“LSSU gave me the educational and organizational tools to be able to succeed at those endeavors after college.”
Scott Shackleton '83
Former State House of Representatives
LSSU Outstanding Alumnus Award '05
Chemistry
Faculty and Staff
Students say...
Roger Blanchard, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Alexei Iretski, Ph.D
Associate Professor
BS 1981, Ph.D. 1984, St. Petersburg Institute of Technology, Russia
Barbara Keller, Ph.D.
Head and Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences, Geology & Physics
BS 1977, BS 1978, BS 1986, Idaho State University
Ph.D. 1995, Montana State University
Dave Myton, Ph.D
Professor
BS 1980, George Fox College
MST, Ph.D. 1991, Portland State University
Dave Szlag, Ph.D
Associate Professor
BS 1985, Wayne State University; MS 1987, PhD 1997, University of Colorado
Marshall Werner, Ph.D
Associate Professor
BS 1993, Cornell University
Ph.D. 1998, University of Maryland, College Park
Judy Westrick, Ph.D
Associate Professor
BS 1985, Wayne State University
Ph.D. 1989, University of Colorado
Donna White
Department Secretary (II)
"I can't tell you how much the chemistry faculty has helped me during the last couple of years. Tremendously is the word that comes to mind."
--David Beckman
Pre-pharmacy Graduate,
Attending Pharmacy School at Ferris State University
"I have especially enjoyed seeing undergraduates get involved in fairly high-powered research projects. Many of these projects are better than a typically masters thesis. For example, a former student of mine presented his data at a national meeting and was awarded the top student presentation. He was competing against numerous masters and graduate students at that meeting. LSSU's small size allows professors to work directly with motivated students and the faculty are truly interested in student success."
--Marshall Werner, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Impact in the real world...
Rachel Claucherty-Arnold
What made Rachel's Lake Superior State experience so unique was the practical research she did with top-notch faculty.
"I really enjoyed working with environmental chemistry professor Judy Westrick and biologist Deb Stai," Rachel says. "For my senior project, we evaluated a lab method for cultivating a fungus that causes infections in humans." [ more ]
