UIS Department of Chemistry Award Winning Faculty!
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Full-Time Faculty
Dr. Layne Morsch
Chair and Associate Professor, Organic Chemistry
Ph. D. University of Illinois Chicago, Organic Chemistry
Email: lmorsc1@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8487
Office: HSB 313
Dr. Harshavardhan Bapat
Associate Professor, Analytical Chemistry
Ph.D. University of Missouri, Analytical-Environmental Chemistry
Email: hbapa1@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7744
Office: HSB 348
Dr. Keenan Dungey
Associate Vice-Chancellor for Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Associate Professor, Inorganic Chemistry
Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Inorganic Chemistry
Email: kdung1@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7345
Office: HSB 312
Dr. Stephen Johnson
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Ph.D. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Pharmacology
Email: srj@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7336
Office: HSB 311
Dr. Marc Klingshirn
Director of CAP Honors and Associate Professor, Inorganic Chemistry
Ph.D. University of Alabama
Email: mklin2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8341
Office: HSB 347
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Dr. Maria Panteva
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Ph.D. Rutgers University, Chemistry & Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Email: mpant4@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8172
Office: HSB 305
David Szabo
Laboratory Specialist, Chemistry
M.S. University of Illinois Springfield, Biology
B.S. Southern Illinois University, Chemistry
Email: dszab2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8579
Office: HSB 310
Hillary Rikli
Laboratory Specialist, Chemistry and Physics
Email:hrikl2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8431
Office: HSB 139
Astronomy-Physics
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Emeritus Faculty
Dr. Gary Trammell
Professor Emeritus, Organic Chemistry
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Organic Chemistry
Dr. William Bloemer
Professor Emeritus, Physical Chemistry
Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Email: bbloe1@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7347
Office: HSB 350