New Professor 2006!

Professor Kurt Kolasinski joined the chemistry department in Fall 2006.  He received his B.A. from The University of Pittsburgh and his Ph.D. from Stanford University.  Most recently he was a research associate professor and director of the CAMOS Ultrafast Laser Laboratory at the University of Virginia.  His research concentrates on the study of dynamical processes at the surfaces of metals and semiconductors with a special emphasis on structure formation and laser-surface interactions.  He is currently teaching General Chemistry Lab, and Physical Chemistry Lecture and Lab.  Check out his website.

New Professor 2005!

Professor Karyn Usher joined the chemistry department in the Fall of 2005.  She completed her B.A. and Ph.D. at Florida State University.  Her research involves studying the fundamental band broadening processes in Liquid Chromatography.  She has taught General Chemistry lectures and labs and Analytical Chemistry lecture and lab.  She has had an active research group involving several undergraduate students since the Fall of 2005.  Check out her website.

New Professor 2004!

Professor Mahrukh Azam joined the chemistry department in Fall of 2004.  She Completed her B.S. at Seton Hall University and her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.  Her research focuses on the characterization of secondary structures, GDNA formed from telomeric sequences.  She has taught General Chemistry lecture and labs, Biochemistry labs and Forensic and Toxicological Chemistry labs.  She has had an active research group involving several undergraduate students since the Spring of 2005.