Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty, Staff and Administration

Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Kennesaw State University. The Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty and staff are split between the Kennesaw and Marietta campus. Kennesaw campus locations include the Science Building (SC), Science Laboratory Building (SL), Clendenin Building (CL), Kennesaw Hall (KH) and Prillaman Health Sciences (HS). Marietta campus locations include the Crawford Lab Building (E) and the Science Lab Annex (GAX). Please make sure to contact faculty and staff for any questions about their specific location.

Administration and Staff

Name
Position
  • Kimberly Cortes

    Assistant Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry Education

    klinenbe@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6278
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 410

    Website
  • Headshot photo of Dr. Kai Shen

    Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    kshen@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4009
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 411

  • Office Manager

    jwinte13@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 409

Lab Coordinators

Name
Position

Full Time Faculty

Name
Position
  • Heather Abbott

    Director of Research Development and Professor of Chemistry

    habbott@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6140
    Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3425

    Website
  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    tadam145@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4476
    Kennesaw Campus, 105 Science Laboratory Building, Room 4013

    Website
  • Animesh Aditya

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicinal and Organic Chemistry

    aaditya@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2046
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 432

    Website
  • Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    bbaruah@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2654
    Kennesaw Campus, 105 Science Laboratory Building, Room 4015

    Website
  • Zane Bertoli

    Lecturer of Chemistry

    zbertoli@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4341
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 402

  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    lbordas@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4480
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 462

  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    pchakma@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4478
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 439

    Website
  • Carol Chrestensen

    Professor of Chemistry

    cchreste@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3525
    Kennesaw Campus, 105 Science Laboratory Building, Room 3013

    Website
  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    jcolley6@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2661
    Kennesaw Campus, 275 Clendenin Building, Room 3042

  • Kimberly Cortes

    Assistant Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry Education

    klinenbe@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6278
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 410

    Website
  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Environmental Science

    adavi749@kennesaw.edu

    Website
  • Chris Dockery

    Faculty Director of General Education and Professor of Chemistry

    cdockery@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2047
    Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3440

    Website
  • Senior Lecturer of Chemistry

    jduff3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3682
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 424

  • Mohammad Abdul Halim

    Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    mhalim1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6759
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 422

    Website
  • Michelle Head

    Executive Director of Curriculum Development and Professor of Chemistry Education

    mhead24@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3677
    Kennesaw Campus, 585 Kennesaw Hall, Room 3445

  • Lecturer of Chemistry

    xjia1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7978
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 435

  • Martina Kaledin

    Professor of Chemistry

    mkaledin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6281
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 434

    Website
  • Lecturer of Chemistry

    skamburu@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3124
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 420

  • Senior Lecturer of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    kxk2333@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2377
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 122

  • Associate Professor of Chemistry

    lkang1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5062
    Marietta Campus, 846 Crawford Lab, Room 121

    Website
  • Seyhan Salman Kececigil

    Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    ssalman3@kennesaw.edu

  • Senior Lecturer of Chemistry

    jkelle73@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4519
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 419

  • Marina Koether

    Professor of Chemistry

    mkoether@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6166
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 423

    Website
  • Thomas Leeper

    Professor of Biochemistry

    tleeper@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2258
    Kennesaw Campus, 105 Science Laboratory Building, Room 3006

    Website
  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    mmarsh83@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6169
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 417

    Website
  • Principal Lecturer of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    gmeades@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7915
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 429

  • Mark Mitchell

    Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    mmitch52@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2048
    Kennesaw Campus, 105 Science Laboratory Building, Room 4016

    Website
  • Lecturer of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    mmonge4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4343
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 418

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    mraine33@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4305
    Kennesaw Campus, 275 Clendenin Building, Room 3042

  • Carl Saint-Louis

    Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry

    csaintlo@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6048
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 428

    Website
  • Lecturer of Chemistry

    hshaffe4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6174
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 433

  • Janet Shaw

    Associate Professor of Chemistry

    jshaw22@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3428
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 421

    Website
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry

    rsingh@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6256
    Kennesaw Campus, 105 Science Laboratory Building, Room 3002

    Website
  • Lecturer of Chemistry

    asouth3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3576
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 431

  • Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

    mstollen@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2650
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 427

    Website
  • Lecturer of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    csumne10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4823
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 430

  • Professor of Chemistry

    dtapu@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2259
    Kennesaw Campus, 105 Science Laboratory Building, Room 4014

    Website
  • Michael Van Dyke

    Professor of Biochemistry

    mvandyk2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2793
    Kennesaw Campus, 105 Science Laboratory Building, Room 3012

    Website
  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    hyeasmin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4485

  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    yzhao22@kennesaw.edu

    Website
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry

    wzhou2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2424
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 426

    Website

Part-Time Faculty

Name
Position
  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    jarras@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

    mbeckha2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    jbarbe34@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    sbaruah@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Limited Term Instructor of Chemistry

    mbegum2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    cbertolu@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    tbray9@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    kbromann@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    jcody4@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    gdeka@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    adenton3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    eestime@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    kgarne35@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    dhasha@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    phenrick@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Biology

    sbluetse@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    jjone434@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    jjurchen@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Limited Term Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    hkabir3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    akailasa@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    sklingen@kennesaw.edu

  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    eshugar2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    jshugar1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-Time Instructor of Chemistry

    ysingle@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6159

  • Part-time Assistant Professor of Chemistry

    cwoghire@kennesaw.edu

Post Doc

Name
Position
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    tkruczyn@kennesaw.edu
    Kennesaw Campus, 370 Science, Room 461

Graduate Students

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    • William Bryant
    • Kayla Maeger
    • Shibam Mondal
    • Mukeh Cafarina Ngubui
    • Peter Singh
    • Nishat Tasnim
    • Elizabeth Turner
    • Kyle Whitaker
    • Blaise Williams
    • Yasmeen Williams

    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    • Funsho Afolabi
    • Arman Ahmed
    • Abdullah Al Noman
    • Momena Begum
    • Md. Al Hafiz
    • Destyni Herbert
    • Anna James
    • Akosua Kyerematen
    • Roger Logan
    • Md Al Mamun
    • Leanna McKenzie
    • Salwa Mahfuz Noha
    • Zainab Noor
    • Ryan Oldham
    • Emily Plank
    • Alexis Ross
    • Istiyak Ahmmed Shaku

Emeriti Faculty

    • Combs, Leon L., Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Emeritus
    • Gabrielli, Alan M., Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus
    • Msimanga, Huggins, Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
    • Moomaw, Ellen W., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus
    • Peterson, Laurence I., Ph.D. - Dean and Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
    • Reggio, Patricia H., Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
    • Williams, Daniel J., Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
    KSU EMERITI FACULTY