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A page within Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department Chair
Professor
4020 Cowley Hall
tweaver@uwlax.edu
608.785.8269
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Structural Biology
Enzymology
Todd Weaver's office hours
Associate Chair
Professor
442 Cowley Hall
aopdahl@uwlax.edu
608.785.8274
Specialty areas:
Surface and Analytical Chemistry
Academic Department Associate
Academic Department Associate
4004 Cowley Hall
lhanson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8268
Department people
Professor
443 Cowley Hall
kbeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.8292
Specialty areas:
Physical and Atmospheric Chemistry
Keith Beyer's office hours
Remote office hours offered: Please contact me if you would like to meet with me remotely.
Teaching Associate Professor
4030 Cowley Hall
bbhattacharyya@uwlax.edu
608.785.5275
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Professor
441 Cowley Hall
jbryan@uwlax.edu
608.785.8271
Specialty areas:
Nuclear and Inorganic Chemistry
Lecturer
Cowley Hall
aclarke@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Cell biology
Molecular biology
Teaching Associate 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
4009 Cowley Hall
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
Lecturer
Cowley Hall
agelbach@uwlax.edu
Adrianne Gelbach's office hours
Teaching Professor
4011 Cowley Hall
rghodsian@uwlax.edu
608.785.8280
Associate Professor
4015 Cowley Hall
kgorres@uwlax.edu
608.785.5284
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry, Virology, Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus
Associate Professor
4028 Cowley Hall
dgrilley@uwlax.edu
608.785.5278
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular biology
Teaching Associate Professor
4024 Cowley Hall
bhaenni@uwlax.edu
608.785.5285
Specialty areas:
Organic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry
Ben Haenni's office hours
Laboratory Supervisor
shayashi-tanner@uwlax.edu
608.785.8277
Lecturer
Cowley Hall
jhurley@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Organic Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry
Photochemistry/Photophysics
Joe Hurley's office hours
Lecturer
Cowley Hall
sklankowski@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Electrochemistry, Energy Storage Technology, Beyond Lithium Batteries, LiB Recycling.
Associate Professor
4025 Cowley Hall
jkirsch@uwlax.edu
608.785.8655
Specialty areas:
Physical, Computational, Inorganic, and General Chemistry
Janet Kirsch's office hours
Remote office hours offered: All office hours can be held online at https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/my/uwlax.jkirsch
Interim Associate Dean SOE
225 Morris Hall
aloh@uwlax.edu
608.785.8275
Specialty areas:
Interim Associate Dean, School of Education (235 Morris Hall), Aug. 2017-present
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry: Physical & Biophysical Chemistry, NMR Spectroscopy, Peptide & Protein Structure
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
4001 Cowley Hall
amonte@uwlax.edu
608.785.8260
Specialty areas:
medicinal-organic chemistry; psychopharmacology; natural products chemistry; psychedelic & anti-infective drugs
Aaron Monte's office hours
Assistant Professor
4023 Cowley Hall
knelson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8263
Teaching Associate Professor
4029 Cowley Hall
jneukom@uwlax.edu
608.785.8278
Specialty areas:
Organic Chemistry | Organometallic Chemistry | Physical Organic Chemistry | Synthesis | NMR Spectroscopy
Joshua Neukom's office hours
Remote office hours offered: I am willing to meet by appointment via Zoom. Email me for details or to set up a meeting.
Professor
442 Cowley Hall
aopdahl@uwlax.edu
608.785.8274
Specialty areas:
Surface and Analytical Chemistry
Professor
4022 Cowley Hall
krolfhus@uwlax.edu
608.785.8289
Specialty areas:
Environmental and analytical chemistry
Kristofer Rolfhus's office hours
Professor
4027 Cowley Hall
hschenck@uwlax.edu
608.785.8288
Specialty areas:
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; organic chemistry; organic chemistry pedagogy
Assistant Professor
4013 Cowley Hall
ssen@uwlax.edu
608.785.5286
Specialty areas:
Electrochemistry & Materials Science
Assistant Professor
4003 Cowley Hall
vstepanova@uwlax.edu
608.785.8267
Specialty areas:
Organometallic and Organophosphorus Chemistry
Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
Synthesis of Biologically Important Small Molecules
Valeria Stepanova's office hours
Remote office hours offered: I use Teams for office hours
Teaching Professor
4005 Cowley Hall
eturov@uwlax.edu
608.785.5282
Specialty areas:
General Chemistry - CHM 103/104 Lecture/Discussion/Laboratory
Inorganic Chemistry - Synthesis, Characterization, X-ray Crystallography
Eugenia Turov's office hours
Assistant Professor
Cowley Hall
jvillabona-monsalve@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Physical Chemistry, computational quantum chemistry, laser spectroscopy and photophysics.
Juan Villabona-Monsalve's office hours
Professor
4020 Cowley Hall
tweaver@uwlax.edu
608.785.8269
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Structural Biology
Enzymology