Faculty

Lakshmaiah Sreerama, Ph.D.

Fulbright Scholar
Professor of Chemistry, Chair
B.S. 1983, M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1991, Bangalore University (India)
Specialty: Biochemistry and biochemical pharmacology, anticancer drug resistance mechanisms and biochemical toxicology of environmental chemicals
Email: lsreerama@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/lsreerama
Office: Wick Science Building 372
Telephone: (320) 308-2080
Research Interests

Cassidy Dobson, Ph.D.

Adjunct
B.A. 2005, Hamline University; Ph.D. 2012, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Specialty: Biochemistry
Email: cmdobson@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 367
Telephone: (320) 308-4531

Michael A. Dvorak, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A. 1987, Saint Olaf College; Ph.D. 1992, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Specialty: Analytical chemistry with an emphasis on fluorescence spectroscopy
Email: madvorak@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/madvorak
Office: Wick Science Building 351
Telephone: (320) 308-2015
Research Interests

Michael A. Jeannot, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1992, University of Saskatchewan; Ph.D. 1997, University of Alberta
Specialty: Analytical chemistry, trace environmental analysis using microextraction techniques
Email: mjeannot@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/majeannot
Office: Wick Science Building 366
Telephone: (320) 308-2046
Research Interests

Rebecca A. Krystyniak, Ph.D.

Dr. Krystyniak is on leave from Chemistry from 2010-2012. She is serving as the Co-Director of the Teacher Preparation Initiative (TPI).
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A. 1996, Carthage College; M.A. 2000, Ph.D. 2001, University of Northern Colorado
Specialty: Chemistry education, inquiry-based learning, the effect of order of content on student understanding, the development and assessment of science process skills, and student understanding of chemistry on the molecular level
Email: rakrystyniak@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Education Building A-232A
Telephone: (320) 308-2024

Tamara Leenay, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1982, Le Moyne College; Ph.D. 1988, University of Pennsylvania
Specialty: Organic chemistry
Email: tleenay@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 363
Telephone: (320) 308-3948
Research Interests

Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir, Ph.D.

Dr. Mahroof is on leave for 2012-2013.
Fulbright Scholar
Professor of Chemistry
M.S. 1979, Quaid-i-Azam University; M.A. 1990, Ph.D. 1992, Johns Hopkins University
Specialty: Bioinorganic chemistry, synthesis and characterization of metal complexes with potential antidiabetic and anticancer properties
Email: mmahroof@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mmahroof
Office: Wick Science Building 373
Telephone: (320) 308-3198
Research Interests

Jack F. McKenna, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1982, Clemson University
Specialty: Physical chemistry
Email: jfmckenna@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/jfmckenna
Office: Wick Science Building 364
Telephone: (320) 308-3032
Research Interests

Mark Mechelke, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph.D. 1998, University of Iowa
Specialty: Organic chemistry, design and synthesis of novel anticancer drugs
Email: mmechelke@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mmechelke
Office: Wick Science Building 370
Telephone: (320) 308-2030
Research Interests

Kalyan Munshi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of Calcutta; M.S. 1991, Gubkin State University, Moscow, Russia; Ph.D. 1998, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Specialty: Organic chemistry; medicinal chemistry; bioactive polymers, and natural products chemsitry
Email: kmunshi@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 339
Telephone: (320) 308-4161

Donald R. Neu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1989, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ph.D. 1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Specialty: Solid state, quantum dot, materials science, inorganic chemistry and radiochemistry, semiconducting materials, quantum devices, quartz crystal micro-balance sensor devices, and direct nuclear power conversion
Email: drneu@stcloudstate.edu
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/drneu
Office: Wick Science Building 369
Telephone: (320) 308-3989
Research Interests

Sarah C. Petitto, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1999, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 2005, University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Specialty: Physical surface chemistry
Email: scpetitto@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 371
Telephone: (320) 308-5420
Research Interests

Latha Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Specialty: Biochemistry
Email: lramakrishnan@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 368
Telephone: (320) 308-3257
Research Interests

Ruth Robinson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A. 1981, Carleton College; Ph.D. 1987, UC-Berkeley
Specialty: Physical Chemistry
Email: rlrobinson@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 372
Telephone: (320) 308-4170
Research Interests

Kannan Sivaprakasam

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1988, University of Madras; Ph.D. 1998, Indian Institute of Science
Specialty: Physical chemistry, polymer science
Email: ksivaprakasam@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 357
Telephone: (320) 308-1692

Nathan S. Winter, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry
B.A. 1987, Macalester College; Ph.D. 1992, Washington University
Specialty: Biophysical chemistry, protein crystallization and structural studies
Email: nwinter@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 365
Telephone: (320) 308-2052

General Chemistry Lab Coordinator

Diana Mayweather, Ph.D.

B.S. 2004, Chicago State University; Ph.D. 2012, Northwestern University
Specialty: Biochemistry
Email: dnmayweather@stcloudstate.edu
Office: WSB-350
Telephone: (320) 308-6086

Administrative Reassigned Faculty

Daniel D. Gregory, Ph.D.

Dr. Gregory is on leave from Chemistry. He is serving as Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies.
Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1994, Southwest State University; Ph.D. 1998, Iowa State University
Specialty: Physical organic chemistry, photochemistry and computational chemistry of organic compounds
Email: dgregory@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Administrative Services 121
Telephone: (320) 308-5468

Staff

Bernie Frie

Office Manager
Email: bmfrie@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 358
Telephone: (320) 308-3031
Web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/bmfrie 

Jeff Stobb

College Laboratory Services Specialist
Email: jwstobb@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 313-1
Telephone: (320) 308-1743

Mike Moore

College Laboratory Services Specialist
Email: mjmoore@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 313-1
Telephone: (320) 308-2061