Faculty

Distinguished Professor

Roy F. Gratz

Jepson 338
654-1412
rgratz@umw.edu

Education: BS, University of Pittsburgh; AM, Ph.D., Duke University

Courses: Organic Chemistry, Experimental Methods in Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry

Research interests: Organic synthesis, structure/activity relationships in organic molecules, high performance polymer synthesis

Professors

Raymond B. Scott

Jepson 337
654-1409
rscott@umw.edu

Courses: General Chemistry, Chemical Analysis

Research interests: Electrochemical systems, modified electrodes, environmental systems

Director of MWC Eagle Pipe Band and Summer Research Program - visit the Pipe Band's website

Kelli M. Slunt

Jepson 341
654-1406
kslunt@umw.edu

Education: BS, Mary Washington College; Ph.D. University of Virginia

Awards: Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 2000

Courses: General Chemistry, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry Laboratory, Seminar, FSEM

Research interests: DNA topology, Food chemistry, Chemical Education

Associate Professors

Leanna C. Giancarlo

Jepson 336
654-1407
lgiancar@umw.edu

Chairperson of the Chemistry Department

Education: BS, University of Scranton; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Awards: Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 2004

Courses: General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory, Instrumental Analysis, Seminar, History of Science, FSEM

Research interests: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Surface Chemistry, Spectroscopic Studies of Molecular Interactions

Charles M. Sharpless

Jepson 340
654-1405
csharple@umw.edu

personal website

Education: BA, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. Duke University

Courses: General Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Chemical Analysis

Research interests: Photochemistry in natural and engineered systems, chemistry of humic substances, environmental analysis, fate and remediation of anthropogenic pollutants.

Assistant Professors

Janet A. Asper

Jepson 335
654-1143
jasper@umw.edu

Education: BS Ohio University; Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh

Courses: Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, Experimental Methods in Chemistry, Seminar

Research Interests: Bioorganic chemistry, organic methodology

K. NICOLE CROWDER

Jepson 339
654-1016
ncrowder@umw.edu

Education: BS Sweet Briar College; Ph.D. Princeton University

Courses: Inorganic Chemistry, General Chemistry

Research Interests: surface modification for inorganic catalysis, biomedical implant applications

Adjunct Faculty

Kenneth McGrath, Michael Pearson

Jepson 301
654-1392

Courses: Chemistry and Society, General Chemistry