Faculty
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Ronald L. Blankespoor,
Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University.
- Organic Chemistry. Reaction mechanisms; photochemistry of anthraquinones.
Publications and Research Plan
- blan@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6174
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Roger L. DeKock, Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
- Computational Chemistry. Electronic structure and chemical bonding of small molecules and of transition metal complexes; introduction of computational chemistry into chemistry curriculum.
Publications and Research Plan
- deko@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6344
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Terry M. Gray, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon, Eugene.
- Biochemistry. Protein structure, folding, and stability; protein crystallography; protein engineering; computer modeling of biological macromolecular structure and function; T4 lysozyme structure and stability.
Publications and Research Plan
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grayt@calvin.edu, (616) 957-7187
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Karl James Jalkanen, Visiting Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics/Biochemistry. Ab initio, semi-empirical
and molecular mechanics method development and applications to model
biological molecules; prediction of protein secondary and tertiary structure from amino acid sequence using spectroscopic data.
Publications and Research Plan
- jalkanen@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6798
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Arie Leegwater, Professor, Ph.D., Ohio State University.
- Organic Chemistry. History of science, rise of physical chemistry, introduction of quantum concepts into classical chemistry.
Publications and Research Plan
- leeg@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6373
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Larry L. Louters, Professor, Ph.D. University of Iowa, Iowa City.
- Biochemistry. Chromatin structure; physiological effects of histones; exercise physiology and chemical education.
Publications and Research Plan
- lout@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6493
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Karen C. Muyskens, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- Physical Chemistry. Kinetics and molecular dynamics of gas-phase systems; photodissociation of gas-phase molecules; multiphoton ionization; spectroscopy.
Publications and Research Plan
- muyk@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6864
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Mark A. Muyskens, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- Physical Chemistry. Photochemistry; spectroscopy; kinetics and molecular dynamics of gas-phase systems.
Publications and Research Plan
- muym@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6269
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Kenneth Piers, Professor, Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada.
- Organic Chemistry. Organic synthesis, natural product chemistry, issues in chemical education and classroom pedagogy.
Publications and Research Plan
- pier@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6491
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Kumar Sinniah, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
- Analytical Chemistry.
Publications and Research Plan
- ksinniah@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6058
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William Van Doorne, Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
- Inorganic Chemistry. Coordination compounds; metal adducts of Vitamin B1 and its decomposition products; synthesis and X-ray crystallography.
Publications and Research Plan
- vdor@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6343
Staff
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Richard Huisman, Lab Steward
- rhuis@calvin.edu, (616) 957-6494