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Bates, Alan H Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry (1971), BS 1965 Allegheny
College, AM 1966, PhD 1970 Harvard
University. Specializations: Inorganic chemistry:
organosilicon and organogermanium chemis-
try.
Boerth, Donald W Chancellor Professor of
Chemistry and Bio-chemistry and Marine
Science and Technology (1978), BS 1969 North
Dakota State University, PhD 1974 University of
Minnesota. Specializations: Organic chemistry:
theoretical and physical organic chemistry,
interactions of nucleic acids with mutagens,
modeling in drug and agrochemical design,
theoretical studies of acidity and isotope
exchange in nucleic acid components, allylic
nucleophilic displacements, halogen oxidation
of oxopurines—kinetics and mechanism.
Cai, Shuowei Assistant Professor of Chemistry
and Biochemistry (2005), BS 1990, MS 1993,
Nankai University, china, MS 1998, University
of Massachusetts Dartmouth, PhD 2001,
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Special-
izations: Bioanalytical and biophysical
chemistry, protein chemistry, drug formulation,
and pharmaceutical biotechnology.
Dills, Jr, William L (Department Chairperson)
Chancellor Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry (1982), BS 1967 Juniata College,
PhD 1973 University of Vermont. Specializa-
tions: Biochemistry: metabolism of xylitol,
chemistry and biochemistry of carbohydrate
analogs, biosynthesis of polysaccharides such
as cellulose, chitin, and glycogen, hands-on
science exercises for K-12 classrooms.
Golen, James A Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry (1976), BS 1965 Southeastern
Massachusetts University (UMass Dartmouth),
PhD 1970 University of Massachusetts
Amherst. Specialization: Physical inorganic
chemistry: Crystallography, synthesis, and
molecular spectroscopy of inorganic com-
pounds.
Goodson, David Z Associate Professor of
Chemistry (2002), BA 1980 Pomona College,
PhD 1987 Harvard University. Specializations:
Physical chemistry: theoretical and computa-
tional chemical physics, atomic and molecular
physics, quantum chemistry methods develop-
ment, chemic