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University of Alaska Fairbanks Environmental Chemistry Program Faculty
| Cathy Cahill |
Associate Professor of Chemistry, UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. University of Nevada Reno, 1996 (Physical and Atmospheric Chemistry)
Professor Cahill’s research focuses on atmospheric aerosols and their impacts on visibility, global climate, and human health. |
| Thomas Clausen |
Professor of Chemistry and Department Chair, UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1980. (Organic Chemistry)
Professor Clausen's research interests lay predominately in Natural Products associated with Alaskan plants. |
| Clara Deal |
Research Assistant Professor, International Arctic Research Center (Associated Faculty UAF Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Ph.D. University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998. (Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry)
Professor Deal's research interests include biogeochemical cycling of major nutrient elements (C, N, P, S)
in the marine environment with a focus on dimethylsulfide, and biosphere-climate interactions and feedbacks. |
| Thomas A. Douglas |
Research Chemist, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (Affiliated Faculty UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Ph.D. Dartmouth College, 2001. (Geochemistry)
Dr. Douglas's research interests include geochemistry, hydrogeology and environmental characterization related to soil and water quality and
linking snow chemistry with atmospheric contaminants.
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| Lawrence K. Duffy |
Professor of Biochemistry, UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1977. (Neurochemistry/Protein Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Professor Duffy's research focuses on wildlife and human environmental health, mercury toxicity and environmental ethics and justice.
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| Todd Gouin |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. Trent University, 2006. (Environmental/Analytical Chemistry)
Professor Gouins's research interests include Environmental fate and transport of persistent organic pollutants
through field and modeling studies. |
| Thomas K. Green |
Professor of Chemistry, UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. University of Tennessee, 1984. (Organic Chemistry)
Professor Green's research in Environmental chemistry focuses on synthesis and use of cyclodextrins as catalysts in
Environmental remediation. |
| Mary Beth Leigh |
Assistant Professor, UAF Department of Biology and Wildlife, Institute of Arctic Biology (Associated Faculty
UAF Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Ph.D. The University of Oklahoma. (Microbiology)
Professor Leigh's group uses an array of molecular, biochemical and classical microbiology techniques to investigate the microbial
degradation/immobilization of environmental pollutants, including PCBs, PAHs, pharmaceuticals, radionuclides and metals. Professor Leigh is also interested in mechanisms of lignocellulose degradation, its role in C cylcing, and potential use in biofuel production. |
| Todd M. O'Hara |
Associate Professor, UAF Department of Biology and Wildlife, Institute of Arctic Biology (Associated Faculty
UAF Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Ph.D. The Medical College of Virginia, 1988; DVM University of Wisconsin, 1992. (Wildlife Toxicology)
Professor O'Hara's research interests are focused on environmental and wildlife toxicology of marine mammals,
subsistence use foods, and Arctic contaminants. |
| William Simpson |
Associate Professor of Chemistry, UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1995. (Physical and Atmospheric Chemistry; Laser Spectroscopy)
Professor Simpson's research investigates Arctic radical chemistry through field measurements of trace gases
and reactive radicals, with a particular focus on how environmental surfaces produce and consume reactive radicals.
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| Thomas P. Trainor |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2001. (Aqueous Geochemistry; Surface Chemistry)
Professor Trainor's research is focused on understanding the chemistry of environmental interfaces in order to improve
both conceptual and quantitative models of the fate, transport and geochemical cycling of trace elements.
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Prospective graduate students should contact the above faculty members directly regarding potential Environmental Chemistry thesis projects in their areas of interest/expertise. If you have questions, please contact one of the program coordinators. |
