Chemistry at Centre College

12 faculty and 24 courses in Chemistry at Centre College.

Faculty

• Jennifer L. Muzyka, Ewing T. Boles Professor of Chemistry h-index 12
• Karin (Kari) Young, H.W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Associate Professor of Chemistry; Pre-Med Advisor h-index 9
• Erin Wachter, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Pre-Physician Assistant Advisor; Chair Health & Medical Studies Program h-index 9
  Focus on transition metal complexes with an application in DNA sensing and chemotherapy. Transition metal polypyridyl complexes have many different properties that can be exploited. The ligands that bind to the metal can be easily modified
• Daniel Scott, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Pre-Pharmacy Advisor; Chair of Chemistry Program h-index 9
  The development and optimization of simple and accurate point-of-care diagnostic devices based on a unique combination of nanotechnology, biochemistry, and engineering. His group also works to develop new anti-cancer drugs as well a
• Kristen Fulfer, Marlene & David Grissom Associate Professor of Chemistry h-index 6
  Exploring the species which exist in solutions using a combination of infrared spectroscopy and computations. Solutions are held together by networks of intermolecular forces. Though these are often thought of as transient interacti
• Leonard Demoranville, W. George Matton Associate Professor of Chemistry h-index 6
• January D. Haile, Elizabeth Molloy Dowling Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs; SACSCOC Liaison h-index 5
  Ed on characterizing kinases in Archaea to understand the effects of phosphorylation of protein activity. Haile regularly teaches General Chemistry, Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Cellular Metaboli
• Lauren Mehanna, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Engineering h-index 1
  Biopharmaceutical Engineering. She then continued her Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral training in Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. During her doctoral studies, she was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fe
• Andrew Hitron, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
  Involve studying the impact of oxidative stress on human cellular proteins. Many toxins, including heavy metals and human-made pollutants, can cause oxidative stress in the body by, in part, changing the chemical state of cysteines found in
• Jeff Fieberg, John Walkup Professor of Chemistry
  In technical art historical investigations of modernist paintings and analysis of artists’ materials. Fieberg has participated as a Sabbatical Leave Research Fellow in Technical Art History at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) in 201
• Kerry Paumi, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Chief Health Professions Advisor
• Reagan Witt, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Courses

• Fibers and Forces CHE 111
• Chemistry and the Modern World CHE 117
• General Chemistry-I CHE 131
• General Chemistry-II CHE 132
• Accelerated General Chemistry CHE 135
• Introduction to Chemistry and Crime CHE 141
• Organic Chemistry-I CHE 241
• Organic Chemistry-II CHE 242
• Introduction to Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry CHE 250
• Molecular Modernism: Manet to Marc CHE 263
• Inorganic Chemistry CHE 332
• Metals in Medicine CHE 338
• Polymer Chemistry CHE 348
• Instrumental Analysis CHE 350
• Thermodynamics and Kinetics CHE 361
• Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy CHE 362
• Biological Chemistry CHE 370
• Teaching and Learning in Chemistry CHE 390
• Advanced Research Topics CHE 405
• Physical Organic Chemistry CHE 450
• Chemistry of Beer, Wine and Bourbon CHE 455
• Point-of-care Diagnostics CHE 457
• Advanced Research-Senior Thesis CHE 499
• Senior Seminar CHE 500

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 2026-07-01.