Faculty

Jacob Horger, Ph.D.

Teaching Associate Professor
Chemistry

Field of Interest: Organic Chemistry Courses Taught: Chem 2131, Chem 2132

Joanna K. Krueger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Chemistry

Education: B.A.(ACS): Kalamazoo College Ph.D.: Princeton University Post-doc: (NIH/NRSA Fellow) U. T. Southwestern Medical Center Los Alamos National Laboratory Awards: NSF CAREER Award Research Corporation- Cottrell College Science Award ORAU Junior Faculty Enhancement Award North Carolina Biotechnology Award Field of Interest: Biochemistry Research Focus: My laboratory is interested in obtaining structural information on biomolecular associations […]

Eric McKenzie, Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor and Advising Coordinator
Chemistry

Education: B.S.: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D.: Indiana University Bloomington Fields of Interest: General and Analytical Chemistry Bio: Eric McKenzie received his B.S. in Chemistry and B.A in Modern European History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2016. Eric’s undergraduate research under Professor Thomas J. Meyer focused on […]

Jon W. Merkert, Ph.D.

Senior Instrument Analyst/Teaching Assistant Professor
Chemistry

Susan K. Michael, M.S.

Senior Lecturer
Chemistry

Field of Interest: General and Organic Chemistry Susan Michael’s site

Taylor Outlaw, Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor
Chemistry

B.S. Wake Forest University Ph.D. Duke University

Martin Panigaj, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Chemistry
Klein Hall 217

M.S.: P. J. Safarik University in Kosice, Slovak Republic Ph.D.: Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Czech Republic Post-doc: (ORISE fellow) FDA, CBER, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapy Field of Interest: Everything about RNA or rephrasing Bubba from the movie Forrest Gump- “Anyway, like I was sayin’, RNA is the fruit of […]

Jordan C. Poler, Ph.D.

Professor
Chemistry

Education: B.S.: State University of NY at Brockport Ph.D.: University of NC at Chapel Hill Post-doc: Princeton University Field of Interest: Physical Chemistry Research Focus: Most of my research interests are materials related. My efforts are toward the fundamental studies of complex systems at the nanoscale with regard to applications of materials at the macroscale. […]

Thomas A. Schmedake, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair
Chemistry

Education: B.S.: Knox College Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin Post-doc: UC San Diego Field of Interest: Inorganic Chemistry Research Focus: Synthesis of novel silicon containing compounds and materials, especially compounds or complexes in which silicon is used as a substitute for a carbon atom or a transition metal. Specific focus areas include redox-active hexacoordinate silicon complexes, […]

Caryn D. Striplin, Ph.D.

Teaching Associate Professor
Chemistry

Field of Interest: General Chemistry Dr. Caryn D. Striplin site