Faculty
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Pavel Anzenbacher, Jr., Ph.D.
- Position: Professor
- Phone: 419-372-2080
- Email: pavel@bgsu.edu
- Address: 411 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
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Peter Blass, Ph.D.
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-7515
- Email: pmblass@bgsu.edu
- Address: 124A Overman Hall
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John R. Cable, Ph.D.
- Position: Chair, Department of Chemistry, Associate Professor
- Phone: 419-372-2043
- Email: cable@bgsu.edu
- Address: 138 Overman Hall
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Steven Chung, Ph.D.
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-8258
- Email: schung@bgsu.edu
- Address: 410 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
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David Erickson, Ph.D.
- Position: Associate Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-1841
- Email: dericks@bgsu.edu
- Address: 512 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
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Malcolm D. E. Forbes, Ph.D.
- Position: Director, Center for Photochemical Sciences, Professor
- Phone: 419-372-3948
- Email: forbesm@bgsu.edu
- Address: 132A Overman Hall
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Joseph C. Furgal, Ph.D.
- Position: Associate Professor
- Phone: 419-372-2658
- Email: furgalj@bgsu.edu
- Address: 409 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
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H. Peter Lu, Ph.D.
- Position: Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor
- Phone: 419-372-1840
- Email: hplu@bgsu.edu
- Address: 021 Overman Hall
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Kate Mejiritski, M.S.
- Position: Associate Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-2935
- Email: emejeri@bgsu.edu
- Address: 403 Mosley Hall
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Stephania Messersmith, Ph.D.
- Position: Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-3861
- Email: messers@bgsu.edu
- Address: 152 Overman Hall
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Alexis D. Ostrowski, Ph.D.
- Position: Associate Professor, Dr. Thomas Kinstle Professorship
- Phone: 419-372-2809
- Email: alexiso@bgsu.edu
- Address: 511 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
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Julie Peterson, Ph.D
- Position: Assistant Professor
- Phone: 419-372-8663
- Email: jupeter@bgsu.edu
- Address: 212 Physical Science Laboratory Building
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Siobhan Shay, Ph.D.
- Position: Associate Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-8744
- Email: sshay@bgsu.edu
- Address: 209 Physical Science Laboratory Building
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Jayaraman Sivaguru, Ph.D.
- Position: Antonia and Marshall Wilson Professor of Chemistry, Assoc. Director, Center for Photochemical Sciences
- Phone: 419-372-9450
- Email: sivagj@bgsu.edu
- Address: 412 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
Xiaohong Tan, Ph.D.
- Position: Assistant Professor
- Phone: 419-372-3229
- Email: tanx@bgsu.edu
- Address: 211 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
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Alexander N. Tarnovsky, Ph.D.
- Position: Professor
- Phone: 419-372-3865
- Email: atarnov@bgsu.edu
- Address: 309 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
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Natalia Zamkov, Ph.D
- Position: Assistant Teaching Professor
- Phone: 419-372-2044
- Email: nzamkov@bgsu.edu
- Address: 210 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
Emeritus Faculty
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George Clemans, Ph.D.
- Position: Professor Emeritus
- Email: clemans@bgsu.edu
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Thomas H. Kinstle, Ph.D.
- Position: Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
- Phone: 419-372-8678
- Email: tkinstl@bgsu.edu
- Address: 409 Physical Sciences Laboratory Building
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W. Robert Midden, Ph.D.
- Position: Emeritus Professor
- Phone: 419-372-0563
- Email: midden@bgsu.edu
- Address: 241A Math Science Building
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David Newman, Ph.D.
- Position: Professor Emeritus
- Email: dnewman@bgsu.edu
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Michael A. J. Rodgers, Ph.D.
- Position: Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor Emeritus
- Email: rodgers@bgsu.edu
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William Scovell, Ph.D.
- Position: Professor Emeritus
- Email: wscovel@bgsu.edu
- Address: Overman 158
In Memoriam
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Arthur S. Brecher, Ph.D.
- Position: Professor
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Neocles B. Leontis, Ph.D
- Position: Professor
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Douglas C. Neckers, Ph.D.
- Position: McMaster Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus
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R. Marshall Wilson, Ph.D.
- Position: Research Professor
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