Faculty

The faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry are dedicated professionals with wide-ranging areas of expertise representing an excellent cross-section of diverse fields of study.

Their research interests, coupled with a demonstrated commitment to high-quality teaching, help students develop into fine scientists in their own right. Approachable and energetic, our faculty employs a variety of teaching methods and tools to create a learning environment in which each student can rise to his or her own potential.

Full-Time Faculty

Michelle Applebee, Ph.D.

Department Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

• Send an email applebee@elmhurst.edu
• (630) 617-3204
• Schaible Science Center, 221

Ami Johanson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

• Send an email ajohanson@elmhurst.edu
• (630) 617-8975
• Schaible Science Center, 215

Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs and Faculty Development; Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

• Send an email ksagarin@elmhurst.edu
• (630) 617-3202
• Schaible Science Center, 218

Eugene Losey, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

• Send an email genel@elmhurst.edu
• (630) 617-3201
• Schaible Science Center, 217

Colleen Munro-Leighton, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

• Send an email c.munro-leighton@elmhurst.edu
• (630) 617-3596
• Schaible Science Center, 214

Part-Time Faculty

• E. Joseph Campbell, Ph.D.
• Alvaro Castillo, Ph.D.
• Glenn Lid, M.A.
• Samina Myran, M.S.
• Joel Southern, Ph.D.
• Christopher Tuinenga, Ph.D.

Staff

• Brittany Ruiz

Faculty Emeriti

• Charles Ophardt, Ph.D.
• John Ganchoff, Ph.D.
• Robert L. Glogovsky, Ph.D.