Chemistry at Carleton College

20 faculty and 30 courses in Chemistry at Carleton College.

Faculty

• Deborah Gross, Charles Jim and Marjorie Kade Professor of the Sciences h-index 29
  Lie in the study of ambient aerosol particles. I am interested in using real-time particle measuring instruments, such as the Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (ATOFMS) to learn more about airborne particulates. This instruments make
  Notable: “Direct Observation of Heterogeneous Chemistry in the Atmosphere” (1998) · 379 citations
• Richard Ramette, Laurence M. Gould Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus h-index 17
  Notable: “Rhodamine B Equilibria” (1956) · 302 citations
• Marion Cass, Professor of Chemistry, Emerita h-index 17
  Notable: “Dye Sensitization of Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide with Osmium and Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes” (2000) · 154 citations
• Daniela Kohen, Professor of Chemistry h-index 16
  Notable: “Atomistic Simulations of CO2 and N2 Adsorption in Silica Zeolites: The Impact of Pore Size and Shape” (2002) · 215 citations
• David Alberg, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus h-index 14
  Notable: “Inhibition of T cell signaling by immunophilin-ligand complexes correlates with loss of calcineurin phosphatase activity” (1992) · 561 citations
• Jerry Mohrig, Herman and Gertrude Mosier Stark Professor of Natural Sciences, Emeritus h-index 14
  Notable: “Free-Energy Surfaces for Liquid-Phase Reactions and Their Use To Study the Border Between Concerted and Nonconcerted α,β-Elimination Reactions of Esters and Thioesters” (2010) · 69 citations
• Steven Drew, Professor of Chemistry h-index 12
  Notable: “An Electronic Nose Transducer Array of Vapoluminescent Platinum(II) Double Salts” (2001) · 125 citations
• Jun Jiang, Assistant Professor of Chemistry h-index 11
  Notable: “Directing Substrate Morphology via Self-Assembly: Ligand-Mediated Scission of Gallium–Indium Microspheres to the Nanoscale” (2011) · 323 citations
• Gretchen Hofmeister, Professor of Chemistry h-index 10
  Notable: “Linkage position determination in lithium-cationized disaccharides: tandem mass spectrometry and semiempirical calculations” (1991) · 370 citations
• William Child, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus h-index 10
  Notable: “Dynamic mechanical properties of poly-n-hexyl methacrylate” (1957) · 104 citations
• Rachel Horness, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry h-index 7
  Ed on elucidation of the role of conformational heterogeneity in the interaction between a signal transduction protein domain (SH3 domain) and its peptide binding partner using site-specific labeling and infrared spectroscopy. In addition t
  Notable: “Applications of two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy” (2015) · 79 citations
• Will Hollingsworth, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus h-index 1
  Notable: “Our Changing Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science and Global Environmental Change, 2nd Edition” (1998) · 1 citations
• Chris Calderone, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Associate Department Chair, Director of Biochemistry
• Joe Chihade, Professor of Chemistry
  In the broad areas of protein-RNA interactions and RNA structure, with a particular focus on aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, the enzymes that decipher the genetic code. These areas lie at the intersection of biology and chemistry, and encom
• Julianna Koehl, Visiting Instructor of Chemistry
• Kaz Skubi, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Matt Whited, Professor of Chemistry, Chair of Chemistry
  Subfields such as organometallic and inorganic synthesis, kinetics of chemical reactions, physical inorganic and photochemistry, and the chemistry of energy. My teaching and research interests are closely interwoven, currently foc
• Rana Abdu, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Tamra Lahom, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Trish Ferrett, Professor of Chemistry, Emerita

Courses

• Concepts of Chemistry and Lab CHEM 113
• Introduction to Chemistry CHEM 122
• Principles of Chemistry I and Lab CHEM 123
• Principles of Chemistry I with Problem Solving and Lab CHEM 124
• Principles of Chemistry II and Lab CHEM 224
• Organic Chemistry I and Lab CHEM 233
• Organic Chemistry II and Lab CHEM 234
• Climate and Health: From Science to Practice in Ethiopia CHEM 289
• Directed Research in Chemistry CHEM 294
• Chemical Kinetics Laboratory CHEM 301
• Quantum Spectroscopy Laboratory CHEM 302
• Spectrometric Characterization of Chemical Compounds CHEM 306
• Instrumental Chemical Analysis CHEM 330
• Instrumental Chemical Analysis Laboratory CHEM 331
• Computer-Assisted Experimentation for Chemists CHEM 338
• Chemical Thermodynamics CHEM 343
• Quantum Chemistry CHEM 344
• Introduction to Computational Chemistry CHEM 348
• Computational Chemistry Laboratory CHEM 349
• Inorganic Chemistry CHEM 351
• Laboratory in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry CHEM 352
• Organic Chemistry III CHEM 353
• Spectroscopic Applications in Chemistry CHEM 354
• Organometallic Chemistry CHEM 358
• Materials Chemistry CHEM 361
• Chemistry at the Nanoscale CHEM 362
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry CHEM 364
• Chemistry and Society: Impact and Legacy CHEM 371
• Integrative Exercise CHEM 400
• + 1 more courses

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.