2019 catalog

Courses in Chemistry
(detailed course descriptions)

Professor Brian Coppola • University of Michigan
Organic chemistry mechanisms (undergraduates who have completed organic chemistry)
Bio-Organic mechanisms (undergraduates who have completed organic chemistry)

Professor Eitan Geva • University of Michigan
The mathematical tools of quantum mechanics (undergraduate level)
Chemical Dynamics (graduate level)
Introduction to nonlinear spectroscopy and its applications to Chemistry (graduate level)

Professor Julie Biteen • University of Michigan
Methods in Biophysical Chemistry (Advanced Undergraduate/Graduate)
Super-Resolution Imaging (Advanced Undergraduate/Graduate)

Professor Ryan Baxter • University of California at Merced
Modern Kinetic Analysis of Organic Reactions (graduate)
Reaction Mechanisms of Complex Catalytic Systems (upper level undergraduate, graduate)
Modern Physical Organic Techniques (upper level undergraduate, graduate)

 Professor Megan Frost • Michigan Technological University
In vivo measurement of clinically important physiological analytes (upper level undergraduate)
Impact of surface properties on biocompatibility (upper level undergraduate/graduate)
Approaches to fabricating synthetic vascular grafts (upper level undergraduate/graduate)

Professor Melissa Reynolds • Colorado State University
Bio-analytical Chemistry

Professor Alan Kiste • CA Polytechnic Univ at San Luis Obispo
Organic chemistry of biological molecules (lower level undergraduate)
Introduction to the chemistry education research literature (teaching faculty; strong English reading comprehension skills needed).
Organic chemistry mechanisms (undergraduates who have completed organic chemistry)

Professor JP Desaulniers • Univ of Ontario Institute of Technology
Introduction to Chemical Biology (undergraduates who have completed organic chemistry & biology)
Organic chemistry mechanisms (undergraduates who have completed organic chemistry)

Professor John Henssler • New York University
Polymer Synthesis and Design (undergraduates that have completed organic chemistry and graduate students)
Characterization of Small Molecules and Macromolecules (undergraduates that have completed organic chemistry and graduate students)
Organic chemistry mechanisms (undergraduates who have completed organic chemistry)

Professor Edmund Palermo • Rensselaer Polytechnic University
Macromolecules I: Synthesis of Polymers
Macromolecules II: Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Bio-macromolecules and Biomimicry

 Professor Joanne Stewart • Hope College
Symmetry, Group Theory, and Molecular Orbital Theory (undergraduates)
Coordination chemistry and organometallic chemistry (undergraduates who have completed organic chemistry)

Professor Zhan Chen • University of Michigan
Introduction to Chemical Analysis (For lower level undergraduates)
Instrumental analysis (For upper level undergraduates)

Professor James Penner-Hahn • University of Michigan
Introduction to Biophysics
Bioinorganic Chemistry (undergraduate level; should have completed inorganic chemistry)
Physical methods in Inorganic Chemistry (advanced undergraduate /graduate)
X-ray Spectroscopy (advanced undergraduate /graduate)

Professor Casey Dougherty • Iona College
Biology for Chemists (available 2018)

Professor Christopher Kelly • Wayne State University
Introduction to Biophysics
Experimental Biophysics

Technical English Skills and Professional Language Development
(detailed descriptions here)

Professor India Plough • Michigan State University
Academic Presentations (lower level undergraduate students)
Argumentation and Negotiation (upper level undergraduate students)