Advising
The Department of Chemistry encourages close interaction between students and faculty. We understand that a successful education begins with individualized academic advising, which is why a faculty advisor will be assigned to you during your first semester. This advisor will follow your progression through the chemistry program. Our goal is for you to have comfort and continuity throughout the life of your college education.
If you are contemplating a career in chemistry, make an appointment today and see for yourself why students have chosen to join our program.
FIRST YEAR—INITIAL CONTACT FOR FIRST-YEAR AND TRANSFER STUDENTS
Lois A. Blau
Chemistry Learning Center Director
Undergraduate Advisor, First-Year Students
Special Advisor for Undergraduate Research/Cooperative Education
First Year
Second Year
Paul Charlesworth
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Undergraduate Advisor, Second-Year Students
Adjunct Associate Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Research Interests
- Chemical education
- Technology-supported learning
- Online and Blended Classrooms
- Flipped Classrooms
- Spatial Ability
Third Year
Research Interests
- Synthesizing, processing, and characterizing polymers and composites or nanoparticles
- Stimulus-response nanoparticles for drug delivery
- Electrospinning of nanofibers for tissue scaffolds
- Structured nanoparticles for low-leaching wood preservation
- Biocomposites and biofibers
- Studies of controlled nanoscale interfaces of rice-hull reinforced composites
- Engineered wood- or biopolymer-reinforced composites having improved processing, longevity, moisture resistance, and mechanical properties
Fourth Year
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Understanding the molecular recognition features and assembly mechanisms of gene regulation
Special Advisors
Bahne C. Cornilsen
Professor, Chemistry
Special Advisor for Double-Major Students, Minor Students, and Other Cases
Research Interests
- The nickel electrode used in Ni-hydrogen and Ni-Cd batteries (the active cathode material is actually a nickel hydroxide or oxyhydroxide)
- Prediction of vibrational spectra
- Influence of point defects on vibrational spectra
- Vibrational spectra of minerals
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Synthesis, characterization, and biomedical and sensing applications of water-soluble conjugated glycopolymers, glycodendrimers, glyconanopaticles, conjugated polyelectrolytes, small redox-active carbohydrate conjugates, and functional carbon nanotube arrays
