Taina H. Chao, Ph. D
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Tunghai University (Taiwan); M.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D.(Physical Chemistry), Texas A&M University.
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Vibrational spectroscopy; surface chemistry and catalysis of microporous materials; pheromones of Drosophilas.
taina@purvid.ns.purchase.edu

Peter W. R. Corfield, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor of Chemistry
Director, Center for Science and Math Education
B.S., Ph.D., Durham University (UK)
Structure of metal complexes, organometallic compounds, and snake venom proteins by X-ray crystallography.
pwrc@purvid.ns.purchase.edu

Joseph Skrivanek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry Board of Study
B.S., M.S. University of Scranton; Ph.D.(Biochemistry), Pennsylvania State University.
Biochemistry of glycolipids and glycoproteins
joes@purvid.ns.purchase.edu

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