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Chemistry Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Headshot of Guodong Du
Guodong Du
Chair/Professor
Specialty: Sustainable Polymers; Polymer-based Nanoparticles; Catalysis and Green Chemistry; Methane Conversion; Carbon Dioxide Utilization
  • guodong.du@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2241
  • Abbott Hall Room 224C
    151 Cornell St Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Alena Kubatova
Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor
Specialty: Characterization of complex mixtures, Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Particulate Matter, Renewable Materials
  • alena.kubatova@UND.edu
  • 701.777.0348
  • Abbott Hall Room 310
    151 Cornell St Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Ayush Asthana
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Quantum Chemistry, Quantum Computing
  • ayush.asthana@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3199
  • Abbott Hall Room 360
    151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Mark Hoffmann
Professor
Specialty: Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Electronic Structure Theory
  • mark.hoffmann@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2742
  • Abbott Hall Room 324
    151 Cornell St Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Weixin Huang
Assistant Professor
  • weixin.huang@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4908
  • Abbott Hall Room 224D
    151 Cornell St Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
Headshot of Evguenii Kozliak
Evguenii Kozliak
PhD
Professor
Specialty: Physical and Applied Chemistry
  • evguenii.kozliak@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2145
  • Abbott Hall Room 312
    151 Cornell St Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Shaina Mattingly
Teaching Associate Professor
  • shaina.mattingly@UND.edu
  • 701.777.0339
  • Abbott Hall Room 221
    151 Cornell St Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Justin Meyer
Teaching Assistant Professor
  • justin.meyer@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3043
  • Abbott Hall Room 224B
    151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Safiya Nisar
Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Specialty: Synthetic Chemistry, Functional polymers, biomaterials, and nanomaterials
  • safiya.nisar@UND.edu
  • 701.777.0380
  • Abbott Hall Room 426
    151 Cornell St Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Paul D. Pansegrau
Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor
Specialty: Organic Chemistry
  • paul.pansegrau@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3942
  • Abbott Hall Room 224E
    151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Alessia Provino
Assistant Professor
  • alessia.provino@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3941
  • Abbott Hall Room 236
    151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Binglin Sui
Assistant Professor / Graduate Program Director
Specialty: Organic Synthesis, Polymers, Smart Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Bioimaging, Nanomedicine, Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy
  • binglin.sui@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6789
  • Abbott Hall Room 419
    151 Cornell St Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Michael Whitney
Part-time Instructional
  • michael.whitney@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2749
  • Twanley Hall Room 115
    264 Centennial Dr Stop 8038
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-8038
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Wen Sun
Teaching Assistant Professor
  • wen.sun@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3441
  • Abbott Hall Room 224F
    151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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Julia Xiaojun Zhao
Professor
  • julia.zhao@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3610
  • Abbott Hall Room 132
    151 Cornell St Stop 9024
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024

Emeritus

Harmon
Harmon Abrahamson
Professor Emeritus
  • harmon.abrahamson@ndus.edu
Julie Abrahamson
Julie Abrahamson
Professor Emeritus
  • julie.abrahamson@ndus.edu
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David Pierce
Professor Emeritus
  • david.pierce@UND.edu
Smoliakova
Irina Smoliakova
Professor Emeritus
  • irina.smoliakova@UND.edu
Lothar Stahl
Lothar Stahl
Professor Emeritus
  • lothar.stahl@UND.edu
Richard Baltisberger
Professor Emeritus
    William Johnson
    Professor Emeritus

      Adjunct Professors

      Alexander Azenkeng
      Senior Scientist, EERC, UND
      • aazenkeng@undeerc.org 

      • 701.777.5000
      Deniz Cakir
      Assistant Professor, Physics & Astrophysics, UND
      • deniz.cakir@UND.edu

      • 701.777.3518
      Hallie Chelmo
      Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
      • hallie.chelmo@UND.edu

      • 701.777.6515
      Archana Dhasarathy
      Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, UND
      • archana.dhasarathy@UND.edu

      • 701.777.4285
      Timothy Dudley
      Associate Professor, UMC Math, Science and Technology, UMN Crookston
      • dudl0006@umn.edu

      • 218.281.8261
      Jamie Foster
      Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, UND
      • james.d.foster@UND.edu

      • 701.777.3393
      Keith Henry
      Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, UND
      • keith.henry@UND.edu

      • 701.777.2295
      Khwaja Hossain
      Professor of Biology, Mayville State University
      • k.hossain@mayvillestate.edu

      • 701.788.4728
      Yun Ji
      Professor, Chemical Engineering, UND
      • yun.ji@UND.edu

      • 701.777.4456
      Audrey LaVallie
      Science Faculty and Cohort Director, NHS College
      • alavallie@nhsc.edu

      • 701.627.8026
      Yen Lee Loh
      Associate Professor, Physics & Astrophysics, UND
      • yenlee.loh@UND.edu

      • 701.777.2912
      Nuri Oncel
      Associate Professor, Physics & Astrophysics, UND
      • nuri.oncel@UND.edu

      • 701.777.3529
      Sergei Nechaev
      Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, UND
      • sergei.nechaev@UND.edu

      • 701.777.2566
      Thomas Robert
      Principal Scientist at Scientific Solutions

        Research Associates

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        Yang Deng
        Post Doc Research Fellow
        • yang.deng@UND.edu
        • 701.777.0336
        • Abbott Hall Room 222
          151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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        Mushir Ul Hasan Kolathingal Thodika
        Post Doc Research Fellow Lab
        • mushir.kolathingal@UND.edu
        • 701.777.2247
        • Abbott Hall Room 211
          151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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        Srivathsan Poyyapakkam Sundar
        Post Doc Research Fellow
        • s.poyyapakkam@UND.edu
        • 701.777.2741
        • Abbott Hall Room 322
          151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
        Headshot of Yuqiang Wang
        Yuqiang Wang
        Temp Research Lab (Hrly)
        • yuqiang.wang@UND.edu
        • 701.777.2741
        • Abbott Hall Room 362
          151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
        Katerina Sklenickova
        Katerina Sklenickova
        Postdoc Research Fellow
        • katerina.sklenickova@UND.edu
        • Abbott Hall Room 301

        Staff

        Headshot of Andrew Greer
        Andrew Greer
        Electronic Equipment Tech
        • andrew.greer@UND.edu
        • 701.777.3989
        • Abbott Hall Room 328
          151 Cornell St Stop 9024
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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        Aleta Krack
        Temp Marketing & Events Coord
        • aleta.j.krack@UND.edu
        • 701.777.2741
        • Abbott Hall Room 236
          151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
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        Kim Myrum
        Office Manager
        • kimberly.myrum@UND.edu
        • 701.777.3222
        • Abbott Hall Room 236
          151 Cornell St Stop 9024
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024
        Headshot of Sara M Wallace
        Sara M Wallace
        BS., BA., MS
        Stockroom & Safety Technician
        • sara.wallace@UND.edu
        • 701.777.5090
        • Abbott Hall Room 116A
          151 Cornell Street Stop 9024
          Grand Forks, ND 58202-9024

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