and elctrolytes in aqueous solutions; Chemical education with particular interest in laboratory safety, microscale chemistry, multimedia presentations in chemistry , and textbook writing. breazew@cofc.edu
; WENDY CORY, Assistant Professor; B.S., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1993; Ph.D. University of Florida, 1997; ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests:LC-MS determination of pharmaceutical degradation products. coryw@cofc.edu

cuff THOMAS J. CUFF , Adjunct Instructor; B.S., The College of William and Mary; Ph.D., Duke University; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.
JAMES P. DEAVOR, Professor and Department Chair; Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1983; B.S., Mercer University, 1978; ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Atomic Spectroscopy; Molecular spectroscopy, Chemical education. deavorj@cofc.edu
MARION T. DOIG, III, Professor, Ph.D., University of South Florida, 73; B.S., College of Charleston, 1966; BIOCHEMISTRY. Research interests: Marine natural products; Neurochemistry; Cancer chemotherapy. doigm@cofc.edu
HENRY DONATO, Jr., Professor; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1973; B.S., College of Charleston, 1968; BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Chemical aspects of aging; Spectroscopic studies of biomolecules; Bioinorganic interactions.donatoh@cofc.edu
JOHN DUBOSE, Adjunct Professor; B.S., Virginia Military Institute, 1969; M.S., Emory University, 1972; Ph.D., Emory University, 1973; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. VMee@aol.com
CWE CARL W. EHMANN, Adjunct Professor; B.S. SUNY-Bufallo; M,D, SUNY-Buffalo; INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY.
ANDREW GELASCO, Adjunct Instructor ; Ph.D., University of Michigan; B.S.,University of Massachusettes; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY.
GAMIL GUIRGIS, University Professor of Sciences and Mathematics; Ph.D., University of South Carolina; M.S., Ain-Shames University; B.S.,Cairo University; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Raman and infrared spectroscopy, ab initio calculations and conformational analysis. guirgisg@cofc.edu
FREDERICK J. HELDRICH, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Research; Ph.D., Emory University, 1980; B.S.,Washington and Lee University, 1976; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Research interests: natural products synthesis and synthetic methodology; Electroorganic syntheses. heldrichr@cofc.edu
STEPHEN S. JONES, Adjunct Instructor; M.S., University of Massachusetts, 1989; B.S., U.S. Naval Academy, 1982; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Research Interests: Inorganic Chemistry and Organometallic Chemistry. jonesss@cofc.edu
W. FRANK KINARD, Mebane Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry; Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1968; B.S., Duke University, 1964; ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Nuclear chemistry-solution chemistry of lanthanide/actinide elements; Environmental chemistry; Microcomputers for experimental control and analysis. kinardf@cofc.edu
JOHN C. KOTZ, Adjunct Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1964; B.S., Washington & Lee University, 1959; CHEMICAL EDUCATIONjohnkotz@mac.com
KRISTIN D. KRANTZMAN, Professor; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1990; B.S., Occidental College, 1986; THEORETICAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Ab initio calculations and molecular dynamics simulations to model gas-surface reactions. krantzmank@cofc.edu
RICHARD LAVRICH, Assistant Professor; B.S., The Ohio State University, 1994; Ph.D> Kent State University, 2001; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Chiral interactions of organic and biological moelcules; Conformational preferences of peptides, Microwave spectroscopy. lavrichr@cofc.edu
JULIAN E. McGILL, Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., Clemson University, 1971; M.S., Clemson University, 1968; B.A., Erskine College, 1955; ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Pharmaceutics; Chemical Education. mcgillje@musc.edu
JASON S. OVERBY, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1997; M.S., Vanderbilt University, 1995; B.S., University of Tennessee at Martin, 1992; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Ligand design for applications in organometallic and materials chemistry. overbyj@cofc.edu
PAMELA RIGGS-GELASCO, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1995; B.S., Albion College, 1989; BIOCHEMISTRY. Research interests: metal cluster assembly in manganese enzymes, protein purification, x-ray absorption, EPR spectroscopy, and rapid kinetic techniques. gelascop@cofc.edu
AMY LEDBETTER ROGERS, Assistant Professor and Laboratory Program Director; Ph.D., University of South Carolina; B.S., Furman University; BIOCHEMISTRY. ledbettera@cofc.edu
PBS PAUL SESSA, Adjunct Instructor; B.S. University of Notre Dame, 1966; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1968; Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1971; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. sessap@cofc.edu
ANDREI R. STRAUMANIS, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Stanford, 1998; B.S., Oberlin College, 1991; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. straumanisa@cofc.edu
DAWNE M. TAYLOR, Visiting Assistant Professor, BS, Grove City College, 1996; Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 2002; PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES. Research interests: . taylord@cofc.edu
NEAL TONKS, Visiting Assistant Professor, BS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1981; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1986. tonksn@cofc.edu

JKW JUSTIN K. WYATT, Associate Professor, BS, Oregon State, 1994; Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 2000; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Research interests:Propargylic alcohols, Enantioselective synthesis. wyattj@cofc.edu

EMERITUS FACULTY

GARY C. FABER, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of South Dakota, 1969; B.S., Georgia State University, 1965; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Distinguished Teaching Award 1990.
likes CARL JAMES LIKES, Profesor Emeritus; B.S. College of Charleston; Ph.D. , University of Virginia, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, Distinguised Teaching Award 1978, Deceased.

ELIZABETH M. MARTIN, Associate Professor; M.S.,Georgia State University, 1972; M.A.T., Duke University, 1965; B.A. Winthrop College, 1964; ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Chemical Education. martine@cofc.edu
CLYDE METZ, Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1966; B.S., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1962; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. Research interests: Electrochemistry of molten salts; Chemical Education; X-ray Crystallography. metzc@cofc.edu
EDWARD EMERSON TOWELL, Professor Emeritus; B.S., College of Charleston; Ph.D.,University of North Carolina, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Deceased.


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