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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

Chemistry FacultyDr. 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

 

 

 

Harriet HamiltonDr. Harriet Hamilton

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

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyDr. 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

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyDr. 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

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyDr. John A. Lynch

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

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyDr. 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

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyDr. 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

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyMr. Jim Narramore

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

 

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyDr. 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

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyDr. 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

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyDr. 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

 

 

 

 

 

Chemistry FacultyDr. Steven Symes

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

Chemistry FacultyMs. Nancy Tolar

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