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Kevin Bartlett
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Office: SCI 306
Phone: 206-281-2101
E-mail: klbartle@spu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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B.S., Wheaton College, 1995; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2001. At SPU since 2002.
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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. |
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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. |
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Kathryn L. Klug
Adjunct Chemistry Faculty
Office: Marston 249
Email: klugk@spu.edu |
B.S., Seattle Pacific Univ. 2006; M.S., polymer and materials science, Univ. of Oregon, 2007. At SPU since 2009.
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Summary: During my undergraduate studies, I developed an interest in polymer science after a summer REU working on UV-degradable polymer films, and went on to graduate school in this area. I was privileged to work for a drug delivery and solublization research company in Bend, Oregon from 2007-2008 and developed skills in synthesis and characterization of biopolymer nanoparticles. Industry was fascinating and exciting, but I have always wanted to teach chemistry, so I am working on my Master of Arts in Teaching at SPU. There are few things more exciting to me than seeing a student engage, understand and become excited about chemistry and its applicability in all of life! |
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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.
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Research Interests: Biochemistry, immunology, protein chemistry, physical biochemistry |
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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. |
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John Mouser
Adjunct Chemistry Faculty
Office: Marston 249
E-mail: mousej@spu.edu
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B.A., Point Loma Nazarene College, 1985; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1991. At SPU since 2004.
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Lyle B. Peter
Professor of Chemistry;
Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Office: SCI 303
Phone: 206-281-2103
E-mail: lpeter@spu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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B.S., Seattle Pacific College, 1972; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1979.
At SPU since 1979.
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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. |
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Karisa M. Pierce
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Office: SCI 304
Research Lab: SCI 307
Phone: 206-281-2102
E-mail: pierck1@spu.edu
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B.S., Seattle University, 2002; M.S., University of Washington, 2004; Ph.D., analytical chemistry, University of Washington, 2007. At SPU since 2008.
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Research Interests: Using commercially available analytical instruments (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography-UVvis absorption) or building analytical instruments (dynamic surface tension detector with liquid chromatography or multidimensional chromatography instruments) to answer questions about complex samples such as: What are the statistically significant differences among these biodiesel/petrodiesel samples? What causes this investigational food or pharmaceutical product to be surface active or foamy? What biomarkers differentiate the scat of wild canid species? |
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Greg Spyridis
Adjunct Chemistry Faculty
Office: SCI 107
Research Lab: SCI 302
Phone: 206-281-2513
Email: spyrig@spu.edu
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B.S., Seattle University, 1985; Ph.D., physical organic chemistry, University of Washington, 1996. At SPU since 2008.
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Research Interests: I am interested in the use of dipolar aromatic compounds, particularly azulenes, as solvent polarity probes of concentrated, nonaqueous salt solutions as well as ionic liquids. In addition, I am also interested in the ability of these media to promote and sustain heterolytic C-C, C-O and C-N bond cleavage. |
