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Kevin Bartlett
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Office: CIS 306
Phone: 206-281-2101
E-mail: klbartle@spu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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B.S., Wheaton College, 1995; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2001. At SPU since 2002.
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E. Lawrence Gulberg
Adjunct Chemistry Faculty
Office: SCI 113
Email: gulbee@spu.edu |
B.S., Stanford, 1971, M..Ed., Univ. Wash., 1977
Ph.D., analytical chemistry, Univ. Wash., 1980. At SPU since 2004. |
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Summary: I taught high school chemistry for 27 years. I decided to retire from that this year (2004) and begin teaching at SPU. My research interests were in electro-analytical chemistry and flow-injection analysis (25 years ago!). Now I am interested in making chemistry exciting and compelling and understandable to the student learner. I am currently involved in a project to develop workshops for teachers of 7-12 grade chemistry. |
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Benjamin J. McFarland
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Office: SCI 103
Research Lab: SCI 104
Phone: 206-281-2749
Email: bjm@spu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Research Group web site
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B.S., University of Florida, 1996; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2001.
At SPU since 2003.
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Research Interests: Biochemistry, immunology, protein chemistry, physical biochemistry |
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Summary: The McFarland laboratory is interested in several kinds of "interfaces": the interfaces where two proteins match up and stick together; the interface of protein structure and immunology known as structural immunology; and placing these investigations within the context of biochemistry, which is the interface of biology and chemistry. Current projects center around investigating the thermodynamics and kinetics of protein-protein interactions important to starting immune responses. MIC-A, one of the proteins involved in this interaction, appears flexible and unstructured right where its receptor, NKG2D, prefers to bind. We have developed a scheme to stabilize this section of MIC-A and determine the effect of this interfacial stabilization on protein-protein interactions with the natural killer cell receptors. The redesigned protein may show novel analytical or therapeutic properties. Other projects involve mutagenesis of NKG2D, investigations into the heat capacities of cross-species receptor-ligand interactions, and investigation of the modification of positively charged amino acid residues with dihydroxyacetone. |
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John Mouser
Adjunct Chemistry Faculty
Office: SCI 304
Phone: 206-281-2102
E-mail: mousej@spu.edu
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B.A., Point Loma Nazarene College, 1985; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1991. At SPU since 2004.
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Lyle B. Peter
Professor of Chemistry;
Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Office: SCI 303
Phone: 206-281-2103
E-mail: lpeter@spu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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B.S., Seattle Pacific College, 1972; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1979.
At SPU since 1979.
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Research Interests: Chemistry of the Chalcogens, Inorganic Heterocyclic Rings, Molecular Spectroscopy, Applied Molecular Orbital Theory/Computational Chemistry, especially the application of Density Functional Theory (DFT) to the stability and structure of organic and inorganic molecules. Mathematical Modeling in Bond Order Bond Length Relationships, Reactions of Amino Acids with Inorganic Substances, Electrochemistry of Amino Acid-Transition Metal Compounds. |
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Greg Phelan
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Office: SCI 107
Research Lab: SCI 301
Phone: 206-281-2513
E-mail: gphelan@spu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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B.S., University of Rochester, 1994; M.S., State University of New York at Albany, 1998; M.S., University of Washington, 2003; M. Ed., University of Washington, 2003; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2003. At SPU since 2001.
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Research Interests: Materials, Organic, Inorganic, Chemical Education |
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Summary: My research deals with two main areas of chemistry, materials synthesis and chemical education. My students and I work on ways to create new organic/inorganic hybrid systems that have desirable properties. We work with transition metals and lanthanide metals to create light emitting complexes. We use organic chemistry to create multifunctional organic molecules. In the area of chemical education, I am interested in studying the ways in which chemistry is taught as well as learned. I take a constructivist approach to the classes that I teach. I look for ways to incorporate advanced organizers (Ausabel) into the skill set that my students leave the course with. We accomplish these goals by looking at content sequencing in the general chemistry classroom. |
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Daisy Y. Zhang
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Email: daisyz@spu.edu
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B.S., Calvin College, 1989; Ph.D., The University of Chicago, 1993.
At SPU since 1998.
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Research Interests: My research interest focuses on investigating and understanding bonding structures of molecules involving second-row atoms, such as R 2 PO and RPO 2 types of molecules with R being a simple organic or inorganic substituent, as well as small to medium-size silicon clusters, Sin, by using various theoretical methods. |
