MEET THE MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT:

The faculty and staff in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry are dedicated to educating students in the classroom and in the laboratory. For these efforts, they have won numerous awards, view past awardees.

Faculty
Lecturers
Visiting Assistant Professors
Joint Appointed Faculty
Research Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
Affiliated Faculty & Researchers

	Faculty Member:	Area(s) of Research:
	Peter R. Andreana, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry School of Green Chemistry & Engineering Peter.Andreana@utoledo.edu WO 2232B \| 419.530.1930	Chemical Biology, Green Chemistry & Synthetic Chemistry
	John J. Bellizzi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry John.Bellizzi@utoledo.edu WO 4203B \| 419.530.5926	Biochemistry & X-Ray Crystallography
	Terry Bigioni, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Terry.Bigioni@utoledo.edu WO 2272 \| 419.530.4095	Physical, Nanomaterials & Photovoltaics
	Eric Findsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Eric.Findsen@utoledo.edu WO 2278 \| 419.530.1506	Biophysical & Analytical
	Emanuela Gionfriddo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Emanuela.Gionfriddo@utoledo.edu WO 2268 \| 419.530.1508	Analytical Chemistry & Chemical Separations
	Xiche Hu, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Xiche.Hu@utoledo.edu WO 2277 \| 419.530.1513	Biophysical & Computational Chemistry
	Dragan Isailovic, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Dragan.Isailovic@utoledo.edu BO 1086F \| 419.530.5523	Bioanalytical, Mass Spectrometry & Single-Cell Analysis
	Ajith Karunarathne, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Ajith.Karunarathne@utoledo.edu BO 2098A/B \| 419.530.7880	Analytical, Bioanalytical & Microscopy
	Jon Kirchhoff, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Chemistry & Biochemistry Jon.Kirchhoff@utoledo.edu WO 2265 \| 419.530.1515	Analytical, Bioanalytical & Biosensors
	Wei Li, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Wei.Li@utoledo.edu WO 3269 \| 419.530.1507	Organic, Organometallic & Medicinal Chemistry
	Cora Lind-Kovacs, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Cora.Lind@utoledo.edu WO 2262 \| 419.530.1505	Inorganic, Materials & X-Ray Crystallography
	Michal Marszewski, Ph.D. (joining us, January 2021!) Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Michal.Marszewski@utoledo.edu WO 2256	Nanomaterials, Fuel Sources & On-The-Go Energy Supply
	Mark R. Mason, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Mark.Mason5@utoledo.edu WO 3260 \| 419.530.1532	Inorganic, Organometallic Chemistry & Green Chemistry
	Timothy C. Mueser, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Timothy.Mueser@utoledo.edu WO 4211 \| 419.530.1510	Biochemistry & Macromolecular Crystallography
	Joseph A. R. Schmidt, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Joseph.Schmidt@utoledo.edu WO 3277 \| 419.530.1512	Inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry
	Steven J. Sucheck, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Steve.Sucheck@utoledo.edu WO 3276 \| 419.530.1504	Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry
	Matthew Wohlever, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Matthew.Wohlever@utoledo.edu WO 3210B \| 419.530.8401	Biochemistry
	Michael Young, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Michael.Young8@utoledo.edu WO 3266B \| 419.530.1524	Organic, Inorganic & Green Chemistry
	Jianglong Zhu, Ph.D. Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Jianglong.Zhu@utoledo.edu WO 3265 \| 419.530.1501	Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry
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	LECTURERS:
	Claire T. Cohen, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer Claire.Cohen@utoledo.edu BO 2096H \| 419.530.4071
	Nate Coleman, Jr., Ph.D. Assistant Lecturer Nathaniel.ColemanJr@utoledo.edu BO 2086H \| 419.530.2566
	Kristi Mock, Ph.D. Associate Lecturer Kristi.Mock@utoledo.edu BO 2086F \| 419.530.4080
	Amy Toole, Ph.D. Assistant Lecturer Amy.Toole@utoledo.edu BO 2086G \| 419.530.1503
	Elizabeth A. Zhurova, Ph.D. Associate Lecturer Elizabeth.Zhurova@utoledo.edu BO 2096G \| 419.530.4087
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	VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORS:
	Zin-Min Tun, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor ZinMin.Tun@utoledo.edu BO 2034 \| 419.530.4591
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	Joint Appointed Faculty
	Constance Schall Department of Chemical Engineering	Bioseparations
	James Slama Department of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry	Organic Chemistry
	Liyanaaratchige Tillekeratne Department of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry	Total Synthesis of Natural Products
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	RESEARCH FACULTY:
	Pannee Burckel, Ph.D. Pannee.Burckel@utoledo.edu
	Jennifer Gadient, Ph.D. Instrumentation Scientist NSM Instrumentation Center Jennifer.Gadient@utoledo.edu BO 0226 \| 416.530.7993
	Chris Gianopoulos, Ph.D. Chris.Gianopoulos@utoledo.edu
	Yong-Wah Kim, Ph.D. Chemical Instrumentation Supervisor Director, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility Yong-Wah.Kim@utoledo.edu BO 187 \| 419.530.2563
	Kristin Kirschbaum, Ph.D. Research Associate Professor Director, NSM Instrumentation Center Kristin.Kirschbaum@utoledo.edu BO 187 \| 419.530.2563
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	EMERITUS FACULTY:	YEAR:
	Andy Jorgensen	2017
	Ron Viola	2017
	Alan Pinkerton	2014
	Max Funk	2013
	Jimmie Edwards	1999
	James L. Fry	1999
	James E. Gano	1999
	Bob Niedzielski	1993
	Gordon Parker	1992
	Frank Walmsky	1987
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	AFFILIATED FACULTY & RESEARCHERS:	ORGANIZATION/LAB:
	Joanna Beres	University of Findlay, OH
	Saurabh Chattopadhy	UTMC, Virology
	Julian Chen	Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM
	Joseph Cotruvo	Joseph Cotruvo & Assoc., LLC; USEPA (retired)
	Eramus Cudjoe	PerkinElmer Corporation
	J. David Dignam	UToledo, Cancer Biology
	Dan Dransfield	Epizyme, MA
	Allen Edmundson	Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
	Andrey Kovalevsky	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
	Lopamudra Giri	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
	Paul Langan	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
	Andrew Lees	Fina Biosolutions LLC
	Ernie Lippert	American Glass Research (AGR)
	William Messer	UToledo, Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry
	Jeffrey Ohren	Oceanside Bioscience, LLC
	John Payton	Kenyon College, Ohio
	Chris Senanayake	CEO, AstaTech (Chengdu)
	Bradley Wile	Ohio Northern University
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