Chemistry & Biochemistry
Our people
Department Chair
Associate Department Chair
- L4 Cowley Hall
- aopdahl@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8274
Academic Department Associate
Department people
- Professor
- 3040 Prairie Springs Science Center
- kbeyer@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8292
Specialty areas:
Physical and Atmospheric Chemistry
- Teaching Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- bbhattacharyya@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5275
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
- Associate Teaching Professor
- 4012 Cowley Hall
- tcordes@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8279
- Professor
- 4014 Cowley Hall
- cczerwinski@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8701
Specialty areas:
Organometallic chemistry
Pre-medicine advisor
- Teaching Professor
- 228 Cartwright Center
- rdesouza-machado@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8273
- Teaching Professor
- Cartwright Center
- kfriesen@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5277
Specialty areas:
CHM103 General Chemistry I Lab
CHM104 General Chemistry II Lecture and Lab
CHM301 Analytical Chemistry (Quantitative Chemistry) Lab
- Teaching Professor
- 4011 Cowley Hall
- rghodsian@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8280
- Professor
- 4015 Cowley Hall
- kgorres@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5284
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry, Virology, Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus
- Lecturer
- 4003 Cowley Hall
- mgrote@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8267
Specialty areas:
Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
- Associate Professor
- Cowley Hall
- rgrote@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Organic and medicinal chemistry
Organometallic chemistry
- Associate Professor
- UW La Crosse
- dgrilley@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5278
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular biology
- Associate Teaching Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- bhaenni@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5285
Specialty areas:
Organic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry
- Assistant Professor
- 4018 Cowley Hall
- jhurley@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5283
Specialty areas:
Organic Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry
Photochemistry/Photophysics
- Associate Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- jkirsch@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8655
Specialty areas:
Physical, Computational, Inorganic, and General Chemistry
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Cowley Hall
- pkumar@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
CFD modeling, Heat Transfer, Multiphase Flow, Nanofluid Cooling, Batteries & Fuel Cells, HVAC Systems
- Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- aloh@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8275
Specialty areas:
Program Director, McNair Scholars Program (2101 Centennial Hall)
Program Director, School Psychology Program (349A Graff Main Hall)
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry: Physical & Biophysical Chemistry, NMR, Peptide and Protein structure (4034 Cowley Hall)
- Associate Professor
- 4007 Cowley Hall
- jmay@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5281
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Salmonella, Structural Biology
- Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- rmcgaff@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8656
- Professor
- 4001 Cowley Hall
- amonte@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8260
Specialty areas:
medicinal-organic chemistry; psychopharmacology; natural products chemistry; psychedelic & anti-infective/anti-cancer drugs; the drug discovery & development process in general
- Associate Teaching Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- jneukom@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8278
Specialty areas:
Organic Chemistry | Organometallic Chemistry | Physical Organic Chemistry | Synthesis | NMR Spectroscopy
- Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- aopdahl@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8274
Specialty areas:
Surface and Analytical Chemistry
- Assistant Professor
- Cowley Hall
- apaulson@uwlax.edu
- Assistant Professor
- Cowley Hall
- mraza@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
(Bio)Inorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Metalloenzymes, Metallocofactors in Viral Diseases, Electrochemistry, Metals in Medicine and Biology
- Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- krolfhus@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8289
Specialty areas:
Environmental and analytical chemistry
- Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- hschenck@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8288
Specialty areas:
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; organic chemistry; organic chemistry pedagogy
- Associate Professor
- 4013 Cowley Hall
- ssen@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5286
Specialty areas:
Electrochemistry, Electrochemical Engineering & Materials Science
- Director of TLC/Teaching Professor
- 260 Murphy Library
- eturov@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5282
Specialty areas:
General Chemistry - CHM 103/104 Lecture/Discussion/Laboratory
Inorganic Chemistry - Synthesis, Characterization, X-ray Crystallography
- Assistant Professor
- Cowley Hall
- jvillabona-monsalve@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Physical Chemistry, computational quantum chemistry, laser spectroscopy and photophysics.
- Professor
- L4 Cowley Hall
- tweaver@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8269
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Structural Biology
Enzymology