Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Shivani Ahuja
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email | Office: 414 | 503-517-5420
Structural biochemistry, application of biophysical and biochemical techniques to study metal acquisition, virulence and inhibition of bacterial Mn(II) transporters.
On Sabbatical Fall 2023-Spring 2024
Miriam Bowring
Margret Geselbracht Associate Professor of Chemistry
Email | Website | Office: 309 | 503-517-5294
Synthetic and physical organometallic chemistry, catalysis, and mechanisms.
Chemistry Department Chair 2023-25
Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email | Website | Office: 408 | (503) 517-7469
Organic and materials chemistry; designing functionality into crystalline solids (e.g., electronics, pharmaceutics, separation, photoactive materials) through noncovalent interactions, crystal engineering and X-ray crystallography.
Danielle Cass
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email | Office: 410 | 503-517-4618
Analytical biochemistry and metal analysis of environmental samples.
Kelly N. Chacón
Arthur F. Scott Associate Professor of Chemistry
Email | Office: 421 | 503-777-7218
Metallobiochemistry, x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), electronic absorption, and fluorescence spectroscopy of metal sites in proteins.
Thomas Dannenhoffer-Lafage
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email | Office: 412 | 503 517-4772
Biophysics of intrinsically disordered proteins using molecular dynamics simulations.
Safaa El-Mansy
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email | Office: 210 | 503-517-4801
Chemistry education research, exploring innovations in course and pedagogical design.
Daniel P. Gerrity
Professor of Chemistry
Email | Office: 316 | 503-777-7212
On Leave Spring 2024
Lynne Gratz
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies
Email | Office: 314 | 503-517-4741
Atmospheric environmental science, mercury and other trace element pollutant sources and transport pathways.
Nicole James
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email | Website | Office: 313 | 503-777-7228
Chemistry education research. Chemistry knowledge activation in interdisciplinary contexts.
Jesus Daniel Loya
Scholar in Residence
Email | Office: 103 | 503-517-7494
Design of organic materials, pharmaceutical co-crystals, and polymorphism control.
Alicia Frost McGhee
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email | Office: 318 | 503-517-7364
Organic chemistry, chemical education and methodology.
Bobby O'Brien
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email | Office: 420 | 503-517-4787
Natural product synthesis.
Emeritus Faculty
Arthur Glasfeld
Biochemistry - structural biochemistry and enzymatic catalysis.
Patrick G. McDougal
Organic chemistry - organic synthesis, bioorganic chemistry.
Alan J. Shusterman
Email | Website | Office: Kelly House | 503-517-7699
Organic chemistry - molecular modeling & computational chemistry, green chemistry & green oxidation catalysts.
Staff
Eleanor Derry
Research Assistant, Chemistry
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Summer Hawthorne
Instrumentation Chemist
Email | Office: 209A | 503-517 7916
Randy Hicks
Laboratory and Department Manager
Email | Office: 212A | 503-777-7213
Kayla Johnston
Faculty Administrative Coordinator
Email | Office: 303 | 503-777-7229
Nicholas Lutz
Research Assistant, Chemistry
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Jane Ni
Department Associate
Email | Office: 208 | 503-777-7264
Patrick Poletti
Department Associate
Email | Office: 308B | 503-517-4965
April Sams
Director of Environmental Health and Safety
Email | Office: Physical Plant | 503-777-7788
Elizabeth Vaughan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email | Office: 313A | 503-517-5444