Kevin Bartlett
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Office: SCI 306
Phone: 206-281-2101
E-mail: klbartle@spu.edu

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B.S., Wheaton College, 1995; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2001. At SPU since 2002.

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.

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.

Benjamin J. McFarland
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Office: SCI 103
Research Lab: SCI 104
Phone: 206-281-2749
Email: bjm@spu.edu

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B.S., University of Florida, 1996; Ph.D., biomolecular structure and design, University of Washington, 2001. At SPU since 2003.

Summary: Our 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. MICA, one of the proteins involved in this interaction, appears flexible and unstructured right where its receptor, NKG2D, prefers to bind. We developed a scheme to stabilize this section of MICA and determine the effect of this interfacial stabilization on protein-protein interactions with the natural killer cell receptors. We are now working on mutagenesis of tyrosine residues in NKG2D, optimization of the NKG2D-MICA interface, and (in a completely different area) how stainless steel interacts with garlic in kitchen chemistry.

John Mouser
Adjunct Chemistry Faculty
Office: Marston 249
E-mail: mousej@spu.edu

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Lyle B. Peter
Professor of Chemistry
Office: SCI 303
Phone: 206-281-2103
E-mail: lpeter@spu.edu

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B.S., Seattle Pacific College, 1972; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1979. At SPU since 1979.

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.

Karisa M. Pierce
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Office: SCI 304
Research Lab: SCI 307
Phone: 206-281-2102
E-mail: pierck1@spu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

B.S., Seattle University, 2002; M.S., University of Washington, 2004; Ph.D., analytical chemistry, University of Washington, 2007.  At SPU since 2008.

Daniel Schofield
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Office: SCI 334
Research Lab: SCI 301
Phone: 206-281-2944
E-mail: schofieldd@spu.edu