2012-2013 Catalogue
Faculty for Chemistry Department
Christopher Whitney Allen
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Appointed in 1967
BA 1964 University of Connecticut
Matthias Brewer
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 2005
BA 1996 University of Vermont
PHD 2002 University of Wisconsin Madison
P. Bruce Deker
Lecturer of Chemistry
Appointed in 2006
BS 1981 East Stroudsburg University
PHD 1989 University of Delaware
Stevenson Flemer
Lecturer of Chemistry
Research Associate of Biochemistry
Appointed in 2008
BA 1998 University of Vermont
PHD 2005 University of Vermont
William E. Geiger
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Appointed in 1974
BS 1965 Canisius College
PHD 1969 Cornell University
Joel Michael Goldberg
Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 1982
Dean's Office, College of Arts and Sciences
AB 1978 Oberlin College
PHD 1982 University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Lars Holm
Research Associate of Chemistry
Appointed in 2009
MS 2002 University of Copenhagen
PHD 2009 University of Copenhagen
Robert J. Hondal
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 2002
BS 1991 University of Pittsburgh
PHD 1997 Ohio State University
Christopher C. Landry
Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 1996
BS 1990 University of Richmond
AM 1992 Harvard University
PHD 1994 Harvard University
Willem R. Leenstra
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 1980
BS 1969 California State University
PHD 1979 University of Washington
Matthew Denis Liptak
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 2011
BA 2003 Hamilton College
PHD 2008 University of Wisconsin
Jose Santos Madalengoitia
Acting Director in the College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 1995
BS 1987 James Madison University
PHD 1993 University of Virginia
Dwight E. Matthews
Chairperson of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Medicine
Appointed in 1996
BA 1973 DePauw University
PHD 1977 Indiana University Bloomington
Giuseppe A. Petrucci
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 2000
BSC 1985 University of Toronto
MSC 1987 University of Toronto
PHD 1990 University of Florida
David W Pratt
Lecturer of Chemistry
Appointed in 2012
AB 1959 Princeton University
PHD 1967 University of California Berkeley
Erik L. Ruggles
Lecturer of Chemistry
Research Associate of Biochemistry
Appointed in 2003
BS 1994 Ithaca College
MS 1996 Bucknell University
PHD 2003 Michigan State University
Michael John Strauss
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Appointed in 1968
BS 1962 San Jose State University
PHD 1967 University of California Berkeley
Rory Waterman
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 2006
BS 1999 University of Rochester
MS 2000 University of Chicago
PHD 2004 University of Chicago
Stephen P. Waters
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 2007
BS 1998 University of Pittsburgh
PHD 2004 University of Pennsylvania
Adam C Whalley
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Appointed in 2012
BSc 2004 Simon Fraser University
MA 2006 Columbia University
MPhil 2008 Columbia University
PHD 2009 Columbia University
Alexander Wurthmann
Lecturer of Chemistry
Appointed in 2005
BS 1995 University of Edinburgh
PHD 2006 University of Vermont
James Zahardis
Research Associate of Chemistry
Appointed in 2013
BS 1997 University of Central Florida
PHD 2009 University of Vermont
