Faculty & Staff

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Dr. Wade Downey
Professor of Chemistry
Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences
Assistant Chair, Department of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Organic Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 484-1557
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Dr. Kristine Nolin
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Chair, Department of Chemistry
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, Data Science and Statistics
Specialties:
  • Organic Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 289-8247
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Mr. LaMont I. Cheatham
Manager of Laboratories, Chemistry Department
Contact:
804-289-8552
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Ms. Pat Coleman
Academic Administrative Coordinator
Contact:
(804) 289-8242
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Dr. Ryan Coppage
Teaching Faculty of Chemistry
Director of Introductory Chemistry Laboratories
Contact:
(804) 289-8793
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Dr. Jonathan Dattelbaum
Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Protein Biochemistry
Contact:
(804) 484-1587
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Dr. Raymond N. Dominey
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Analytical Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 289-8761
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Dr. Kelling J. Donald
Professor of Chemistry
Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in the Natural Sciences
Specialties:
  • Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 289-8418
Dr. Eileen Downey
Adjunct Lecturer of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Organic Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 289-8242
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Dr. Emma W. Goldman
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 289-8250
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Dr. Fred Hagemeister
Adjunct Lecturer of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Additive Manufacture
Contact:
(804) 287-6689
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Dr. Michelle Hamm
Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Organic and Biochemistry
Contact:
(804) 287-6327
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Dr. Alexandra Johnson
Visiting Lecturer of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Mechanistic Chemistry
Contact:
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Dr. Miles Johnson
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Catalysis
Contact:
(804) 289-1775
Dr. Rachel Joshi
Director of Chemistry Instrumentation
Contact:
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Dr. Cemile (Jameela) Kumas
Teaching Faculty in Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry
Contact:
804-287-6396
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Dr. Michael Leopold
Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Bioanalytical Nanomaterials
Contact:
(804) 287-6329
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Dr. Michael Norris
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Solar Fuels and Alternative Energy
Contact:
(804) 662-3044
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Dr. William O'Neal
Teaching Faculty of Chemistry
Director of Organic Chemistry Laboratories
Specialties:
  • Organic chemistry
Contact:
(804) 287-6358
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Dr. Carol Parish
Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Computational and Theoretical Physical Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 484-1548
Mark Plowright
Post Baccalaureate Assistant
Contact:
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Dr. Julie Pollock
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Specialties:
  • Chemical Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 484-1578
Sabahudin Redzic
Post Baccalaureate Research Assistant
Contact:
Kritim Rijal
Post Baccalaureate Research Assistant
Contact:
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Ash Russo
Adjunct Instructor of Chemistry
Manager of Laboratories
Specialties:
  • Phytochemistry
  • Chemical ecology
  • Biochemistry
Contact:
(804) 289-8243
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Dr. Jeffrey I. Seeman
Visiting Research Scholar
Specialties:
  • History and sociology of science
Contact:
(804) 484-1629
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Dr. Christopher Shugrue
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Chemical Biology
Contact:
(804) 287-6498
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Dr. Jeffrey Simpson
Teaching Faculty of Chemistry
Director of NMR Resources
Specialties:
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Contact:
(804) 287-6873
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Dr. Christopher L. Stevenson
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 289-8635
Holly Wemple
Post Baccalaureate Research Assistant
Contact:
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Lindsay Wrigley
Science Stockroom Manager
Specialties:
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Physics
Contact:
(804) 484-1598
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Dr. Martel Zeldin
Visiting Research Scholar
Specialties:
  • Inorganic and Organometallic Polymer Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 484-1461

Emeriti Faculty

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Stuart Clough
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Contact:
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Dr. John Gupton
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Specialties:
  • Organic Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 347-9543