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.
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.
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.
Professor Hill’s Google-Scholar profile is linked here.
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.
Andrew K. Udit
John Stauffer Professor of 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
Douglas Duquette
Resident Associate Professor, Chemistry
B.A., M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Caltech
Office Hours:
Tuesdays & Fridays from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
John Phillips
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Anne Yu
Resident Senior Instructor, Chemistry
B.A, Pomona College; M.S., UCLA
Office Hours:
Mondays 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm & Wednesdays 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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.
Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry, Emerita (1995-2023)
Chemistry
Eileen Spain taught physical chemistry II (quantum mechanics and spectroscopy) and nanochemistry.