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Name	Field	Research / Interests
Mohammed Ali Professor	Organic	Synthesis of biologically and structurally interesting molecules; Development of environmental friendly methodology; Organic reactions with supported reagents.
Marcus Bond Associate Professor	Physical inorganic, X-ray Crystallography	Physical inorganic chemistry: Solid-state and materials chemistry, crystallography, bioinorganic chemistry of vanadium.
Sharon Coleman Professor	Chemical Education	Chemical Education at the Elementary and Secondary Education Level. Student attitudes towards science, activity development, and cognitive abilities.
Philip Crawford Professor and Department Chair	Analytical	Electroanalytical Chemistry, Metalloporphyrin Chemistry, Heavy Metal Detection in Environmental Media.
Matthew Fasnacht Assistant Professor	Environmental / Analytical	Environmental: Binding of toxic metals to garden compost as a way to clean up contaminated water. Analytical: Measurements of the concentrations of micronutrients in ants and termites. Chemical Education: Inquiry based laboratory experiments.
Bruce Hathaway Professor	Organic	Synthesis of molecules of biological and theoretical interest, including the use of chiral auxiliaries in organic synthesis. Development of organic laboratory experiments that encourage critical thinking by students.
Jim McGill Assistant Professor	Organic	Organic and organometallic synthesis, asymmetric synthesis, synthetic methodology, and forensic applications of organic chemistry
Chris W. McGowan Professor and Dean	Analytical	Characterization of the organic materials in oil shales, shale oils, coal and petroleum; determination of sulfur forms in fossil fuels, applications of perchloric acid.
Bjorn Olesen Professor	Organic, Biochemistry	Natural Product isolation and characterization and amino acid determination.
Michael Readnour Professor	Inorganic	Qualitative and quantitative detection of lead in paint. Thermodynamic properties of aqueous solutions
David Ritter Associate Professor	Physical	Reaction kinetics of gas-phase transition metal atoms and ions. Instrumentation and PC-computer interfacing.
Michael Rodgers Professor	Inorganic, Physical	Spectroscopic studies of transition metal complexes. Computer technology in chemical education.
Lavetta Bratton Administrative Assistant	Secretary Rhodes 201	Lavetta really runs the department, although she won't admit it.
Charlie Vaughn	Stockroom Manager Magill 215	Charlie likes flowers and loves singing.

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