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Administrative

Taylor Gerdes
- Administrative Assistant II – Undergraduate Program
Department
- Chemistry
tdgerdes@iastate.edu
Angela Harms
- Administrative Assistant III
Department
- Chemistry
angharms@iastate.edu
Meghan Landers
- Grants Specialist II - Gordon/Windus Group
Department
- Ames Laboratory Of US DOE
landersm@iastate.edu
Sarah Norvell
- Graduate Student Services Specialist II
Department
- Chemistry
norvell@iastate.edu
Deanna Powell
- Administrative Assistant II
dpowell@iastate.edu
Dallas Tuttle
- IT Support
Department
- Chemistry
djtuttle@iastate.edu
Adam Wade
- Student Services Specialist III - Undergraduate
Department
- Chemistry
amwade@iastate.edu

Faculty

Robbyn Anand
- Associate Professor
Department
- Chemistry
rkanand@iastate.edu
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Jared Anderson
- Professor
Department
- Chemistry
andersoj@iastate.edu
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Greg Curtzwiler
- Assistant Professor (Courtesy Appointment)
gregc@iastate.edu
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Mark Gordon
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Ames Laboratory Of US DOE
- Chemistry
mgordon@iastate.edu
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Tom Holme
- Morrill Professor
Department
- Chemistry
taholme@iastate.edu
- Chemical Education
Wenyu Huang
- Professor
Department
- Chemistry
whuang@iastate.edu
- Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Kirill Kovnir
- Professor
Department
- Chemistry
kovnir@iastate.edu
- Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Young Jin Lee
- Professor
Department
- Chemistry
yjlee@iastate.edu
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Junqi Li
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Chemistry
junqili@iastate.edu
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Gordon Miller
- University Professor
Department
- Chemistry
gmiller@iastate.edu
- Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Frederic Perras
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Ames Laboratory Scientist III
Department
- Ames Laboratory Of US DOE
- Chemistry
fperras@iastate.edu
- Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Jacob Petrich
- Professor
Department
- Chemistry
jwp@iastate.edu
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Davit Potoyan
- Associate Professor
Department
- Chemistry
potoyan@iastate.edu
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Ryan Richard

he/him/his
- Assistant Adjunct Professor
- Ames Scientist II
Department
- Ames Laboratory Of US DOE
- Chemistry
rrichard@iastate.edu
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Aaron Rossini
- Professor
Department
- Chemistry
arossini@iastate.edu
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Aaron Sadow
- David C. Henderson Professor
- Senior Scientist, Ames National Laboratory
Department
- Chemistry
sadow@iastate.edu
- Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Emily Smith
- Professor
Department
- Chemistry
esmith1@iastate.edu
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Xueyu Song
- Professor
Department
- Ames Laboratory Of US DOE
- Chemistry
xsong@iastate.edu
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Levi Stanley
- Associate Professor
Department
- Chemistry
lstanley@iastate.edu
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Brett VanVeller
- Associate Professor
Department
- Chemistry
bvv@iastate.edu
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Javier Vela
- University Professor
- Associate Chair
Department
- Chemistry
vela@iastate.edu
- Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Vincenzo Venditti
- Associate Professor
Department
- Chemistry
venditti@iastate.edu
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Justin Walley
- Professor (Courtesy Appointment)
jwalley@iastate.edu
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Theresa Windus
- Department Chair
- Distinguished Professor
Department
- Ames Laboratory Of US DOE
- Chemistry
twindus@iastate.edu
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Arthur Winter
- Morrill Professor
Department
- Chemistry
winter@iastate.edu
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Peng Xu
- Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department
- Ames Laboratory Of US DOE
pxu@iastate.edu
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Julia Zaikina
- Associate Professor
Department
- Chemistry
yzaikina@iastate.edu
- Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Yuan Zhang
- Assistant Professor
Department
- Chemistry
yazhang@iastate.edu
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Yan Zhao
- Professor
Department
- Chemistry
zhaoy@iastate.edu
- Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry

Academic Advisors

Robert Compton
- Academic Advisor II
- LAS Administration
Department
- Chemistry
comptonr@iastate.edu
Ben Noack
- Academic Advisor II
- LAS Administration
Department
- Chemistry

Improved Service Delivery (ISD)

Jessy Jackson
- Clerk IV- Procurement & Expense Specialist
Department
- Finance Delivery
jjcorbin@iastate.edu
Andrea Jensen
- HR Partner
Department
- Human Resources Delivery
ajensen2@iastate.edu
John Lauridsen
- Cost Center Manager
Department
- Finance Delivery
jalaurid@iastate.edu

Teaching Laboratory

Iryna Auferonak
- Lab Associate
Department
- Chemistry
iryna@iastate.edu
Mandira Chandra
- Laboratory Technician II
mandira@iastate.edu
Erika Furbeck
- Laboratory Technician II
efurbeck@iastate.edu
Halyna Mudryk
- Lab Technician II
Department
- Chemistry
hmudryk@iastate.edu
Kelsie Olsen
- Troxel Technician
Department
- Chemistry
Feili Qin
- Senior Teaching Lab Coordinator
Department
- Chemistry
flqin@iastate.edu
Valerie Roark
- Lab Technician III
Department
- Chemistry
vroark@iastate.edu

Staff

Taylor Gerdes
- Administrative Assistant II – Undergraduate Program
Department
- Chemistry
tdgerdes@iastate.edu

Glassblower

Trond Forre
- Manager
Department
- Chemistry
tforre@iastate.edu

Chemical Instrument Services

Brett Boote
- Associate Scientist - Spectrophotometry
Department
- Chemistry
bboote@iastate.edu
Sarah Cady
- Senior Research Manager
- NMR Spectroscopy
Department
- Chemistry
sdcady@iastate.edu
Arkady Ellern
- Associate Scientist – X-Ray
Department
- Chemistry
ellern@iastate.edu
Kamel Harrata
- Research Scientist – Mass Spec
Department
- Chemistry
kamel@iastate.edu
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Jeffrey Purslow
- Research Scientist III
jpurslow@iastate.edu

Machine Shop

Reed Jensen
- Senior Machinist
Department
- Chemistry

Teaching Faculty

Cristina Bonaccorsi
- Professor of Teaching
Department
- Chemistry
cbonacco@iastate.edu
Kathy Burke
- Associate Professor of Teaching
Department
- Chemistry
kbrk@iastate.edu
Joseph Burnett
- Professor of Teaching
Department
- Chemistry
joechem@iastate.edu
Teresa Fernando
- Director of Teaching Laboratories and Organic Lab Instructor
Department
- Chemistry
terry@iastate.edu
Mason Koeritz
- Assistant Teaching Professor
Department
- Chemistry
mkoeritz@iastate.edu
Sara Pistolesi
- Professor of Teaching
Department
- Chemistry
sarachem@iastate.edu
Irmi Schewe-Miller
- Associate Professor of Teaching
Department
- Chemistry
irmim@iastate.edu
Caleb Thompson
- Assistant Teaching Professor
calebt2@iastate.edu

Emeritus

Robert Angelici
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
angelici@iastate.edu
Andreja Bakac
- Senior Scientist
- Adjunct Professor Emeritus
bakac@ameslab.gov
Thomas Barton
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
barton@ameslab.gov
Hugo Franzen
- Professor Emeritus
Thomas Greenbowe
- Morrill Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
tgreenbo@iastate.edu
David Hoffman
- Professor Emeritus
hoffman@ameslab.gov
R. Samuel Houk
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- Chemistry
rshouk@iastate.edu
Robert Jacobson
- Professor Emeritus
Department
- Ames Laboratory Of US DOE
- Chemistry
raj@ameslab.gov
William Jenks
- Professor Emeritus
wsjenks@iastate.edu
George Kraus
- University Professor of Emeritus
gakraus@iastate.edu
Richard Larock
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
larock@iastate.edu
Marek Pruski
- Scientist II [A LAB]
mpruski@iastate.edu
Klaus Ruedenberg
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
rudenberg@iastate.edu
Kathleen Trahanovsky
- Adjunct Associate Professor Emeritus
ktrahan@iastate.edu
Walter Trahanovsky
- Professor Emeritus
wtrahan@iastate.edu
L. Keith Woo
- Professor Emeritus
kwoo@iastate.edu
Edward Yeung
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
edyeung@iastate.edu

In Memoriam

John Corbett
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
James Espenson
- Distinguished Professor
James Fritz
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Bernard Gerstein
- Professor Emeritus
berniegerstein@aol.com
Wilbert Hutton
- Professor Emeritus
Dennis Johnson
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Victor (Shang-Yi) Lin
- Professor
Robert McCarley
- Professor Emeritus
Glen Russell
- Professor
Martha Russell
- Professor Emeritus
Gerald Small
- Distinguished Professor
Patricia Thiel
- Distinguished Professor
thiel@ameslab.gov
John Verkade
- Professor Emeritus

Staff (old)

Taylor Gerdes
- Administrative Assistant II – Undergraduate Program
Department
- Chemistry
tdgerdes@iastate.edu