Chemistry Faculty

Chemistry BSc (Hons), Durham University, England. PhD, The University of New Brunswick, Canada. Current research interests include the synthesis of new early transition-metal metal nitride compounds and the development of practical exercises for undergraduate chemistry teaching laboratories. Author of publications in the fields of inorganic and physical chemistry, as well as chemical education. Recipient of research grants from The Royal Society, the Nuffield Foundation, Research Corporation for the Advancement of Science, and the American Chemical Society. Received postdoctoral research fellowships at the University of Texas at Austin and Cardiff University, Wales. Previously taught at: Strathclyde University, Scotland; Western Kentucky University; and Keene State College, New Hampshire. SLC, 2010–

BS, Shaanxi Normal University, China. PhD, Temple University. Postdoctoral research associate, Michigan State University. Researcher and author of articles in areas of inorganic, organic, and protein chemistry; special interests in synthesis and structure determination of inorganic and organometallic compounds by X-ray diffraction and various spectroscopic techniques, protein crystallography, environmental chemistry, and material science. SLC, 1996–