Core Faculty
Carla Ahrenstorff - Instructor/Research Associate
M.S., University of Minnesota Duluth (2010)
Research Interests: Organic carbon in aquatic systems, sustainable polymers, and teaching General Chemistry.
Office Location: 231 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-6807
Email: stei0509@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/chem/index.html
Steven Berry - Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D., University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign (2003)
Research Interests: Copper proteins, the role of copper in structure-function relationship of enzymes.
Office Location: 152C SSB
Office Phone: (218) 726-7087
Email: smberry@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~smberry/
Erika Bladholm - Instructor
M.S., University of Minnesota Duluth (2011)
Research Interests: Teaching General Chemistry, copper proteins.
Office Location: 337 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-7792
Email: blad0024@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/chem/index.html
Sarah Bowman - Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Rochester (2010)
Research Interests: Heme degradation proteins and transcriptional regulatory proteins that function in the bacterial acquisition of iron in pathogens.
Office Location: Chem 337
Office Phone: 218.726.7401
Email: sebowman@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~sebowman/
Robert Carlson - Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University (1965)
Research Interests: Synthesis of chemical compounds of pharmaceutical importance using novel carbon/oxygen, and/or sulfur, mono- and dianions.
Office Location: Chem 325
Office Phone: (218) 726-7231
Email: rcarlson@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/chemistry/faculty/carlson/index.html
John Evans - Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D., University of Delaware (1977)
Research Interests: Analytical & materials chemistry, performance of chip seal & bonded wear course in bridges, designing low-cost sensors for remote sensing.
Office Location: 227 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-7232
Email: jevans1@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~jevans1/
Peter Grundt - Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Duisburg (1998)
Research Interests: Design and synthesis of pharmacological compounds for the obligate parasite Toxoplasma gondii,
Heterocyclic Chemistry.
Office Location: 319 Chem
Office Phone: 218-726-6939
Email: pgrundt@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~pgrundt/
Brian Gute - Instructor
M.S., University of Minnesota Duluth
Research Interests: Computational chemistry, structure-activity relationships (SAR), quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR), quantitative molecular similarity assessment (QMSA), STEM education, and inquiry-based and active learning teaching methods.
Office Location: 237 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-7775
Email: bgute2@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~bgute2/
Ahmed Heikal - Professor
Ph.D. , California Institute of Technology (1995)
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular Biophysics, energy metabolism & mitochondria, biomimetic membranes, IgE receptor signaling, molecular crowding.
Office Location: 253C-SSB
Office Phone: (218) 726-7036
Email: aaheikal@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/chem/research/Heikal-Lab/index.html
Anne Hinderliter - Associate Professor
Ph.D. , Cornell University (1994)
Research Interests: Membrane Biophysics, membrane proteins, lipid domains, model membranes, Calorimetry.
Office Location: 152B SSB
Office Phone: (218) 726-7062
Email: ahinderl@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/chem/faculty/hinderliter.html
Joseph Johnson - Associate Professor
Ph.D., Brigham Young University (1999)
Research Interests: Protein biochemistry & enzymology, cloning, expression, and characterization of recombinant human BACE2 isoforms, identification of their in vivo substrates, anti-cancer agents.
Office Location: 253B SSB
Office Phone: (218) 726-8439
Email: jljohns3@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~jljohns3/
Paul Kiprof - Professor
Ph.D., Technical University Munich (1991)
Research Interests: Organoboron chemistry, synthesis of novel markers for both fluorescence microscopy imaging and Light-Emitting Diode applications.
Office Location: 321 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-8021
Email: pkiprof@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~pkiprof/
Melanie Ladd - Instructor
M.S., University of Minnesota Duluth (2012)
Office Location: Chemistry 110
Office Phone: (218)726-7436
Email: mladd@d.umn.edu
Webpage:
Romesh Lakhan - Instructor
M.S., University of Minnesota Duluth (2011)
Research Interests: Chemical Toxicology, Teaching General Chemistry.
Office Location: 233 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-7773
Email: lakh0012@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/chem/index.html
Dr. Vincent Magnuson - Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (1968)
Research Interests: Structure determination of low-oxidation state transition metal complexes, topological indices.
Office Location: Engr 229
Office Phone: (218) 726-8838
Email: vmagnuso@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/chem/faculty/magnuson.html
Venkatram Mereddy - Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (1996)
Research Interests: Synthesis of a new generation anti-cancer agents,
discovery of new synthetic methods and reagents.
Office Location: 136 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-6766
Email: vmereddy@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~vmereddy/
Sangeeta Mereddy - Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Research Interests: Development of new methods for the synthesis of biologically important lactones.
Office Location: 244 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-6482
Email: smereddy@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/chem/index.html
Elizabeth Minor - Associate Professor, Associate Department Head
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Research Interests: Organic carbon cycle in aquatic systems, organic carbon reactivity in lake, river and ocean water columns & sediments.
Office Location: Chem 110, RLB 211
Office Phone: (218)726-7097
Email: eminor@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/llo/people/eminor.html
Victor Nemykin - Professor
PhD, Institute of General & Inorganic Chemistry, Kiev (1995)
Research Interests: Synthesis of bio-inorganic materials (new analogues of phthalocyanines & porphyrines, transition-metal macrocycles), modeling of molybdopterin and Tungstopterin enzymes.
Office Location: 329 Chem
Office Phone: 218-726-6729
Email: vnemykin@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~vnemykin/
Don Poe - Professor
Ph.D., Iowa State University (1974)
Research Interests: Development of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), modeling for SFC, transport properties of supercritical fluids (e.g., elution of n-alkanes/CO2, petroleum & pharmaceuticals).
Office Location: 333 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-7217
Email: dpoe@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~dpoe/
James Riehl - Professor, Dean of Swenson College of Science & Engineering
Ph.D., Purdue University (1975)
Research Interests: Structure and reactions of chiral molecules, lanthanide(III) complexes, circularly polarized light spectroscopy, computational & theoretical chemistry of chirality.
Office Location: 140 Engr
Office Phone: (218) 726-6397
Email: jpriehl@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/scse/vitas/jriehl.html
Dr. Paul Siders - Associate Professor
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (1983)
Research Interests: Theoretical physical chemistry, statistical thermodynamics, partitioning in supercritical fluid chromatography.
Office Location: Chemistry 313
Office Phone: (218)726-6138
Email: psiders@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~psiders
Katherine Swanson - Instructor
M.S., University of Minnesota Duluth (2008)
Research Interests: Teaching General Chemistry.
Office Location: 239 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-8126
Email: morr0138@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/chem/index.html
Bilin Tsai - Professor, Department Head
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1975)
Research Interests: Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization & ab initio of Radicals and cations, development of reflective learners, Diversity and Equity
Office Location: 246 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-7220
Email: btsai@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~btsai/
Viktor Zhdankin - Professor
Ph.D., Moscow State University (1981)
Research Interests: Synthetic organic chemistry of hypervalent main-group elements, green chemistry, synthetic chemistry of hypervalent iodine heterocycles, fluorine & fluoroorganic compounds.
Office Location: 341 Chem
Office Phone: (218) 726-6902
Email: vzhdanki@d.umn.edu
Webpage: http://www.d.umn.edu/~vzhdanki/
