Faculty

Regular Faculty

Emmanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub, Chair

Professor, Chemistry

B.S., Ecole Normale Superieure; M.S., Ph.D., Paul Sabatier University

Emanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub’s research interests lie in the development of transition-metal complexes for energy storage and polymerization; the photochemistry of aromatic compounds; and the activation of small molecules via electrochemical processes. Read her Oxy Story profile.

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Jeffrey Cannon

Associate Professor, Chemistry

B.A. Occidental College; Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

Jeff Cannon teaches Organic Chemistry and does research in organic synthesis and catalysis.

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Chris Craney

Professor, Chemistry

B.S., University of Puget Sound; M.S., D.A., Washington State University

Chris Craney teaches physical chemistry I (kinetics) and biochemistry.

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Michael Hill

Fletcher Jones Foundation Professor of Chemistry

B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Professor Hill teaches general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and organometallic chemistry.

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Raul Navarro

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

Raul Navarro’s research focus lies in developing new transition metal-catalyzed reactions and applying them in the synthesis of biologically active natural products.

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Vikram V. Shende

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

B.S. University of Michigan-Dearborn; M.S., Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Vik Shende teaches Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, and his research group investigates how enzymes can be used to efficiently assemble complex molecules.

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