Chemistry

Boris Akhremitchev

Associate Professor

338 OPS

bakhremitchev@fit.edu

674-8587

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Biophysical and physical chemistry, atomic force microscopy 

Alan B. Brown

Associate Professor

Office: 322 OPS

abrown@fit.edu

674-7433

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Structural organic chemistry

Christopher D. Chouinard

Assistant Professor

Office: 218 OPS

cchouinard@fit.edu

Phone: 674-8173

Faculty Profile

Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry (IM-MS), Metabolomics & Lipidomics, Gas-Phase Chemistry and Structure

Andy Knight

Professor and Program Chair

Office: 103 and 316 OPS

aknight@fit.edu

674-8175

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Inorganic chemistry, catalysis, materials, organometallics, chemistry for defense applications, green technologies

Yi Liao

Professor

Office: 310 OPS

yliao@fit.edu

674-8043

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Photochemistry and organic materials

Gordon Nelson

University Professor

Office: River's Edge Main - Building A, 122N 

nelson@fit.edu

674-8480

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polymers, polymer degradation and flammability, flame retardant materials, nanocomposites, combustions product toxicity, polymer aging and weathering, coating adhesion to plastic substrates

Nasri Nesnas

Professor

Office: 323 OPS

nesnas@fit.edu

674-8902

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Synthetic organic, biomimetic, bioorganic and physical organic chemistry

Joel Olson

Associate Professor

Office: 222 OPS

jolson@fit.edu

674-7350

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Research Group Website

Materials, chemistry of surfaces and interfaces, microscopy, chemical sensors, chemical education

Pavithra Pathirathna

Assistant Professor

Office: 257 OEC

ppathirathna@fit.edu

674-7561

Analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, micro/nano electrodes, sensors for in-vivo and in-vitro applications 

Roberto Peverati

Assistant Professor

Office: 334 OPS 

rpeverati@fit.edu

674-7735

Research Group Website

Theoretical and computational chemistry for spectroscopy and energy science, molecular modeling for medicinal and synthetic chemistry

Alex Schoedel

Assistant Professor

Office: 217 OPS

aschoedel@fit.edu

674-7431

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Inorganic chemistry, reticular chemistry of functional porous materials, design of metal-organic frameworks and new linkers

Jessica Smeltz

Assistant Professor, General Chemistry Coordinator

Offices: 127 OPS and Chemistry Resource Center (CRC) Quad 405

jsmeltz@fit.edu

674-8572

Inorganic chemistry

Norito Takenaka

Associate Professor

Office: 220 OPS

ntakenaka@fit.edu

674-7310

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Organic chemistry 

Robert Usselman

Assistant Professor

Office: 324 OPS

russelman@fit.edu

 674-7751

Quantum biology, electron paramagnetic resonance

Rudi Wehmschulte

Professor

Office: 314 OPS

rwehmsch@fit.edu

674-7659

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Main group chemistry, main group organometallic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, catalysts

Kurt Winkelmann

Professor

Office: 120 OPS

kwinkel@fit.edu

674-7376

Faculty Profile

Research Group Website 

Chemical and nanotechnology education, physical chemistry, photochemistry, nanomaterial synthesis, environmental chemistry

Wilma Cohen

Administrative Assistant

Office: 103 OPS

wcohen@fit.edu

674-8046

Nicole Roberson

Stockroom Manager

Office: 112 OPS

nroberson2017@my.fit.edu 

674-7465 

 Daria Zarski

Administrative Assistant

Office: 101 OLS

azarski@fit.edu

674-8443  

Tania Watkins

Administrative Assistant

Office: 101 OLS

watkinst@fit.edu

674-8060   

Michael Babich 

Professor Emeritus

Babich@fit.edu

Inorganic chemistry

J. Clayton Baum

Professor Emeritus

227 OPS

cbaum@fit.edu

Physical chemistry, including spectroscopic and computational investigation of ground and excited state molecular properties; optical sensors

Professor, Director of the Claude Pepper Institute for Aging and Therapeutic Research

Office: 334 OPS

jrokach@fit.edu

674-7329

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Bioorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, natural product chemistry

Mary L. Sohn

Professor Emeritus

msohn@fit.edu

Analytical, environmental and geochemistry