Nov 25, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty


Chair 

Steinberg, Spencer

Professor; Environmental & Organic Chemistry; B.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego. Rebel since 1989.

Graduate Coordinator

Lee, Dong-Chan 

Associate Professor; Organic & Materials Chemistry; B.Eng., M.Eng., Kyungpook National University, Korea; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Rebel since 2005.

Poineau, Frederic 

Associate Professor; Radiochemistry

Graduate Faculty  

Abel-Santos, Ernesto

Professor; Biochemistry; B.S., Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. Rebel since 2006.

Bhowmik, Pradip

Professor; Organic & Polymer Chemistry; M.S., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; M.S., University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Rebel since 1998.

Czerwinski, Kenneth R.

Professor; Radiochemistry; B.A., Knox College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Rebel since 2003.

Forster, Paul 

Associate Professor; Inorganic & Raidochemistry; B.S., Oregon State University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. Rebel since 2008.

Gary, Ronald K. 

Professor; Biochemistry; B.S., University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Cornell University. Rebel since 1999.

Gelis, Art

Associate Professor; Radiochemistry

Hatchett, David W.

Professor; Environmental & Analytical Chemistry; B.S., California State University, Stanislaus; Ph.D., University of Utah. Rebel since 1999.

Heske, Clemens 

Professor; Materials Chemistry; Diploma, TH Darmstadt, Germany; Dr. rer. nat., University of Würzburg, Germany. Rebel since 2004.

Hodge, Vernon F.

Professor; Environmental & Analytical Chemistry; B.A., M.S., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego. Rebel since 1982.

Kang, Jun Young

Associate Professor; Organic Chemistry; M.S., San Francisco State Univerisity; M.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University. Rebel Since 2013.

Kleiger, Gary 

Associate Professor, Biochemistry; B.S. University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Rebel since 2011. 

Naduvalath, Balakrishnan 

Professor; Physical & Environmental Chemistry; M.S., University of Calicut, India; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Rebel since 2002.

Orgill, MaryKay 

Professor; Chemical Education; B.S. Brigham Young University; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University. Rebel since 2004.

Robins, Kathleen A. 

Associate Professor; Physical Chemistry; B.S., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. Rebel since 1991.

Rusinek, Cory A.

Assistant Professor; Analytical Chemistry & Electrochemistry; B.A., Case Western Reserve University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati. Rebel since 2019.

Spangelo, Bryan L.

Professor; Biochemistry; B.S., Keene State College; Ph.D., George Washington University Medical Center. Rebel since 1994.

Sun, Hong 

Associate Professor, Biochemistry. 

Zhang, Hui 

Associate Professor, Biochemistry. 

Professors Emeriti  

Alsup, William M.

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.S., M.E., Ph.D., University of Wyoming. UNLV Emeritus 1964-1991.

Billingham, Edward J., Jr.

Emeritus Professor; B.S., Lebanon Valley College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. UNLV Emeritus 1965-1988.

Earl, Boyd

Emeritus Professor; B.S., University of Idaho; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. UNLV Emeritus 1976.

Emerson, David W.

Emeritus Professor; B.A., Dartmouth College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan. UNLV Emeritus 1981-1998. 

Grenda, Stanley C.

Emeritus Professor; B.S., DePaul University; M.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., Lehigh University. UNLV Emeritus 1967.

Tirri, Lawrence J. 

Emeritus Professor; Biochemistry; B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University; Ph.D., Fordham University. UNLV Emeritus 2017.

Titus, Richard L.

Emeritus Professor; B.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., Michigan State University. UNLV Emeritus 1967-1997.