Faculty
UIS Department of Chemistry has award winning faculty!
Two University Scholars(2005 and 2011), University Spencer Faculty Service Award winner (2016), College Faculty Excellence Awards for Teaching (2017) and Scholarship and Service(both 2016) and an Apple Distinguished Educator(2015).
Full-Time Faculty
Dr. Layne Morsch
Chair and Associate Professor, Organic Chemistry
Ph. D. University of Illinois Chicago, Organic Chemistry
Email: lmorsc1@uis.eduPhone: (217) 206-8487
Office: HSB 313
Tenure Review Committee
2017 CLAS Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching
COLRS Senior Faculty Fellow 2017-19
Apple Distinguished Educator
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
Chair Undergraduate Council
COLRS Faculty Fellow 2015-17
2016 Spencer Faculty Service Award
Dr. Keenan Dungey
Associate Professor, Inorganic Chemistry
Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Inorganic Chemistry
Email: kdung1@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7345
Office: HSB 312
Director Undergraduate Research Support Program
2005 University Scholar
2016 CLAS Faculty Excellence Award for Service
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
2016 CLAS Faculty Excellence Award for Scholarship
Undergraduate Council
CLAS Curriculum Committee
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
Dr. Brad Logsdon
Clinical Assistant Professor, Physical Chemistry
Ph.D. Iowa State University
Email: blogs2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8172
Office: HSB 305
Dr. John Martin
Associate Professor, Astronomy and Physics
Email: jmart5@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8342
Office: HSB 141
Director Henry Barber Research Observatory
2011 University Scholar
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
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