Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty, Staff and Administration

Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Kennesaw State University. The Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty and staff are split between the Kennesaw and Marietta campus. Kennesaw campus locations include the Science Building (SC), Science Laboratory Building (SL), Clendenin Building (CL), Kennesaw Hall (KH) and Prillaman Health Sciences (HS). Marietta campus locations include the Crawford Lab Building (E) and the Science Lab Annex (GAX). Please make sure to contact faculty and staff for any questions about their specific location.

Administration and Staff

Name
Position

  • Laboratory Coordinator, Chemistry

    mbechtho@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 462

  • Jessica Carter

    Laboratory Coordinator, Chemistry

    jcarte61@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7336
    SC 412B

  • Kimberly Cortes

    Assistant Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Associate Professor of Chemistry Education

    klinenbe@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6278
    SC 410

    Website

  • Senior Laboratory Coordinator, Chemistry & Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    ddiatta@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3820
    GAX 295

  • Manager, Laboratory

    sjorda37@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3633
    SC 412A

  • Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    kshen@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4009
    SC 411

  • Office Manager

    jwinte13@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

Full Time Faculty

Name
Position

  • Heather Abbott

    Director of Research Development and Professor of Chemistry

    habbott@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6140
    KH 3425

    Website

  • Animesh Aditya

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicinal and Organic Chemistry

    aaditya@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2046
    SC 432

    Website

  • Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    bbaruah@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2654
    SL 4015

    Website

  • Zane Bertoli

    Lecturer of Chemistry

    zbertoli@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 402

  • Carol Chrestensen

    Professor of Chemistry

    cchreste@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3525
    SL 3013

    Website

  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    jcolley6@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2661
    CL 3042

  • Rebekah Cordeiro

    Lecturer of Chemistry

    rcordeir@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3483
    SC 418

  • Kimberly Cortes

    Assistant Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Associate Professor of Chemistry Education

    klinenbe@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6278
    SC 410

    Website

  • Chris Dockery

    Faculty Director of General Education and Professor of Chemistry

    cdockery@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2047
    KH 3440

    Website

  • Senior Lecturer of Chemistry

    jduff3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3682
    SC 424

  • Mohammad Abdul Halim

    Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    mhalim1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6759
    SC 422

    Website

  • John Haseltine

    Associate Professor of Chemistry

    jhaselti@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3426
    SL 3011

    Website

  • Michelle Head

    Executive Director of Curriculum Development and Associate Professor of Chemistry Education

    mhead24@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3677
    KH 3445

  • Lecturer of Chemistry

    xjia1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7978
    SC 435

  • Martina Kaledin

    Professor of Chemistry

    mkaledin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6281
    SC 434

    Website

  • Lecturer of Chemistry

    skamburu@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3124
    SC 420

  • Senior Lecturer of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    kxk2333@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2377
    E 122

  • Associate Professor of Chemistry

    lkang1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5062
    E 121

    Website

  • Senior Lecturer of Chemistry

    jkelle73@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4519
    SC 419

  • Marina Koether

    Professor of Chemistry

    mkoether@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6166
    SC 423

    Website

  • Thomas Leeper

    Professor of Biochemistry

    tleeper@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2258
    SL 3006

    Website

  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    mmarsh83@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6169
    SC 417

    Website

  • Senior Lecturer of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    gmeades@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7915
    SC 429

  • Mark Mitchell

    Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    mmitch52@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2048
    SL 4016

    Website

  • Lecturer of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    mmonge4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 402B

  • Professor of Chemistry

    hmsimang@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6088
    SC 425

    Website

  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    mraine33@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4305
    CL 3042

  • Carl Saint-Louis

    Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry

    csaintlo@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6048
    SC 428

    Website

  • Lecturer of Chemistry

    hshaffe4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6174
    SC 433

  • Janet Shaw

    Associate Professor of Chemistry

    jshaw22@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3428
    SC 421

    Website

  • Associate Professor of Chemistry

    rsingh@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6256
    SL 3002

    Website

  • Lecturer of Chemistry

    asouth3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3576
    SC 431

  • Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

    mstollen@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2650
    SC 427

    Website

  • Lecturer of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    csumne10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4823
    SC 430

  • Professor of Chemistry

    dtapu@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2259
    SL 4014

    Website

  • Michael Van Dyke

    Professor of Biochemistry

    mvandyk2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2793
    SL 3012

    Website

  • Associate Professor of Chemistry

    wzhou2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2424
    SC 426

    Website

Part-Time Faculty

Name
Position

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    jarras@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

    mbeckha2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    sbaruah@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    cbertolu@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    jcody4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    mculber7@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    gdeka@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    adenton3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    eestime@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    abowlin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    dhasha@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    phenrick@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    chidalgo@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    jjone434@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    jjurchen@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    akailasa@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    nloomba@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    asaleh@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    eshugar2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    jshugar1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    ysingle@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    SC 409

Post Doc

Name
Position

Graduate Students

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    • Gillyan Jewett
    • Kaniz Fatama Khan
    • Rupali Mangotra
    • Blaise Williams

    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    • Airin Akhter
    • James Cargile
    • Lyric Gordon
    • Abdul Hannan
    • Aleksandra Hilliard
    • Md Taimuzzaman Sharif
    • Funsho Afolabi
    • Arman Ahmed
    • Momena Begum
    • Md. Al Hafiz
    • Destyni Herbert
    • Anna James
    • Md Al Mamun
    • Zainab Noor
    • Nishat Tasnim

Emeriti Faculty

    • Combs, Leon L., Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Emeritus
    • Gabrielli, Alan M., Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus
    • Moomaw, Ellen W., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus
    • Peterson, Laurence I., Ph.D. - Dean and Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
    • Reggio, Patricia H., Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
    • Williams, Daniel J., Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
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