Regular Faculty
Michael Hill, Chair
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.
Professor Hill’s Google-Scholar profile is linked here.
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.
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.
Emmanuelle Despagnet-Ayoub
Associate 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.
Raul Navarro
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Raul Navarro’s research focus lies in developing new chemical reactions and applying them in the synthesis of biologically active natural products.
Eileen Spain
Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Sonoma State University; Ph.D., University of Utah
Eileen Spain teaches physical chemistry II (quantum mechanics and spectroscopy) and nanochemistry.
Andrew K. Udit
Professor, Chemistry
H.B.Sc., University of Toronto; Ph.D., Caltech
Andrew Udit’s research in Chemical Biology focuses on perturbing coagulation with virus nanoparticles, and catalysis using enzymes.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Sevada Chamras
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; P.h.D, University of California, Santa Barbara
Douglas Duquette
Resident Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.A., M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Caltech
Mike Gray
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S.,Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Natalie Muren
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.A., Willamette University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
John Phillips
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Weidong Wang
Instrumentation Facilities Manager, Chemistry
B.S., from Jilin University; Ph.D., Rochester University
Emeriti/ae Faculty
Carl F. Braun Professor, Chemistry, Kinesiology, Emeritus (1981-2015)
Biochemistry
Deardorff taught organic chemistry and organic synthesis at Oxy.
Fletcher Jones Professor, Chemistry, Emerita (1993-2014)
Biochemistry
Dea taught instrumental chemistry at Oxy.