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Dec 02	Dept. Seminar – Prof. Dhara D. Shah, Arizona State University, Zoom, 4:00 PM
Jan 27	Dept. Seminar – Prof. Scott Lewis, University of South Florida, Zoom, 4:00 PM
Feb 10	Dept. Seminar – Prof. Nicholas Ball, Pomona , GMCS-301, 4:00 PM
Apr 07	Dept. Seminar – Jon Njardarson, University of Arizona , GMCS-301, 4:00 PM
Apr 14	Dept. Seminar – Prof. Maia Popova , University of North Carolina, GMCS-301, 4:00 PM

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Graduate Faculty

B. Mikael Bergdahl photo

B. Mikael Bergdahl

Synthetic Organic, Bio-organic Chemistry
GMCS 213G
619-594-5865

Thomas Cole photo

Organic Chemistry
CSL 210A
619-594-5579

Andrew L. Cooksy photo

Andrew L. Cooksy

Chemical Physics
GMCS 209
619-594-5929

Rees Garmann photo

Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Viromics
CSL 334

Douglas B. Grotjahn photo

Douglas B. Grotjahn

Organic, Organometallic, Bio-organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis
CSL 205
619-594-0231

Inorganic Chemistry
EIS 210
619-594-6643

Jeffrey Gustafson photo

Jeffrey Gustafson

Organic Chemistry
CSL 208
619-594-5580

Christopher Harrison photo

Christopher Harrison

Analytical, Bioanalytical Chemistry
GMCS 213E
619-594-1609

Gregory Holland photo

Gregory Holland

Analytical and Physical Chemistry
GMCS 213C
619-594-1596

Tom Huxford photo

Biochemistry
CSL 325A
619-594-1606

Regis Komperda photo

Chemical Education
GMCS 203; 6475 Alvarado Rd Suite 206

Youngkwang Lee photo

Biophysical and Analytical Chemistry
EIS Complex 17

John Love photo

Biochemistry
CSL 339A
619-594-2063

Yuezhi Mao photo

Physical and Computational Chemistry
GMCS 213D
619-594-1617

David Pullman photo

Physical Chemistry
CSL 301
619-594-5573

Byron Purse photo

Organic Chemistry
CSL 213
619-594-6215

Jeff Roberts photo

Physical Chemistry
GMCS 604-G
619-594-5142

Anca Segall photo

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry
LS 327
619-594-4490

Diane K. Smith photo

Analytical Chemistry
CSL 412A
619-594-4839

Christal Sohl photo

Biochemistry
CSL 328

Manal Swairjo photo

Biochemistry
CSL 340
619-594-6801

William Tong photo

Analytical Chemistry
GMCS 209C
619-594-2442

Peter van der Geer photo

Peter van der Geer

Biochemistry
CSL 322
619-594-5582

Inorganic, Organic Chemistry
GMCS-213F
619-594-5770

Emeritus, Adjunct, and Part-time Faculty

David Hecht
Adjunct Professor

Biochemistry
Southwestern Coll.

Dale Chatfield
Professor Emeritus and Former Chair

Analytical Chemistry

William Stumph
Professor Emeritus

Biochemistry

Robert Metzger
Professor Emeritus

Biochemistry
CSL 312B
619-594-2710

Kathleen McNamara Schroeder

Kathleen McNamara Schroeder
Lecturer Emerita

Biochemistry
CSL-505

Karen Peterson
Lecturer

Physical Chemistry
CSL 309
619-594-4507

Richard Schroeder

Richard Schroeder
Lecturer

Ratnasamy Somanathan

Ratnasamy Somanathan
Adjunct Professor

Organic Chemistry
CSL 233/229A
619-594-5264

Gary Waer
Adjunct Professor

Agrochemistry

Theresa Carlson

Theresa Carlson
Lecturer

GMCS 213B
619-594-5481

Laurie Clare
Lecturer

CSL-313
619-594-1614

Venkatesan S. Thimmakondu

Venkatesan S. Thimmakondu
Adjunct Professor

Physical Chemistry
CSL-312B