Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Catharina Coenen undergraduate work, Universit�t Bremen (Germany); Ph.D., Oregon State University

Alice Deckert B.S. (chemistry), B.A. (mathematics), Bethel College; Ph.D., Stanford University

Ivelitza Garcia B.S. (chemistry), Florida International University; Ph.D.(Biological Chemistry/Biophysics), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bradley M. Hersh B.A., Kenyon College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ann Kleinschmidt B.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)

Shaun Murphree B.A., Colgate University, 1984; Ph.D., Emory University, 1991

Margaret Nelson (chair) B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Phillip Persichini, III B.S., University of Pittsburgh at Bradford; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., University of Wyoming

Doros Petasis B.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Martin Serra B.A., Tarkio College; Ph.D., Ohio University

Glen Wurst B.S., Juniata College; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Selected Faculty Publications and Achievements

• Program faculty are recipients of the Merck/AAAS Grant for Interdisicplinary Work in Biochemistry ($60,000) to fund the development of the interdisciplinary junior seminar and provide stipends for summer research students.
• "Green Chemistry: Sustaining a High-Technology Civilization," published in Pure and Applied Chemistry (co-authored).
• Recipient of National Science Foundation RUI Grant ($97,000) to fund equipment and supplies, stipends for summer research students, and travel support for students to attend scientific conferences.
• Fogarty Senior International Fellow at CNRS in Strasbourg, France, published "Effects of Magnesium Ions on the Stabilization of RNA Oligomers of Defined Structures" in RNA.
• Recipient of National Science Foundation CAREER grant (nearly $280,000) to fund equipment and supplies, stipends for summer research students, and course development focused on integration of research and teaching.
• Recipient of Cottrell Research grant from Research Corporation ($30,200) to fund summer stipends for students, equipment and supplies.
• Collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University faculty to support summer internships for students and access to the University's research facilities.
• Recipients of a National Science Foundation MRI grant ($188,000) to fund the purchase of a 300 MHz FT-NMR (equipment).