Faculty & Staff - (by alpha)
Kathleen Antol, BVM, Ph. D.; faculty member since 1990 (email Dr. Antol)
Specialty area: Biochemistry
Education: B. A. Mundelein College; M. S. University of Missouri-Kansas City; Ph. D. Texas Women’s University; Postdoctoral Research; St. Jude Children’s Hospital
Recent courses taught: Chemistry (124, 242, 323, 324, 424, 475, 476, 486)
Research interests: Nucleic acid chemistry: DNA Sequence analysis of viral genes, their expression and regulation; creation and development of viral expression vectors
J. Philip Bays, Ph. D.; faculty member since 1977 (Contact Dr. Bays) (Web Page)
Specialty Area: Organic Chemistry
Education: B. A. Northwestern University; Ph. D. University of Wisconsin
Recent courses taught: Chemistry (221/222, 472, 475/476, 486, 491/492)
Research Interests: Computational Chemistry as it relates to Education.
Toni Barstis, Ph. D.; faculty member since 1993 (email Dr. Barstis)
Specialty area: Physical Chemistry
Education: B. S. Aquinas College; M.S., Ph. D. The University of Michigan
Recent courses taught: Chemistry (121,122, 311, 312, 314, 472, 475, 486)
Research Interests: Spectroscopy of biologically active compounds and the chemistry and physics of ion-surface interactions
Joseph Bellina, Ph. D.; faculty member since 1975 (email Dr. Bellina)
Specialty area: Physics
Education: B. S. and Ph. D. University of Notre Dame
Recent courses taught: Physics (101, 102, 217, 218, 318, 336)
Research interests: Chemistry and physics on Solid Surfaces
Nicole R. Brinkmann, Ph. D.; faculty member since 2007 (email Dr. Brinkmann)
Specialty area: Physical Chemistry
Education: B. A., The Colllege of Wooster; Ph. D., The University of Georgia
Recent courses taught: Chem 121L
Research interests: Application of ab initiocalculations; chemistry pedagogy
Christopher Dunlap, Ph. D.; faculty member since 1997 (Contact Dr. Dunlap) (web page)
Specialty area: Analytical Chemistry
Education: B. A. Illinois Wesleyan University; Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Recent courses taught: Chemistry (111, 121, 122, 121-122L, 332, 411, 475)
Research Interests: Stability and characterization of liquid chromatographic packing materials; phosphate availibility in soils.
Dorothy M. Feigl, Ph.D.; Denise DeBartolo York Endowed Chair in Science, faculty member since 1966, with brief sojourn in administration (1985-99) (Contact Dr. Feigl)
Specialty Area: Organic Chemistry
Education: B.S., Loyola University Chicago; Ph.D., Stanford University
Recent courses taught: Chemistry (221, 222, 221-222L)
Research interests: Grignard reaction mechanism; fluoroorganic chemistry; synthesis of strained molecules; thermally stable polymers; chemical Education
Amy Houser, B.S., laboratory instructor since 2006 (contact Ms. Houser)
Specialty area: Chemistry/Biochemistry
Education: B.S., Saint Mary's College
Recent courses taught: Chem 102L, 124L
Michelle Kelly, Ph.D., faculty member since 2006 (contact Dr. Kelly)
Specialty area: Materials Science
Education: B.S., Colorado School of Mines; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Recent courses taught: Phys 101, 217
Research Interests: Silicon/silicon-germanium membranes and substrates
Janet G. Kosinski, laboratory instructor since 2007(Contact Ms.Kosinski)
Specialty area: General Chemistry
Education: B.A., Union College; M.A., Andrews University; M.S., University of Michigan
Courses taught: Chemistry (101L, 121L)
Deborah A. McCarthy, Ph. D.; faculty member since 1992 (contact Dr. McCarthy); currently serving as Associate Dean of Faculty
Specialty area: Inorganic Chemistry
Education: B. S. Seattle University; M.S., Ph. D. The Ohio State University
Recent courses taught: Chemistry (101, 102, 121, 122, 252, 431, 475, 476, 481, 486)
Research interests: Synthesis and reactivity of metalloboraneclusters; studies of carbon-carbon material anti-oxidants.
J. Jacob Morris, faculty member since 2007 (Contact Mr. Morris)
Specialty area: Inorganic Chemistry
Education: B. S. John Carroll University; Ph. D. in progress, University of Notre Dame
Course taught: Chemistry 431
Research interests: Crystallography, Organometallics, Network Assembly.
Isabel Larraza Sánchez, Ph.D., faculty member since 2003 (contact Dr. Larraza)
Specialty Area: Organic Chemistry
Education: B.S., Ph.D. National University of Mexico
Recent Course Taught: Chemistry (121, 122)
Richard Tarara, Ph. D.; faculty member since 1979 (email Dr. Tarara)(web page)
Specialty area: Physics
Education: B. S. and Ph. D. University of Notre Dame
Recent courses taught: Physics (101, 102, 217, 218, 317, 336)
Research interests: Physics instructional software development. Free Physics Instructional Software is available at http://www.saintmarys.edu/~rtarara
Peggy Miller, B.A., B.S. - Chemistry Stockroom Manager and Chemistry Laboratory Coordinator (Contact Mrs. Miller)
Education: B.A. Biology, B.S. Chemistry Indiana University South Bend
Classes Taught: Chemisty 101-102, Chemistry 121 and 122 Laboratories
Linda DeMorrow - Department Secretary (Contact Ms. DeMorrow)
