Whom to Contact

Thomas Clayton
Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
309-341-7482
E-mail: tclayton@knox.edu

Faculty

Meet the Chemistry Faculty

Thomas Clayton, Chair
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1989

Andrew Mehl
Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1990
"My laboratory is interested in studying the structure of proteins-more specifically, how the structure of a protein is related to its function, its stability, and how it folds into its final 3-D shape."

Lawrence Welch
Clara A. Abbott Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1988
"My students and I have done a wide variety of experiments over the years, starting with electrochemistry and chromatography, but now moving more toward spectroscopy."

Diana Cermak
Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1997
"My research students and I are working specifically on the synthesis of asymmetric organic molecules that contain phosphorus, an element that plays an active role in many biochemical transformations."

Mary Crawford
Professor of Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1999
"My laboratory uses kinetic and mechanistic approaches to determine the products formed and the rate constants of reactions of the hydroxyl radical and the chlorine atom with various anthropogenic substances."

Helen Hoyt
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of California, 2007
"My research laboratory focuses on the design of environmentally benign catalysts to address important challenges in synthetic organic chemistry and materials science."

Cooperating faculty from other programs

Janet Kirkley
Professor of Biochemistry
Ph.D., George Washington University, 1992
"My research program is devoted to investigating factors that control the size and character of the immune response."

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Senior's Honors Project Sparks Youngsters' Interest in Robotics

Hannah Fidoten, a computer science and economics double-major, developed an Honors project that encourages local schoolchildren to pursue studies in STEM subjects -- science, technology, engineering, and math.

Environmental Writer Paul Greenberg Speaks at Knox

James Beard Award-winning author Paul Greenberg delivers the EquiKnox sustainability lecture centered on his best-welling book, Four Fish, and meets with Knox students to discuss his environmental research and writing. Related events include a sustainability fair and seafood dinner.

MathTalks Lecture: "Breaking Driver's License Codes"

Guest speaker Joseph Gallian, a University of Minnesota-Duluth professor, explains to a Knox College audience how he deciphered the complicated method by which some states assigned driver's license numbers. The event was part of the MathTalks lecture series at Knox.

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