Chemistry Offices are located in the Collins Street Annex (CANX), which is behind the Challenger Center. The departmental office is 114 CANX.
FACULTY: Dr. Greg Grant, Dr. Harriet Hamilton, Dr. Jisook Kim, Dr. Kyle Knight, Dr. Doug Kutz, Dr. John Lynch, Dr. Rob Mebane, Dr. Gail Meyer, Mr. Jim Narramore, Dr. Phil Oldham, Dr. Gretchen Potts, Dr. Tom Rybolt, Dr. Manuel Santiago, and Dr. Steven Symes
STAFF: Mrs. Nancy Tolar
ADJUNCT FACULTY: Mrs. Julie Bingham, Mr. Dennis Meinert and Ms. C.K. Reynolds
PAST DEPARTMENT PHOTOS: 2005 2006 2007 2008
FACULTY
Dr. Gregory J. Grant (website: http://www.utc.edu/Greg-Grant)
Grote Professor; B.S., 1974, Ph.D., 1980, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Professional Interests: Inorganic Chemistry, thioether complexes of transition metals, supramolecular chemistry, optically active transition metal complexes, transition metal NMR, organometallic complexes of macrocyclic ligands.
Phone: 423-425-4143 Greg-Grant@utc.edu Office: 107 CANX
Lecturer; MA, University of Michigan, Ph.D., Emory
Phone: 423-425-5295 Harriet-Hamilton@utc.edu Office: 102 CANX Lab
Dr. Jisook Kim (website: http://www.utc.edu/Jisook-Kim)
Assistant Professor; B.S., 1993, Chung-Ang University, M.S., 1995, Ph.D., 2001, Case Western Reserve University, Postdoctoral Fellow, U. Minn., 2003, MIT, 2004
Professional Interests: Biochemistry, organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology of small molecules.
Phone: 423-425-5101 Jisook-Kim@utc.edu Office: 116 CANX
Dr. Kyle S. Knight (website: http://www.utc.edu/Kyle-Knight)
Professor; B.A., 1988, Middlebury College; Ph.D., 1994, Stanford University. 1995-6 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin.
Professional Interests: Organic and organometallic chemistry, catalysis by transition metal complexes, stereoselective synthesis.
Phone: 423-425-5297 Kyle-Knight@utc.edu Office: 109 CANX
Dr. H. Douglas Kutz (website: http://www.utc.edu/Doug-Kutz)
Ben Gross Professor of Chemistry; B.S., 1968, Union college; Ph.D., 1973, University of Notre Dame.
Professional Interests: Physical chemistry, Computer simulation of chemical reactions, reaction dynamics.
Phone: 423-425-4377 Doug-Kutz@utc.edu Office: 111 CANX
Professor; B.S., 1970, St. Peter's College; Ph.D., 1976 Pennsylvania State University.
Professional Interests: Analytical Chemistry, thermometric titrations, kinetic methods of analysis, use of computers for automated data acquisition and analysis.
Phone: 423-425-4491 John-Lynch@utc.edu Office: 110 CANX
Dr. Robert C. Mebane (http://www.utc.edu/Robert-Mebane)
Nita T. Grote Professor of Chemistry; B.A., 1976 Pfeiffer College; Ph.D., 1981 Duke University.
Professional Interests: organic chemistry, synthetic method development, transfer hydrogenation, reaction mechanisms, molecular modeling.
Phone: 423-425-4709 Robert-Mebane@utc.edu Office: 104 CANX
Dr. Gail M. Meyer (website: http://www.utc.edu/Gail-Meyer)
UC Foundation Professor and Department Head; B.A., 1974, UT-Chattanooga; M.S., 1976, University of Minnesota; Ed.D., 1999, UT-Knoxville.
Professional Interests: Chemical education, course development, women in chemistry, biochemistry
Phone: 423-425-4486 Gail-Meyer@utc.edu Office: 113 CANX
Faculty associate, B.A., 1983, M. Ed., 1995, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Professional Interests: Laboratory coordination and instruction. Chemical education, chemical safety, and analytical chemistry.
Phone: 423-425-4142 Jim-Narramore@utc.edu Office: 112 CANX
Dr. Philip B. Oldham (website: http://www.utc.edu/Administration/AcademicAffairs/)
Provost, Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Professor
Professional Interests:
Phone: 423-425-4633 Phil-Oldham@utc.edu Office: 102 Founders
Dr. Gretchen E. Potts (website: http://www.utc.edu/Gretchen-Potts)
UC Foundation Associate Professor; B.S., 1996, Miami University; Ph.D., 2000, University of Florida; Visiting Assitant Professor, 2000-2002, College of Charleston.
Professional Interest: Analytical Chemistry, spectroscopy, environmental chemistry, field-ready sensors.
Phone: 423-425-5296 Gretchen-Potts@utc.edu Office: 108 CANX
Dr. Thomas R. Rybolt (website: http://www.utc.edu/Tom-Rybolt)
UC Foundation Professor; B.S., 1976 Furman University; M.S., 1979, Ph.D., 1981 Georgia Institute of Technology.
Professional Interests: Physical Chemistry, surface chemistry, gas-solid interactions, interfacial phenomena, modeling molecular properties.
Phone: 423-425-4499 Tom-Rybolt@utc.edu Office: 105 CANX
Dr. Manuel F. Santiago (website: http://www.utc.edu/Manuel-Santiago)
UC Foundation Associate Professor; B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.S., Ph.D., South Dakota State University.
Professional Interest: Biochemistry and organic, microbial physiology, metabolism, genetics & molecular biology.
Phone: 423-425-5364 Manuel-Santiago@utc.edu Office: 115 CANX
Associate Professor; B.A. Physics, 1992, Washington University; Ph.D., 1996, University of Arkansas.
Professional Interests: Analytical Chemistry, quantitative analysis of the major and trace-element chemistry of planetary materials.
Phone: 423-425-4380 Steven-Symes@utc.edu Office: 102 CANX
ADJUNCT FACULTY (Voicemail for all adjunct faculty: 423-425-5295)
Ms. Julie Bingham, Julie-Bingham@utc.edu
Mr. Dennis Meinert, Dennis-Meinert@utc.edu, 102 CANX Lab Building, 423-425-4482
Ms. C. K. Reynolds, CK-Reynolds@utc.edu
STAFF
Departmental Administrative Assistant; B.S., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Professional Interests: Administrative organization and coordination of the Chemistry Department office.
Phone: 423-425-4278 Nancy-Tolar@utc.edu
