Faculty
Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

Areas of expertise

• Analytical and environmental chemistry
• Chemical education
• Culturally responsive teaching/professional development
• Implicit biases in STEM

Education

• Ph.D., Chemical Education, University of Northern Colorado, 2007
• M.S., Chemistry, University of Northern Colorado, 2004
• B.S., Chemistry, North Dakota State University, 2002

Expertise

• Biochemistry
• Picornavirus Polymerase Structure and Function
• Liquid Chromatography

Education

• M.S., Colorado State University, 2014
• B.S., Fort Lewis College, 2011
• B.A., Saint Michael’s College, 1997

Expertise

• Analytical Chemistry (Mass Spectrometry, Atomic Emission Spectroscopy, and Chromatography)
• Astrochemistry
• Chemical Education
• Science Communication & Community Engagement

Education

• Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2015
• B.S., University of Montana, 2010
   

Expertise

• Organic chemistry
• Materials chemistry

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2009-2011
• Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2009
• B.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2003

Expertise

• Analytical Chemistry
• Luminescence
• Chemistry education

Education

• Master's of Science, 1998, Mississippi State
• Master's of Education, 1992, Adams State
• Teaching Certificate, 1990, Fort Lewis College
• B.S., 1979, College of Wooster, Ohio

Expertise

• Oncology-focused medicinal chemistry 
• Natural products and new cancer pathways in drug discovery 
• Application of pharmacokinetic properties of molecules to design compounds for cancer treatments 

Education 

• M.S., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2008
• B.S., Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 2004

Expertise

• Physical Chemistry
• Spectroscopy
• Chemical Reaction Dynamics
• Photochemistry
• Laser Physics
• Optics​

Education

• Ph.D., Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2012
• B.S., Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2007

Areas of expertise:

• Solution-phase photochemistry and photophysics
• Photoredox catalysis
• Time-resolved and steady-state spectroscopies
• Kinetic simulations

Education:

• CU@FLC Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, 2021
• Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, 2021
• B.A., Clark University

Expertise

• Biochemistry
• Computational Chemistry
• Genomics
• Bioinformatics

Education

• Ph.D., Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2014
• B.S., Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, 2006

Expertise

• Biochemistry
• Enzymology
• Structural Biology
• Science Education

Education

• Ph.D., Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Kansas, 2019
• M.A., Education, Park University, 2003
• B.S., Biology, Sterling College,1997 

Expertise

• Medicinal chemistry
• Natural product/organic synthesis
• Synthetic organic chemistry

Education

• Ph.D., Chemistry, The University of Texas-Austin, 2007
• Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, The University of Georgia-Athens, 2002

Expertise

• Inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry
• Catalysis using transition metal compounds

Education

• Ph.D., Chemistry, Colorado State University, 2009
• Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Western Washington University, 2004