Marco Bisoffi
Associate Professor, Co-Program Director for the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry
bisoffi@chapman.edu
Dr. Bisoffi is a molecular biologist who specializes in field cancerization, prostate cancer, tumor-adjacent tissues, biomarker, natural products and experimental cancer therapeutics. His research interests include prostatic tissues and the testing of natural product based experimental therapeutics.
Elaine Schwartz
Associate Professor, Program Co-Director of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Assistant Dean of External Relations
eschwart@chapman.edu
Dr. Benaksas-Schwartz is a bio-organic chemist who specializes in drug discovery, pre-clinical and clinical development of small molecules of medicinal importance.
Nicolai Bonne
Assistant Professor, Instructional Faculty
bonne@chapman.edu
Dr. Bonne is a molecular biologist who specializes in virology, biochemistry and undergraduate laboratory instruction. His teaching interests include Socratic teaching methodologies that promote active learning, communication skills and "learning for life" as opposed to "learning to pass."
Peter Chang
Assistant Professor, Instructional Faculty
ychang@chapman.edu
Dr. Chang is an organic chemist who specializes in drug discovery of anti-cancer therapeutics, microgenetic peripheral blood stem cells and blood component separation system, nanotechnology for oral insulin/diabetes and biocompatible surface modification for medical devices.
Warren de Bruyn
Professor
debruyn@chapman.edu
Dr. de Bruyn is an analytical and physical chemist who specializes in atmospheric chemistry, the oxidative capacity of the troposphere and global climate change.
Matthew Gartner
Assistant Professor
gartner@chapman.edu
Dr. Gartner is an analytical chemist who specializes in atmospheric chemistry and chemistry laboratory instruction. He is the lead general chemistry lab professor. His teaching interests include active learning techniques and flipped-model classes.
Michael Ibba
Dean of the Schmid College of Science and Technology
ibba@chapman.edu
Dr. Ibba is molecular biologist whose research interests relate to the flow of genetic code and how it can impact cellular health and antibiotic resistance.
Christopher Kim
Professor, Associate Dean, Academic Programs
cskim@chapman.edu
Dr. Kim is an environmental geochemist who specializes in the environmental impact of mine waste and contamination, including metal contamination, bioaccessibility, nanoparticles, chemical speciation and x-ray spectroscopy.
Jerry LaRue
Assistant Professor
larue@chapman.edu
Dr. LaRue is a physical chemist who specializes in heterogeneous catalysis, surface science, lasers, x-rays, spectroscopy and nanomaterials. His research interests are aimed at understanding the most fundamental aspects of the processes that occur during chemical reactions on the surfaces of metal catalysts.
Allegra Liberman-Martin
Assistant Professor
libermanmartin@chapman.edu
Dr. Liberman-Martin is an organic chemist who specializes in homogeneous catalysis, organometallic chemistry, reaction mechanisms and polymer synthesis.
Andrew Lyon
Professor and Founding Dean of the Fowler School of Engineering
lyon@chapman.edu
Dr. Lyon is a materials and physical chemist who specializes in microgels, hydrogels, extracellular matrix, colloid chemistry, nanomaterials and regenerative medicine.
John Miklavcic
Assistant Professor
miklavcic@chapman.edu
Dr. Miklavcic is a nutritional pharmacologist who specializes in functional foods, nutrigenomics and nutraceuticals. He researches how dietary lipids interact with and regulate gene function in neonatal health and development and in chronic conditions.
Maduka Ogba
Assistant Professor
ogba@chapman.edu
Dr. Ogba is a computational organic chemist who specializes in organocatalysis, organometallic chemistry, catalyst design, conformational analysis and cheminformatics.
Justin O'Neill
Assistant Professor, Director of Lab Safety
joneill@chapman.edu
Dr. O'Neill is an organic chemist who specializes in organic synthesis and polymer chemistry.
Cedric P. Owens
Assistant Professor
cpowens@chapman.edu
Dr. Owens is a physical biochemist who specializes in biological nitrogen fixation, nitrogenase, bacterial iron uptake, hemophore, bioinorganic chemistry and structural biology. His interdisciplinary research lies at the crossroads of inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology.
Melissa Rowland-Goldsmith
Assistant Professor, Institute for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Co-Director
rowlandg@chapman.edu
Dr. Rowland-Goldsmith is a molecular biologist who specializes in pancreatic cancer and experimental therapeutics.