Chemistry & Biochemistry
Our people
Department Chair
4020 Cowley Hall
tweaver@uwlax.edu
608.785.8269
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Structural Biology
Enzymology
Associate Department Chair
442 Cowley Hall
aopdahl@uwlax.edu
608.785.8274
Specialty areas:
Surface and Analytical Chemistry
Academic Department Associate
Department people
Professor
443 Cowley Hall
kbeyer@uwlax.edu
608.785.8292
Specialty areas:
Physical and Atmospheric Chemistry
Associate Teaching Professor
4030 Cowley Hall
bbhattacharyya@uwlax.edu
608.785.5275
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
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
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
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
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
Lecturer
Cowley Hall
mgrote@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
Associate Professor
Cowley Hall
rgrote@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Organic and medicinal chemistry
Organometallic chemistry
Associate Professor
4028 Cowley Hall
dgrilley@uwlax.edu
608.785.5278
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular biology
Associate Teaching Professor
4024 Cowley Hall
bhaenni@uwlax.edu
608.785.5285
Specialty areas:
Organic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry
Laboratory Supervisor
shayashi-tanner@uwlax.edu
608.785.8277
Assistant Professor
Cowley Hall
jhurley@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Organic Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry
Photochemistry/Photophysics
Associate Professor
4025 Cowley Hall
jkirsch@uwlax.edu
608.785.8655
Specialty areas:
Physical, Computational, Inorganic, and General Chemistry
Professor
4034 Cowley Hall
aloh@uwlax.edu
608.785.8275
Specialty areas:
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry: Physical & Biophysical Chemistry, NMR, Peptide and 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/anti-cancer drugs; the drug discovery & development process in general
Assistant Professor
4023 Cowley Hall
knelson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8263
Associate Teaching Professor
4029 Cowley Hall
jneukom@uwlax.edu
608.785.8278
Specialty areas:
Organic Chemistry | Organometallic Chemistry | Physical Organic Chemistry | Synthesis | NMR Spectroscopy
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
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, Electrochemical Engineering & Materials Science
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
Assistant Professor
Cowley Hall
jvillabona-monsalve@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Physical Chemistry, computational quantum chemistry, laser spectroscopy and photophysics.
Professor
4020 Cowley Hall
tweaver@uwlax.edu
608.785.8269
Specialty areas:
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Structural Biology
Enzymology