Dr. Thomas Bitterwolf  

         Professor - Inorganic Chemistry

208-885-6361

bitterte@uidaho.edu

B.S. Centenary College of Louisiana, 1968

Ph.D. West Virginia University, 1976

Research: The synthesis and chemistry of homo and hetero-bimetallic compounds; synthesis and chemistry of Group V cyclopentadienyl metal carbonyl compounds; photochemistry of organometallic compounds.

Dr. Eric Brauns

       Assistant Professor - Biophysical Chemistry

208-885-4349

ebrauns@uidaho.edu

B.S. Virginia Tech, 1995

Ph.D. University of South Carolina, 2001

         Postdoctoral Fellow Los Alamos National Laboratory,   

           2001-04

Research: Time resolved mid infrared (IR) spectroscopy of RNA folding and dynamics on time scales ranging from femtoseconds (10^-15s) to microseconds (10^-6s); hyperspectral autofluorescence imaging of tumor cells and tissues (this work involves the development of an interferometer specifically designed for imaging spectroscopy).  

Dr. I. Francis Cheng

 Associate Professor - Analytical & Environmental Chemistry

208-885-6387

ifcheng@uidaho.edu

B.S. University of Delaware, 1982

Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1987

          Postdoctoral Fellow Texas A&M University, 1987-89

Research: Electrochemical remediation of halocarbons; antioxidant action.   

Dr. Leszek Czuchajowski

Professor Emeritus

    Professor - Organic Chemistry

208-885-6768

leszek@uidaho.edu

Ph.D. Technical University AGH, Krakow, Poland, 1957

D.Sc. Technical University AGH, Krakow, Poland, 1961

Postdoctoral Fellow University of Birmingham, UK, 1961-62

Dr. W. Daniel Edwards

      Associate Professor - Physical Chemistry

208-885-6118

edwards@uidaho.edu

B.S. University of Missouri, 1970

Ph.D. University of Missouri, 1976

          Postdoctoral Fellow Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 1976-78

          Postdoctoral Fellow University of Guelph, 1978-82

Research: Fundamental theory of computational quantum mechanics; electronic excited state properties; excited state gradients; transition metal spectroscopy; metal-porphyrin complexes; object-oriented programming methods; virtual physical chemistry labs.  

Dr. T. Rick Fletcher

  Associate Professor - Physical Chemistry

208-885-6021

fletcher@uidaho.edu

B.S. Washington State University, 1981

Ph.D. University of California Davis, 1986

Postdoctoral Fellow Joint Institute for Laboratory. Astrophysics 

      (JILA),University of Colorado, 1986-89

Research: Gas phase chemical reaction dynamics; controlling chemical reactivity using laser excitation; bimolecular and unmolecular reactivity; organic photochemistry; nanochemistry.  

Dr. Peter R. Griffiths

Professor Emeritus

    Professor - Analytical & Environmental Chemistry

208-885-5807

pgriff@uidaho.edu

B.A. Oxford University, England, 1964

D. Phil. Oxford University, England, 1967

Postdoctoral Fellow University of Maryland, 1967-69

Research: Analytical chemistry; Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectrometry; chemometrics; gas, liquid and supercritical fluid chromatography; hyphenated techniques; novel approaches for spectroscopic data processing; surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopy; open-path FT-IR spectrometry; remote sensing; diffuse reflection spectrometry. 

Dr. Patrick J. Hrdlicka

    Assistant Professor - Bioorganic Chemistry

208-885-0108

hrdlicka@uidaho.edu

B.S. University of Southern Denmark, 2000

M.S. University of Southern Denmark, 2004

Ph.D. University of Southern Denmark, 2006

Research: Development of designer nucleic acids for frontline biomedical applications including: targeting of chromosomal DNA, next-generation antisense therapeutics, ultrasensitive biosensors for detection of nucleic acids including disease-related single nucleotide polymorphisms, and multifunctional  nanomaterials for  improved  cellular uptake and cellular compartmentalization of oligonucleotide therapeutics.  

Dr. Sharon Hutchison

       Senior  Instructor - Physical Chemistry

208-885-6440

sgh@uidaho.edu

B.S. Alma College, 1975

Ph.D. University of Idaho, 1983

Coordinator, Freshman Chemistry. Acting Director of General Chemistry.  

Dr. Sofie Pasilis

    Assistant Professor - Analytical Chemistry

208-885-4014

spasilis@uidaho.edu

B.S. San Francisco State University, 1987

M.S. University of Arizona, 1999

Ph.D. University of Arizona, 2004

Research: Environmental and biocoordination chemistry of actinides, gas-phase chemistry of metals and metal-ligand complexes, and the development of surface analytical methods for mass spectrometry.

Dr. Jean’ne M. Shreeve  

Professor - Inorganic Chemistry

208-885-6215

jshreeve@uidaho.edu

B.A. University of Montana, 1953

M.S. University of Minnesota, 1956

Ph.D. University of Washington, 1961

          Postdoctoral Fellow University of Cambridge, 1967-68

Research: Nucleophilic and electrophilic fluorinations and perfluoroalkylations; energetic materials; fluorine-containing compounds of biological interest; fire extinguishants; ionic liquids.

Dr. Daniel Stelck

Senior Instructor - Organic Chemistry

208-885-2146

daniels@uidaho.edu

B.S. University of Minnesota, 1992

M.S. Washington State University, 1995

Ph.D. University of Idaho, 2001  

Dr. Ray von Wandruszka

Department Chair  

Professor - Analytical Chemistry

208-885-6552

rvw@uidaho.edu

B.S. University of the Witwatersrand, 1973

Ph.D. University of Wyoming, 1977

          Postdoctoral Associate University of Georgia, 1978-79

Research:  The chemistry of humic acids, especially  their configuration in aqueous solution; the use of humic materials in the decontamination of polluted water; the temperature induced clouding of nonionic surfactants; the stability of micellar and premicellar aggregates in solutions of nonionic and mixed surfactants.  

Dr. Chien Wai  

Professor - Analytical  & Physical Chemistry

208-885-6787

cwai@uidaho.edu

B.S. National Taiwan University, 1960

Ph.D. University of California-Irvine, 1967

          Postdoctoral Fellow University of California-Los Angeles, 1967-69

Research: Supercritical fluid extraction; nanomaterials synthesis; environmental chemistry; separation chemistry.

Dr. Richard Williams  

Professor - Organic Chemistry

208-885-6775

williams@uidaho.edu

B.S. University of Leeds, England, 1975

Ph.D. University of Cambridge, 1978

          Postdoctoral Fellow University of Victoria, Canada, 1978-80

Postdoctoral Fellow Ohio State University, 1980-83

Research: Synthetic, experimental and theoretical studies on molecules of fundamental importance such as novel aromatics, highly strained systems, pyramidal olefins, bridged polycycles and especially neutral homoaromatics based on the semibullvalene nucleus; (Homo)aromaticity, pericyclic reactions, mechanistic investigations, and the development of new synthetic methods mediated by silicon and sulfur.