Wooster Chemistry Department
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Faculty, Staff, Emeritus

Judith Amburgey-Peters, Chairperson | Paul Bonvallet | Sibrina Collins | Paul Edmiston | Virginia Pett | Sarah Schmidtke | Melissa Schultz | Mark Snider | Hannah Tims | James West | Support Staff | Emeritus Faculty

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J. C. Amburgey-PetersJudith C. Amburgey-Peters
Associate Professor of Chemistry

Chairperson

Specialty: Organic Chemistry

Professional Interest: Protein-membrane interactions; development of a model system using small molecules.

Office: Severance Hall 103
Phone: (330) 263-2014
jamburgey@wooster.edu


pbonvalletPaul A. Bonvallet
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Specialty: Organic Chemistry

Professional Interest: Supramolecular chemistry, molecular recognition, physical organic chemistry, photochemistry, and reactive intermediates.

Office: Severance Hall 124
Phone: (330) 263-2610
pbonvallet@wooster.edu


S. N. Collins Sibrina N. Collins
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Specialty: Inorganic Chemistry

Office: Severance Hall 101
Phone: (330) 263-2127
scollins@wooster.edu


P. L. EdmistonPaul L. Edmiston
Associate Professor of Chemistry

Dr. Edmiston is on Research Leave during the summer of 2008, the 2008-09 academic year, and the summer of 2009.

Specialty: Analytical Chemistry

Professional Interest: Development of chemical sensors based on molecularly imprinted materials. Bioanalytical chemistry.

Office: Severance Hall 213
Phone: (330) 263-2113
pedmiston@wooster.edu


V. B. PettVirginia B. Pett
Professor of Chemistry

Specialty: Physical Chemistry

Professional Interest: X-ray crystallography; molecular modeling.

Office: Severance Hall 215
Phone: (330) 263-2114
pett@wooster.edu


sschmidtkeSarah J. Schmidtke
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Specialty: Physical Chemistry

Professional Interest: Structural and spectroscopic investigations of condensed phase systems.

Office: Severance Hall 222
Phone: (330) 263-2359
sschmidtke@wooster.edu


mschultzMelissa M. Schultz
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Specialty: Analytical Chemistry

Professional Interest: Analytical method development, environmental chemistry, green chemistry and mass spectrometry.

Office: Severance Hall 203
Phone: (330) 263-2645
mschultz@wooster.edu


M. J. Snider Mark J. Snider
Associate Professor of Chemistry

Chairperson, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Specialty: Physical Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Professional Interest: Enzyme mechanisms; protein structure-function; coenzyme metabolism.

Office: Severance Hall 201
Phone: (330) 263-2391
msnider@wooster.edu


H. S. Tims Hannah S. Tims
Visiting Instructor in Chemistry and Postdoctoral Researcher

Specialty: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Professional Interest: Study of the basic principles of the structure-function relatiopship of proteins and DNAs.

Office: Severance Hall 104
Phone: (330) 263-2642
htims@wooster.edu


J. D. West James D. West
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Program

Specialty: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Professional Interest: Chemistry and biology of environmental toxins; adaptive gene expression responses to adverse environmental conditions.

Office: Mateer Hall 105
Phone: (330) 263-2368
jwest@wooster.edu


Emeritus Faculty

Charles L. Borders, Jr.
Richard H. Bromund
Paul L. Gaus
LeRoy W. Haynes
William F. Kieffer
David L. Powell
John D. Reinheimer, deceased
Theodore R. Williams, deceased


 

Support Staff

Specialty: Fixing, doing, and troubleshooting anything Chemistry.

The support staff for the department consists of a Stockroom Manager, a General Chemistry Lab Coordinator, and 1.5 secretaries.

Office: Severance Hall 107
Phone: (330) 263-2418
Chemistry Administrative Coordinator: Diane Rossey (drossey@wooster.edu)

Updated: Sepember 3, 2008