Jeffrey Bartz, Professor of Chemistry
Phone: 269.337.7021 Email: jeffrey.bartz@kzoo.edu
Professor Bartz teaches Chemical Composition and Structure, Chemical Reactivity, Physical Chemistry I, and Physical Chemistry II. His research group works in the area of chemical dynamics, focusing on the photochemistry of NO-containing molecules.
Jennifer Furchak, Associate Professor of Chemistry (Chair)
Email: jennifer.furchak@kzoo.edu
Professor Furchak teaches Chemical Composition and Structure, Analytical Chemistry, and Instrumental Analysis. Her research interests are in analytical separations and spectroscopy.
Regina Stevens-Truss, Professor of Chemistry
Phone: 269.337.7330 Email: regina.stevens-truss@kzoo.edu
Professor Stevens-Truss teaches Chemical Reactivity, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Infection: Global Health & Social Justice. Research in her lab focuses on testing a variety of compounds for antimicrobial activity.
Dwight Williams, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Phone: 269.337.7409 Email: dwight.williams@kzoo.edu
Professor Williams teaches Organic Chemistry I & II with the corresponding labs, as well as Advanced Organic Chemistry and Introductory Chemistry. His research interests combine synthetic organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry with pharmacology.
Blakely Tresca, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Phone: 269.337.7018 Email: blakely.tresca@kzoo.edu
Professor Tresca teaches Organic Chemistry. His research interests include Organic and Supramolecular chemistry.
Daniela Arias-Rotondo, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Phone: 269.337.7017 Email: Daniela.Arias-Rotondo@kzoo.edu
Dr. Arias-Rotondo teaches Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Structure, and Chemical Reactivity. Her research focuses on photoactive complexes of first-row transition metals.
Josie Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Phone: 269.337.7020
Dr. Mitchell teaches Biochemistry and the corresponding labs. Her research focuses on studying biochemical processes in vivo by manipulating proteins using CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering in Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies).
Arjun Bhowmick, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Bhowmick teaches Organic Chemistry courses. His research focuses on developing organic/organometallic molecules and investigating their suitability as catalysts in organic synthesis and photoresponsive luminescent material.
Yit-Yian Lua, Laboratory Instructor
Email: yit-yian.lua@kzoo.edu
Tom Massura, Instrument Technician
Phone: 269.337.7099, Email: tom.massura@kzoo.edu
Tom’s duties include maintaining all of the Instrumentation for the Science Division along with setting up Physics Labs. When Tom started at the College in 1987 computers were a rare thing to be found on campus. Now he maintains over 50 machines just used in the Science Division. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his 2 children when they are home from college and spending time outside.
Jarred Fitch, Director of Chemistry Laboratories
Phone: 269.337.7022
Betsy Paulson, Office Coordinator for Biology and Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone: 269.337.7007, Email: elizabeth.paulson@kzoo.edu