Faculty and Staff Directory | Department of Chemistry

Leadership

Brian V. Popp

Professor – Department Chair

Brian.Popp@mail.wvu.edu

Clark Hall 222C

Accepting graduate and undergraduate students Fall 2027

Michelle Richards-Babb

Professor – Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies

Michelle.Richards-Babb@mail.wvu.edu

471 Chemistry Research Labs

Fabien Goulay

Professor - Associate Chair of Graduate Studies

Goulay Group

Fabien.Goulay@mail.wvu.edu

465 Chemistry Research Labs

Faculty

Erin Battin

Teaching Associate Professor

Erin.Battin@mail.wvu.edu

158 Chemistry Research Labs

Brian Dolinar

Assistant Professor

Brian.dolinar@mail.wvu.edu

257 Chemistry Research Labs

Stephanie Frost

Assistant Professor

frost.390@osu.edu

The Frost Research Group opens Fall 2026!

Terry Gullion

Professor

Terry.Gullion@mail.wvu.edu

267 Chemistry Research Labs

Lisa Holland

Professor

Lisa.Holland@mail.wvu.edu

357 Chemistry Research Labs

Hacer Karatas Bristow

Assistant Professor

Karatas Bristow Group

hacer.karatasbristow@mail.wvu.edu

Carolyn Kitchens

Teaching Associate Professor

Cakitchens@mail.wvu.edu

CRL 157B

Matthew Ryen Lockett

Professor, C. Eugene Bennett Chair of Chemistry

matthew.lockett@mail.wvu.edu

Accepting graduate students and postdocs

David Mersing

Teaching Assistant Professor

damersing@mail.wvu.edu

159 Chemistry Research Labs

Michael Moody

Visiting Assistant Professor

Brian Nichols

Teaching Associate Professor

bnichol3@mail.wvu.edu

Chemistry Research Labs 467

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Tobi Odeleye

Associate Professor

oluwatobi.odeleye@mail.wvu.edu

215C Chemistry Research Labs

Joshua Osbourn

Teaching Professor

Joshua.Osbourn@mail.wvu.edu

159 Chemistry Research Labs

Trina Perrone

Teaching Associate Professor

tmperrone@mail.wvu.edu

160 Chemistry Research Labs

Betsy B. Ratcliff

Teaching Professor

Betsy.Ratcliff@mail.wvu.edu

163 Chemistry Research Labs

Mark W. Schraf

Teaching Assistant Professor

Mark.Schraf@mail.wvu.edu

164 Chemistry Research Labs

Mark R. Tinsley

Teaching Associate Professor

Mark.Tinsley@mail.wvu.edu

162 Chemistry Research Labs

Mingming Xu

Teaching Associate Professor

Mingming.Xu@mail.wvu.edu

161 Chemistry Research Labs

Joint and Adjunct Faculty

Luis Arroyo

Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic and Investigative Science

Chemistry Adjunct Assistant Professor

Luis.arroyo@mail.wvu.edu

Anthony (Tony) DeBastiani

Bionano Research Facilities Interim Manager

apd0006@mail.wvu.edu

261 Chemistry Research Labs

Werner J. Geldenhuys

Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Chemistry Adjunct Associate Professor

werner.geldenhuys@hsc.wvu.edu

Margaret Hilton

Senior Scientist, AbbVie

Hilton Group

Glen P. Jackson

Ming Hsieh Distinguished Professor of Forensic and Investigative Science

Chemistry Joint Professor

glen.jackson@mail.wvu.edu

308 Oglebay Hall

Justin Legleiter

Professor - University of Nevada, Reno

359 Chemistry Research Labs

Blake Mertz

Principal Scientist, Modulus Discovery

Blake.Mertz@mail.wvu.edu

361 Chemistry Research Labs

Carsten Milsmann

Associate Professor, University of Delaware

467 Chemistry Research Labs

Jennifer Robertson-Honecker

Adjunct Professor in Chemistry and STEM Specialist, WVU Extension

Jen.Robertson@mail.wvu.edu

157B Chemistry Research Labs

Tatiana Trejos

Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic and Investigative Science

Chemistry Adjunct Assistant Professor

Tatiana.trejos@mail.wvu.edu

Visiting Scholars and Postdocs

Kamal Rai

Postdoc Karatas Bristow group

Talitha Selby

Visiting Scholar Goulay Group

tmselby@mail.wvu.edu

Emeritus

Harry O. Finklea

Professor Emeritus

Harry.Finklea@mail.wvu.edu

565 Chemistry Research Labs

Charles Jaffe

Professor Emeritus

Charles.Jaffe@mail.wvu.edu

261 Chemistry Research Labs

Fred L. King

Professor, WVU Vice President for Research Emeritus

Fred.King@mail.wvu.edu

571 Chemistry Research Labs

Jeffrey L. Petersen

Professor Emeritus

jpeterse@wvu.edu

217 Clark Hall and 257 Chemistry

Ronald B. Smart

Associate Professor Emeritus

Ronald.Smart@mail.wvu.edu

567 Chemistry Research Labs

Bjorn C. G. Soderberg

Professor Emeritus

Bjorn.Soderberg@mail.wvu.edu

365 Chemistry Research Labs

Kung Wang

Eberly Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Emeritus

Kung.Wang@mail.wvu.edu

255 Chemistry Research Labs

Staff

Ernest Dupont

Instrument Specialist, Eberly College Machine Shop

ed00098@mail.wvu.edu

CRL B60 / White Hall G19

Emily Crull

Director of Chemistry Shared Instrumentation

emily.crull@mail.wvu.edu

CRL 261

Brian Fraley

Senior Instrument Specialist, Eberly College Machine Shop

bfraley1@mail.wvu.edu

CRL B60 / White Hall G19

Joshua Van Schaik

Academic Lab Manager II

joshua.vanschaik@mail.wvu.edu

Julia Ivey

Academic Lab Manager III

julia.ivey@mail.wvu.edu

Katherine Davis

Academic Lab Manager II

katherine.davis1@mail.wvu.edu

Kevin Dixon

Office Administrator and Building Supervisor

Administrative Staff

Kevin.Dixon@mail.wvu.edu

Lisa Gillett

Academic Lab Manager II

lgillett@mail.wvu.edu

Lorena Ballester

Program Coordinator

Administrative Staff

lballest@mail.wvu.edu

JR Raber

Senior Instrument Specialist, Eberly College Machine Shop

william.raber@mail.wvu.edu

CRL B60 / White Hall G19

Samantha O'Brien

Academic Lab Manager III and Chemical Hygiene Officer

samantha.obrien@mail.wvu.edu