Chemistry Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Edgar R. Civitello, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator

(B.S., Boston College; Ph.D. University of California–Berkeley 1991)

Organic chemistry, organic synthesis, NMR spectroscopy

NAU 1997

Brandon J. Cruickshank, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of West Florida; Ph.D. University of Illinois 1993)

Chemical education, development of innovative multimedia materials and laboratories for general chemistry

NAU 1995

Matthew J. Gage, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., Purdue University 2001)

Biochemistry, molecular biology

NAU 2005

Cynthia J. Hartzell, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.A., University of Kansas; M.S., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Washington 1987)

Solid state NMR and magnetic resonance

NAU 1989

Wayne A. Hildebrandt, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., University of Washington; Ph.D., Washington State University 1974)

Analytical chemistry, electrochemistry

NAU 1975

Stephanie K. Hurst, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(Ph.D., Australian National University)

Inorganic Chemistry

NAU 2007

Jani C. Ingram, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1990)

Analytical chemistry; environmental chemistry spectroscopy

NAU 2002

Michael E. Ketterer, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Colorado–Boulder 1985)

Analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, isotopic measurements

NAU 1998

Marin Sands Robinson, Ph.D., Professor, Department Chair

(B.A., Lake Erie College; M.S.W., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of Colorado–Boulder 1993)

Physical and atmospheric chemistry

NAU 1995

Diane M. Stearns, Ph.D., Professor, Graduate Coordinator

(B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1991)

Biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, metal toxicology, and metal-induced DNA damage

NAU 1997

Timothy L. Vail, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Rutgers University; M.S., Farleigh Dickinson University; Ph.D., Lehigh University 1998)

Biochemistry and clinical chemistry; in-vitro diagnostics and biosensors

NAU 2001

Jessica R. Vanden Plas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(Ph.D., The Catholic University of America)

Chemical Education

NAU 2008

John F. Wettaw, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., Michigan State University 1967)

Chemical kinetics, gas-phase unimolecular reactions, photochemistry

NAU 1967

Faculty Emeriti

Kenneth E. Bean, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Adams State College; M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University 1958)

Surface chemistry, phospholipid monolayers on mixed substrates

NAU 1962 (retired 1993)

James R. Brathovde, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., B.A.Ed., Eastern Washington College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington 1956)

NAU 1967 (retired 1984)

Michael P. Eastman, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor

(B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Cornell University 1968)

Physical chemistry, magnetic resonance, low temperature geochemistry

NAU 1988 (retired 2003)

Richard D. Foust Jr., Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of California–Santa Barbara 1971)

Environmental chemistry, trace element studies of natural systems by atomic spectroscopy, terpene analysis of natural samples by capillary column gas chromatography

NAU 1972

(retired 2008)

Don D. Gilbert, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of California; Ph.D., University of Minnesota 1959)

Computer-aided analytical chemistry

NAU 1965 (retired 1999)

Hans M. Gunderson, Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., St. Olaf College; M.S.T., University of New Hampshire; Ph.D., University of North Dakota 1974)

Biochemistry, science education

NAU 1974

(retired 2004)

Earle B. Hoyt Jr., Ph.D., Professor

(B.A., Middlebury College; IV Degre Alliance Francaise; Ph.D., Tufts University 1966)

Theoretical and computational organic chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry

NAU 1967 (retired 1993)

Robert W. Huffman, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Ohio University; Ph.D., Indiana University 1964)

Organic reaction mechanism studies using kinetics and deuterium isotope effects

NAU 1967 (retired 1997)

Scott M. Savage, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Brigham Young University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois 1961)

Effects of exercise on cellular metabolism

NAU 1963 (retired 1997)

Paul F. Torrence, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., Geneva College; Ph.D., State University of New York–Buffalo 1969)

Organic, biorganic, and medicinal chemistry; nucleic acids and antiviral agents

NAU 1999

(retired 2007)