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Chair of the Department

Debra K. Pearce Professor

 

 

Office: SC-204E; Lab: SC-328

Phone: (859) 572-5362; 572-1405 (lab)

e-mail: pearce [AT] nku.edu.

 

B.S., 1971, Ph.D., 1976, University of California, Davis

 

 

 

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Charles Acosta

Assistant Professor

Office: SC-346;  Lab: SC-161;

Phone: (859) 572-5300; 572-6649 (lab)

e-mail: acostac [AT] nku.edu 

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~acostac.

B.S., 1988, M.S., 1992, University of New Orleans; Ph.D 1997 Old Dominion University.

Hildegard Baldridge

Lecturer

Office: SC-242;  Phone: (859) 572-6446;

e-mail: baldridgeh [AT] nku.edu

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~baldridgeh.

B.S., Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D. University of Kentucky

Hazel Barton

Assistant Professor

 

Office: SC-344; Lab: SC-328;

Phone: (859) 572-5303; 572-1405 (lab)

email: bartonh [AT] nku.edu

 

Web Page: www.cavescience.com

B.Sc.(Hons.), 1993, University of the West of England; Ph.D., 1997, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Bethany Bowling

Assistant Professor

 

 

Office: SC-152

Phone: (859) 572-5415

email: bowlingb2 [AT] nku.edu

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~bowlingb2 

B.A., 2002 Thomas More College; M.S., 2004, University of Cincinnati; PhD, 2007, University of Cincinnati

 

Richard (Rick) Boyce

Associate Professor

Office: SC-150; Lab: SC-166;

Phone: (859) 572-1407; 572-1403 (lab)

e-mail: boycer [AT] nku.edu

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~boycer. 

B.A., 1981, Williams College; M.S., 1985, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Ph.D., 1990, Yale University.

Jerry Carpenter Professor Emeritus

Office: OS-105; Lab: OS-111; 

Phone: (859) 572-5302;

e-mail: carpenter [AT] nku.edu

 

B.S., 1967, M.S., 1968, Utah State University; Ph.D. 1970, University of Kentucky

Gregory Dahlem

Lecturer  

Office: SC-248

Phone: (859) 572-6638

e-mail: dahlem [AT] nku.edu.

 

Web page: www.nku.edu/~dahlem.

B.S., 1981, M.S., 1984, Ohio State University; Ph.D., 1989, Michigan State University.  

Debby Dempsey

Lecturer  

Office: SC-249

Phone: (859) 572-5549

e-mail: dempseyd [AT] nku.edu.

 

Web page: www.nku.edu/~dempseyd.

B.S., 1974, University of Kentucky; M.S., 1981, University of Cincinnati; R.N., 1991, Northern Kentucky University.

Richard Durtsche

Associate Professor

Office: SC-148; Lab: SC-166;

Phone: (859) 572-6637; 572-1403 (lab)

e-mail: durtsche [AT] nku.edu.

 

Web page: www.nku.edu/~durtsche.

B.S., B.A., 1983, University of Minnesota, Duluth; M.A., 1988, California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D., 1999, University of Oklahoma

Rebecca (Becky) Evans

Assistant Professor

Office: SC-347; Lab: SC-361;

Phone: (859) 572-1409; 572-1405 (lab)

e-mail: evansr [AT] nku.edu

 

 

Larry Giesmann

Professor  

Office: SC-244; Lab: SC-324; 

Phone: (859) 572-5304; 572-6648

e-mail: giesmann [AT] nku.edu.

 

B.A., 1966, Susquehanna University; Ph.D., 1972, University of Kentucky.  

Jon Hastings Professor  

Office: SC-247; Lab: SC-228

Phone: (859) 572-5580; 572-1404 (lab)

e-mail: hastings [AT] nku.edu.

 

B.A., 1971, Kent State University; M.S., 1975, Ph.D., 1985, University of New Mexico.

Miriam Kannan Professor

Office: SC-149; Lab: SC-161

Phone: (859) 572-5522; 572--6649 (lab)

e-mail: kannan [AT] nku.edu.

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~kannan

 

B.A., 1973, Rider College; M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1979, Ohio State University.  

 

 

Bernard

Lohr

Assistant Professor

 

Office: SC-153; Lab: SC-228

Phone: (859) 572-5305; 572--1404 (lab)

e-mail: lohrb1 [AT] nku.edu.

 

A.B., 1984, Cornell University; M.S., 1989, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Ph.D., 1995, Duke University

Kristi Martines

Assistant Professor

 

Office: SC-245; Lab: SC-324

Phone: (859) 572-1965; 572-6648 (lab)

e-mail: martines [AT] nku.edu 

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~martines

 

B.S., 1994, Central Michigan University; M.S., 1998, Central Michigan University; Ph.D., 2000, Central Michigan University

 

 

 

Joe

Mester

Assistant Professor

 

 

Office: SC-343; Lab: SC-328

Phone: (859) 572-5277; 572-1405 (lab)

e-mail: mesterj1@nku.edu

 

B.A., 1983, University of Rochester; Ph.D., 1990, University of Tennessee

 

Eimear Mullen

Assistant Professor

 

 

 

Office: SC-352; Lab: SC-324;

Phone: (859) 572-6635; 572-6648 (lab)

email: mullene1 [AT] nku.edu

 

Amy 

Racke

Lecturer  

Office: FH-334

Phone: (859) 572-5686 

e-mail: rackea [AT] nku.edu.

 

B.S., 1993, Northern Kentucky University; M.S., 1996, Southeast Missouri State University

Thomas C. Rambo

Professor Emeritus 

Office: SC-150; Lab: SC-228;

Phone: (859) 572-5305; 572-1404 (lab)

e-mail: rambot [AT] nku.edu.

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~rambot.

 

B.A., 1962, College of Wooster; M.S., 1963, Ph.D., 1967, Ohio State University.

Denice Robertson

Lecturer

Office: SC-253

Phone: (859) 572-6929

e-mail: robertsonde [AT] nku.edu

 

B.S., 1994, Purdue University; Ph.D., 2001, Old Dominion University

 

Patrick J. Schultheis

Associate Professor

Office: SC-345; Lab: SC-368;

Phone (859) 572-5933; 572-1471 (lab)

e-mail: schultheisp [AT] nku.edu.

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~schultheisp/ 

 

B.S. 1984, University of Dayton; M.S. 1986, University of Dayton; Ph.D., 1994, University of Cincinnati

Mike

Scola

Lecturer

 

Office: SC-241

Phone: (859) 572-5932

e-mail: scolam [AT] nku.edu 

 

B.S. Xavier University 1984,  D.P.M. Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine 1988

 

David Thompson Assistant Professor

Office: SC-246; Lab: SC-361 

Phone: (859) 572-5301; 572-1406

e-mail: thompsone1 [AT] nku.edu

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~thompsone1

 

B.S., 1995, University of Kentucky

 Ph.D., 2002, University of Kentucky

 

Jerry W. Warner Professor Emeritus 

 

 

Office: SC-204E; Phone: (859) 572-5277;

e-mail: warner [AT] nku.edu.

 

B.S., 1965, M.S., 1969, University of  Louisiana at Monroe; Ph.D., 1973, Texas Tech University

 

 

Maggie Whitson

Assistant Professor

Office: SC-101B; Lab: SC-324

Phone: (859) 572-1411

e-mail: whitsonma [AT] nku.edu

 

Web Page: www.nku.edu/~whitsonma/ 

B.S. 1994, University of Florida; Ph.D., 2001, Duke University

 

PART-TIME FACULTY

Jill

Beyette

 

 

Office: SC-353

Phone: (859) 572-1412

e-mail: beyettej1 [AT] aol.com 

 

Janis 

Cassiere

 

 

Office: FH-333

Phone: (859) 572-6464

e-mail: cassiere [AT] nku.edu

 

Diane Fritz

 

Office: SC-354

Phone (859) 572-1413

e-mail: dwfritz2 [AT] yahoo.com

 

Patty

 Kappesser

Office: SC-254

Phone (859) 572-5306

e-mail: pkap [AT] insightbb.com

Carol

Kerlakian

Office: SC-354

Phone (859) 572-1413

e-mail: kerlakianc [AT] nku.edu

Rob Kues

Office: SC-353

Phone (859) 572-1412

e-mail: rkues [AT] fuse.net

Mary Kay

 Morris

 

 

 

Office SC 354

Phone (859) 572-1413

e-mail: morrisma [AT] exchange.nku.edu 

 

 

Jennifer Myka  

Office: SC-353

Phone (859) 572-1412

e-mail: mykaj1 [AT] nku.edu

 

Michelle Ottersbach

 

 

Office SC 354

Phone (859) 572-1413

e-mail: mdotte73 [AT] aol.com

 

Frank 

Platek

 

Office (SEM): SC 102

Phone (859) 572-1408

e-mail: fplatek [AT] ora.fda.gov

 

BS, 1974, Murray State University; MS, 1988, University of Cincinnati

 

Adjunct Faculty - Lehigh University Microscopy School

Team Leader - Microscopy / Microanalysis US FDA Forensic Chemistry Center

 

Kathy Quigley

 

 

Office SC 354

Phone (859) 572-1413

e-mail: kquigley [AT] stelizabeth.com

 

 

Bonnie

Richmond

 

 

 

 

Office: SC-342

Phone (859) 572-6914

e-mail: richmondb1 [AT] nku.edu 

 

Nancy 

Zwick

 

Office: SC-354

Phone (859) 572-1413

e-mail: nzwick [AT] drink-milk.com