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Dr. Neocles Leontis

Professor of chemistry
Expertise: RNA structure and function; chemistry; biochemistry; molecular biology; evolution.
Credentials: Ph.D. from Yale University; M.A. from Harvard University; B.S. from Ohio State University; full professor funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Office Phone: 419-372-8663/372-2031
E-mail: leontis@bgsu.edu

Dr. W. Robert Midden

Associate professor of chemistry
Expertise: Biochemistry of DNA; photochemistry of DNA; photobiology as it relates to skin cancer and other effects of sun exposure; photodynamic cancer therapy; mechanisms of how environmental agents cause cancer. Best practices in undergraduate education, particularly in science education; residential learning communities and living-learning programs in colleges and universities; assessment of student learning.
Credentials: B.A. in chemistry from St. Johns University; Ph.D. in biochemistry from Ohio State University; postdoctoral fellow, physical chemistry at Ohio State University; postdoctoral fellow, environmental health chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.
Office Phone: 419-372-0563
Cell Phone: 419-360-1585
E-mail: midden@bgsu.edu

Dr. David S. Newman

Professor of chemistry
Expertise: Energy; materials science; history of science; metallurgy of aluminum and magnesium; batteries; electrochemistry; science teaching.
Credentials: Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania; master’s degree from New York University; bachelor’s degree from Earlham College. Has presented to the Electrochemical Society, the American Chemical Society, and the Materials, Metals and Mining Society.
Office Phone: 419-372-8398
Home Phone: 419-352-2044
E-mail: dnewman@bgsu.edu

Dr. William M. Scovell

Professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Expertise: Biomedical research; understanding the basis of cancer; DNA and genes; gene expression; biochemistry; molecular biology; biotechnology.
Credentials: Ph.D. and B.S. in chemistry; reviewer of grant proposals for the National Institutes of Health; author of numerous journal articles; presenter at international meetings.
Office Phone: 419-372-8293
Cell Phone: 419-308-0740
E-mail: wscovel@bgsu.edu