Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Daniel
D. Gregory, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Chairperson
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
Web site:http://web.stcloudstate.edu/ddgregory
Office: Wick Science Building 373
Telephone: (320) 308-2060
Research Interests
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
Eric
Gato,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1999, University of Cape Coast, Ghana; Ph.D. 2007, Western Michigan
University.
Specialty: Biochemistry and environmental toxicology
Email: wegato@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 357
Telephone: (320) 308-1692
Cliff
Grosberg
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1972, University of Wisconsin, River Falls; M.A. 2000, Saint Mary’s
University
Specialty: Preparatory Chemistry
Email: lcgrosberg@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Headley Hall 245
Telephone: (320) 308-3935
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, and quantitative approaches to MALDI
(matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization) mass spectrometry
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.
Assistant 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
Web site:http://web.stcloudstate.edu/rakrystyniak
Office: Wick Science Building 371
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
Web site:http://web.stcloudstate.edu/tleenay
Office: Wick Science Building 363
Telephone: (320) 308-3948
Research Interests
Mohammad
Mahroof-Tahir, Ph.D.
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 367
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.
Associate 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. 1979 University of Calcutta, India; M.S. 1991 in Chemical Engineering, Gubkin State University, Moscow; Ph.D. 1998 Russian Academy of Sciences,
Moscow
Specialty: Organic chemistry & polymer science. Strategic design & synthesis of antiviral chemotherapeutics.
Email:kmunshi@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Brown Hall 345B
Telephone: (320) 308-5420
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
Latha
Ramakrishnan ,
Ph.D.
Assistant 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
Mahin
Sadrai, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1975, University of Tehran (Iran); M.S. 1986, Rochester Institute of
Technology; Ph.D. 1987, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Specialty: Physical chemistry, creation of natural
and benign pesticides for fruit trees, sustainable energy resources such as
photovoltaic/solar cells
Email:msadrai@stcloudstate.edu
Web site:http://web.stcloudstate.edu/msadrai
Office: Wick Science Building 350
Telephone: (320) 308-6086
Lakshmaiah
Sreerama, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
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
Ed
Stewart,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. 1985 University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. 1992 California Institute
of Technology
Specialty: Physical Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Nanocomposites
Email:egstewart@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Headley Hall 244
Telephone: (320) 308-3934
Nathan
S. Winter, Ph.D.
Associate 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
Research Interests
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 379
Telephone: (320) 308-1743
Mike
Moore
College Laboratory Services Specialist
Email:mjmoore@stcloudstate.edu
Office: Wick Science Building 379
Telephone: (320) 308-2061


