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 initio calculations; 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