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Department Staff

Name Title Email Phone Office
Ryan Damhoff Office Administrator rdamhoff@niu.edu 815-753-1131 Faraday Hall 319
Taesam Kim Research Technologist Manager kim@niu.edu 815-753-4199 Faraday Hall 314
David Rapp Storekeeper II drapp2@niu.edu 815-753-7652 Faraday Hall
Beth Reiter Lab Manager breiter@niu.edu 815-753-6854 Faraday Hall 362
Steve Swed Stores Supervisor sswed@niu.edu 815-753-6862 Faraday Hall 363A
Chris Newquist Office Support Specialist cnewquist1@niu.edu  815-753-6855 Faraday Hall 323

Full-time Faculty

Name Title Email Office
Elizabeth R. Gaillard, Ph.D. Distinguished Research Professor
Joint Appointment with Biological Sciences		 gaillard@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 322
Thomas M. Gilbert, Ph.D. Associate Professor tgilbert@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 309
Timothy J. Hagen, Ph.D. Professor thagen@niu.edu Faraday Hall 350
Oliver Hofstetter, Ph.D. Associate Professor ohofst@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 428
James R. Horn, Ph.D. Professor Director of Graduate Studies jrhorn@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 432
Tao Li, Ph.D. Professor
Joint Appointment with Argonne National Laboratory		 tli4@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 416
Chanté Muller, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Cmuller1@niu.edu Faraday Hall 305
Evgueni E. Nesterov, Ph.D. Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor een@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 318
Irina Nesterova, Ph.D. Associate Professor inesterova@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 433
Victor Ryzhov, Ph.D. Professor and Chair ryzhov@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 425
Lee S. Sunderlin, Ph.D. Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies sunder@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 327
Ralph A. Wheeler, Ph.D. Board of Trustees Professor rwheeler5@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 418
Tao Xu, Ph.D. Distinguished Research Professor txu@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 412

Adjunct and Visiting Faculty

Name Title Email Office
Marc J. Adler, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor mjadler@niu.edu Faraday Hall 343
Roxanna Fotovat, Ph.D. Instructor rfotovat1@niu.edu Faraday Hall 336
Yingwen Cheng, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor ycheng@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 411

Emeritus Faculty

Name Title Email Office
Douglas A. Klumpp, Ph.D. Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus dklumpp@niu.edu Faraday Hall 356
Gary M. Baker, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Co-coordinator of Graduate Career and Professional Development		 gbaker@niu.edu N/A
David S. Ballantine, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus dballant@niu.edu N/A
Robert F. Cunico, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus rcunico1@niu.edu N/A
James E. Erman, Ph.D. Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus jerman@niu.edu N/A
Narayan S. Hosmane, Ph.D. Distinguished Research Professor and Board of Trustees Professor Emeritus hosmane@niu.edu Faraday Hall 305
Dennis N. Kevill, Ph.D. Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus dkevill@niu.edu Faraday Hall 328
Lidia B. Vitello, Ph.D. Adjunct Emerita lvitello@niu.edu N/A
Chhiu-Tsu (C.T.) Lin, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus ctlin@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 323
W. Roy Mason, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus wrmason@niu.edu Faraday Hall 356
Petr Vanýsek, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus petr.vanysek@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 418
Joe W. Vaughn, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus jvaughn@niu.edu Faraday Hall 404
Chong Zheng, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus czheng@niu.edu La Tourette Hall 326

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Faraday Hall, Room 319
DeKalb, IL  60115

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