![Dr. Elvin A. Alemán](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2023-03/aleman-elvin.png?itok=GqBgB-sx)
Elvin A. Alemán
Professor: Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry
Postdoc, Wayne State University; Ph.D., The University of Akron;
B.S., University of Puerto Rico, Humacao
Photophysics and Photochemistry of Tetrapyrrolic Molecules, Single Molecule Fluorescence, Base Flipping, DNA repair, and Data Mining on Wine Sensory and Chemical Data.
Email: ealeman@csustan.edu
Office: N 357
Phone: 209-667-3783
![Michael Drake](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/michael-drake.jpeg?itok=Qnm75QUy)
Michael Drake
Professor: Organic Chemistry
Postdoc, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Buffalo; B.S., The State University of New York at Geneseo
Organic and Physical Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry.
Email: mdrake2@csustan.edu
Office: N 356
Phone: 209-667-3384
![Amanpreet Manchanda](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/amanpreet-manchanda.jpeg?itok=hQ_cwSSW)
Amanpreet Manchanda
Associate professor: Materials Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry
Postdoc, College of Staten Island; Ph.D., City University of New York B.S., Guru Nanak Dev University
Nanomaterials, Interfacial Chemistry, Materials Science, Polymers, Carbondioxide sequestration, Catalysis.
Email: amanchanda@csustan.edu
Office: N 366
Phone: 209-667-3590
![Shane Phillips](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/shane-phillips.jpeg?itok=ncGOC-Ip)
Shane Phillips, Chair
Professor: Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Laboratory
Postdoc, Indiana University, Bloomington; Ph.D., University of California, Davis; B.S., California State University Stanislaus
Bioinorganic Transition Metal Coordination Chemistry.
Email: sphillips@csustan.edu
Office: N 359
Phone: 209-667-3545
![Scott Russell](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/scott-russell.jpeg?itok=DOwJZ1FR)
Scott Russell
Professor: Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis
Postdoc, University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of California, Davis; B.S., California State University Stanislaus
Bioanalytical Chemistry, Mass Spectroscopy
Email: srussell1@csustan.edu
Office: N 365
Phone: 209-664-6870
![Gönül Schara](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/gonul-schara.jpeg?itok=XuFAPcf0)
Gönül Schara
Associate Professor: Biochemistry
Postdoc, University of Hawai'i Manoa; Ph.D., University of Connecticut; B.S., Istanbul Technical University
Protein Engineering, Microbial Enzymes.
Email: gschara@csustan.edu
Office: N 354
Phone: 209-667-3583
![Chad Stessman](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/chad-stessman.jpeg?itok=EFwRmDsU)
Chad Stessman
Professor: Organic Chemistry
Postdoc, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson; B.S., North Dakota State University, Fargo
Marine Chemistry
Email: cstessman@csustan.edu
Office: N 364
Phone: 209-664-6667
![Nhu-Y Stessman](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/nhu-y-stessman.jpeg?itok=6SYx05tw)
Nhu-Y Stessman
Professor: Organic Chemistry
Postdoc, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson; B.S., California State University, San Luis Obispo
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Email: nstessman@csustan.edu
Office: N 363
Phone: 209-667-3555
![Koni Stone](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/koni-stone.jpeg?itok=wkH1YGsn)
Koni Stone
Professor: Biochemistry, Instrumental Analysis
Postdocs, Vanderbilt University, Louisiana State University, and University of Iowa; Ph.D., Wayne State University; B.S., University of Nebraska, Omaha
Biochemistry, DNA Damage & Repair
Email: kstone@csustan.edu
Office: N 358
Phone: 209-667-3570
Websites: Biochemistry | Instrumental | General Chemistry
Lecturers
![Claudia Brackett](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/claudia-brackett.png?itok=wN0CQdX9)
Claudia Brackett
Ph.D., University of the Pacific
BS, California State University, Fresno
Email: cbrackett@csustan.edu
Office: N 353
Phone: 209-667-3551
![Karen Walters Dunlap](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/karen-walters-dunlap.jpeg?itok=9w0BteB-)
Karen Walters Dunlap
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
BS, Sonoma State University
Email: kwaltersdunlap@csustan.edu
Office: N 352
Phone: 209-664-6933
![Halin Issavi](/sites/default/files/styles/media_265x265/public/2022-02/halin-issavi.jpeg?itok=RUZVMTIN)
Halin Issavi
MS, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
BS, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Email: hissavi@csustan.edu
Office: N 351
Visiting, Emeritus & Retired Faculty
Dr. Evan M. Thompson (1965): Organic Chemistry; Ph.D. 1964, B.A. 1960, Brigham Young University
Dr. Hobart G. Hamilton Jr. (1968): Inorganic Chemistry; Ph.D. 1967, M.S. 1963, New Mexico State University; B.S. 1961, University of TexasEl Paso
Dr. Alexander J. Pandell (1970): Organic Chemistry; Ph.D. 1968, Stanford University; B.S. 1964, San Francisco State University
Dr. Jimmy W. Hinkson (1970): Biochemistry; Ph.D. 1962, Indiana University; M.S. 1958, B.S. 1956, Brigham Young University
Dr. John Almy (1971): Organic Chemistry; Ph.D. 1969, University of California Los Angeles; B.S. 1964, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Michael J. Perona (1973): Physical Chemistry; Ph.D. 1968, B.A. 1964, University of California Santa Barbara
Dr. James E. Byrd (1974): Analytical Chemistry; Ph.D. 1971, University of Chicago; B.S. 1966, Roosevelt University
Mr. Dennis Jones (2008): Physical Science Education; M.Ed. 1972, Western Washington University; B.A. 1967, Trinity College, Chicago
Dr. Nurcan Vardal-Yel (2018): Visiting Professor; Assistant Professor, Altinbas University, Ph.D., Istanbul Technical University
Dr. Joseph Caddell (2020): Physical Chemistry Lecture; Ph.D. University of California, Davis; J.D., Golden Gate University; BS, California State University, Stanislaus
Dr. Nimalie Littlewood (2022): Lecturer; Ph.D., University of Missouri at Rolla; BS, University of Sri Lanka, Colombo
Updated: February 29, 2024