Chemistry Department Faculty and Staff
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Mark Pugh - Department Chairman Email: pughm@byui.edu Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Brigham Young University; Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, University of Utah. Teaching Experience: BYU-I (1998-present) |
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Brenda Pincock - Department Secretary |
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Brad Loertscher - Chemistry Stockroom Supervisor |
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David Collins Email: collinsd@byui.edu Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Weber State University; Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Brigham Young University Teaching Experience: Weber State University (2001 - 2003), Colorado State University - Pueblo (2003 - 2006), BYU-I (2006 - present) Industry Experience: Palmar Technologies, Provo, Utah, Summers 2004 and 2005 |
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John Cullen Email: cullenj@byui.edu Education: Ph.D. in Chemistry Education and Inorganic Chemistry, Cornell University; B.A. in Chemistry at State University of New York at Stony Brook. Teaching Experience: Madison High School, SUNY at Cortland, Cornell University, BYU-I (1988 - present) |
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Ryan S. DaBell |
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Amy Hanks Email: hanksa@byui.edu Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Utah State University; Pursuing M.S. in Analytical Chemistry, Utah State University. Teaching Experience: BYU-I (2000-present) |
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Brian Lemon Email: lemonb@byui.edu Education: B.A. in Chemistry, Utah State University; Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Utah State University. Teaching Experience: BYU-I (2002-present) |
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W. Les Manner Email: mannerl@byui.edu Education: Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Teaching Experience: BYU-I (2001-present) Industry Experience: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1997-1999); Senior Chemist at DOW Chemical Company (1999-2001). |
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Steve Ott Email: otts@byui.edu Education: B.A. in Chemistry, Brigham Young University; M.S. in Science Education, Brigham Young University; M.S. in Chemistry, Brigham Young University; Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University. Teaching Experience: College of Eastern Utah - Price, Utah (1988-1994); BYU-I (1994-present) |
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Kendall Peck Email: peckk@byui.eduEducation: B.S. in Chemistry, University of Utah, Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah. Teaching Experience: BYU-I (1997-present) Industry Experience: Drug Formulation development research at Abbott Labs in Chicago. |
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Ryan Sargeant Email: sargeantr@byui.edu Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Utah State University; M.S. in Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan. Teaching Experience: BYU-I (2004-present) |
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Kerensa Sorensen-Stowell Email: sorensenstowellk@byui.edu Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Idaho State University; M.S. in Chemistry, Idaho State University; Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Utah State University Teaching Experience: Idaho State University (2006); BYU-I (2006-present) |
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Susan Ward |
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Noel Zaugg Email: zauggn@byui.edu Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Brigham Young University; Ph.D. in Analytical Physical Chemistry, Brigham Young University. Teaching Experience: BYU-I (1976-present), Brigham Young University (1975-1976, 1998-1999) Other: Air pollution research for the Environmental Studies Laboratory, University of Utah Research Institute (1974-1975). |















