Chemistry Offices are located on the 3rd and 4th floors of Grote Hall, 701 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403.
The Chemistry Department Office is in 318 Grote.
FACULTY: Dr. Titus Albu, Dr. Harriet Hamilton, Dr. Jisook Kim, Dr. Kyle Knight, Dr. Doug Kutz, Dr. John Lee, Dr. John Lynch, Dr. Rob Mebane, Dr. Gail Meyer, Mr. Jim Narramore, Dr. Gretchen Potts, Dr. Tom Rybolt, Dr. Manuel Santiago, Dr. Steven Symes, and Dr. Stefanie Whitson
STAFF: Ms. Veronica Shields, Mrs. Nancy Tolar
ADJUNCT FACULTY: Mrs. Julie Bingham, Mr. Dennis Meinert, Ms. C.K. Reynolds, Dr. Rebecca Stimson
EMERITUS FACULTY: Dr. Greg Grant, Dr. Benjamin H. Gross, Dr. Robert L. McNeeley, Dr. Thomas G. Waddell
PAST DEPARTMENT PHOTOS: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
FACULTY
Dr. Titus V. Albu, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2012 to present.
Assistant Professor; B.S. University of Bucharest 1994; M.S. University of Bucharest 1995; Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University 2000
Professional Interests: Computational and Theoretical Chemistry: Gas-phase, organic and biological systems; Catalytic and electrochemical processes; Chemical dynamics; Molecular properties
Phone: 423-425-4143 Titus-Albu@utc.edu Office: 312 Grote
Dr. Harriet Hamilton, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2007 to present.
Lecturer; B.S., Emory, M.A., 2004, University of Michigan, Ph.D., 1980, Emory.
Professional Interests: Structure-Activity Relationships of organic compounds used as drugs; drug absorption and metabolism; synthetic organic chemistry in development of heterocyclic- and carbocyclic-molecules; asymmetric synthesis
Phone: 423-425-5295 Harriet-Hamilton@utc.edu Office: 301 Grote
Dr. Jisook Kim (website: http://www.utc.edu/Jisook-Kim), A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2008 to the present.
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: 311 Grote
Dr. Kyle S. Knight (website: http://www.utc.edu/Kyle-Knight), A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1997 to the present.
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: 310 Grote
Dr. H. Douglas Kutz, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1978 to the present, served as Department Head from 1995-2005.
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: 314 Grote
Dr. John Lee, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2010 to the present.
Assistant Professor; B.S., 2003, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Ph.D., 2008, North Carolina State University; Research Chemist, 2008 – 2010, Eastman Chemical Company; Grote Postdoctoral Fellow, UTC, 2010 - 2012
Professional Interests: Synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry, transition metal-mediated catalysis, NMR spectroscopy.
Phone: 423-425-4488 John-Lee@utc.edu Office: 303 Grote
Dr. John A. Lynch, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1975 to the present.
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: 401 Grote
Dr. Robert C. Mebane (http://www.utc.edu/Robert-Mebane), A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1983 to the present.
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: 313 Grote
Dr. Gail M. Meyer (website: http://www.utc.edu/Gail-Meyer), A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1982 to the present, served as Department Head from 2005 - 2010.
UC Foundation Professor; 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: 305 Grote
Mr. Jim Narramore, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1983 to the present.
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: 318C Grote
Dr. Gretchen E. Potts (website: http://www.utc.edu/Gretchen-Potts), A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2002 to the present.
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: 402 Grote
Dr. Thomas R. Rybolt (website: http://www.utc.edu/Tom-Rybolt), A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1981 to the present, served as Department Head from 2010 to the present.
Department Head and 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: 318A Grote
Dr. Manuel F. Santiago (website: http://www.utc.edu/Manuel-Santiago), A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2001 to the present.
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: 302 Grote
Dr. Steven Symes, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1999 to the present.
UC Foundation 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: 304 Grote
Dr. Stefanie Whitson, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2010 to the present.
Lecturer; B.S., 1998, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Ph.D., 2004, Vanderbilt University.
Professional Interests: Biochemistry, protein structure, molecular dynamics, NMR spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and molecular biology.
Phone: 423-425-4988 Stefanie-Whitson@utc.edu Office: 322 Grote
CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT ADJUNCT EVALUATION POLICY
Mrs. Julie Bingham, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2005 to the present.
Phone: 423-425-5771 Julie-Bingham@utc.edu Office: 323 Grote
Mr. Dennis Meinert, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2005 to the present.
Phone: 423-425-4482 Dennis-Meinert@utc.edu Office: 321 Grote
Ms. C. K. Reynolds, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2001 to the present.
Phone: 423-425-5771 CK-Reynolds@utc.edu Office: 323 Grote
Dr. Rebecca Stimson, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2012 to the present.
Phone: 423-425-5771 Rebecca-Stimson@utc.edu Office: 323 Grote
STAFF
Ms. Veronica Shields, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2012 to the present.
Laboratory Specialist
Professional Interests:
Phone: 423-425-5849 Veronica-Shields@utc.edu Office: 320 Grote
Mrs. Nancy Tolar, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 2001 to the present.
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 Office: 318B Grote
EMERITUS FACULTY
Dr. Gregory J. Grant (website: http://www.utc.edu/Greg-Grant), A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1980 to 2012.
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.
Dr. Benjamin H. Gross, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1964 to 1998, served as Department Head from 1964 to 1990.
Guerry Professor of Chemistry: B.S., 1952, University of Chattanooga; M.S., 1954, and Ph.D., 1956, University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Professional Interests: Organic Chemistry, chemical education, organic synthesis, intramolecular hydrogen bonding, utilization of Raney catalysts in transfer hydrogenation.
Dr. Robert L. McNeeley, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1969 to 2001, served as Department Head from 1990 - 1994.
Nita T. Grote Professor of Chemistry; B.S., 1960, Duke University; Graduate study at California Institute of Technology and Columbia University; Ph.D., 1969, University of North Carolina.
Professional Interests: Analytical Chemistry, Chemical education, instrumental methods of analysis, environmental chemistry, forensic chemistry.
Dr. Thomas G. Waddell, A member of the faculty of the UTC Department of Chemistry from 1971 to 2007.
Guerry Professor; B.S., 1966, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1969, University of California Los Angeles.
Professional Interests: Organic and biochemistry, chemistry of natural products, origin and evolution of metabolism, chemical evolution.
