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Department Administration
Department Chair Mikell Paige, mpaige3@gmu.edu | Administrative Specialist Mohammad J. Nawandish, mnawandi@gmu.edu |
Associate Chair Megan Erb, msikowit@gmu.edu | Associate Chair for Research Andre Z Clayborne, aclaybo@gmu.edu |
Undergraduate Program Director Jessica Callus, chemug@gmu.edu | Graduate Program Director Barney Bishop, cbgrad@gmu.edu |
General Chemistry Lab Coordinator Mosissa Fayissa, mfayissa@gmu.edu | Organic Chemistry Lab Coordinator Kenneth Foreman, kforema@gmu.edu |
Instructional and Research Faculty
- Name
- Patrali Banerjee
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
![Dr. Bishop](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2020-02/b_bishop.jpg?h=727769e8&itok=9fwfQr38)
- Name
- Barney Bishop
- Job Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 353, MSN 4C7
![Jessica Callus](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-08/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-30%20at%204.03.20%20PM.png?h=e119c943&itok=hotEwqoT)
- Name
- Jessica Callus
- Job Title
- Undergraduate Coordinator
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall 307
![Andre Clayborne](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2023-08/LOWRES_GMU%20Chemistry%20Headshots0786.jpg?h=31ab21cc&itok=7IrwzLqn)
- Name
- Andre Clayborne
- Job Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 335
![Dr. Couch](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2020-01/RobinCouch.png?h=b520e5bf&itok=7cuvaiZx)
- Name
- Robin Couch
- Job Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Insitute of Advanced Biomedical Research, Room 2038, MSN 1A9
![Ozlem Dilek](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2023-08/Ozlem%20Dilek.jpg?h=026442d4&itok=fOtghbGC)
- Name
- Ozlem Dilek
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- 1022 Institute for Advanced Biomedical Institute, SciTech
- Name
- Chiranjit Dutta
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Phone Number
![Dr. Erb](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/headshot%20-%20Megan%20Erb.png?h=0e59b612&itok=91izh-qw)
- Name
- Megan Erb
- Job Title
- Associate ChairAssociate Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 301B, MSN 3E2
![Dr. Fayissa](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/m_fayissa.jpg?h=6f6245ea&itok=tKIO_B_W)
- Name
- Mosissa Fayissa
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 305, MSN 3E2
![Kenneth Foreman](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2020-09/Recent_photo_KWF_0.jpg?h=7ee69c4b&itok=tQWvk6rp)
- Name
- Kenneth Foreman
- Job Title
- Associate Professor
![Dr. Hussam](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/Hussam%20July%202019%20-%20Hussam%20Abul.jpg?h=3d5eb5ee&itok=QHrSl8MH)
- Name
- Abul Hussam
- Job Title
- ProfessorDirector Center for Clean Water and Sustainable Technologies
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 402, MSN 3E2
- Name
- Mariia Ivanchenko
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 355
- Name
- Maheshwar Adiraj Iyer
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- 10920 George Mason Circle Manassas, VA
![Hao Jing](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2024-04/Hao%20Jing_0.jpg?h=d70dd8e3&itok=zNgTwsLp)
- Name
- Hao Jing
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 311
![Dr. Rebecca M. Jones](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-12/RMJ%20Dec%202022%20v4.jpg?h=ed806a35&itok=E_KQFoli)
- Name
- Rebecca Jones
- Job Title
- Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 319, MSN 3E2
![D. Khan's Picture](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2021-06/khanp.jpeg?h=668b52ae&itok=dexNlbnZ)
- Name
- Shahamat Khan
- Job Title
- Affiliate Research Professor
- Name
- Kyung Hyeon Lee
- Job Title
- Research Assistant Professor, Paige Group
![Dr. Paige](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/MikellPagemain.jpg?h=2883da72&itok=QhxpGjRn)
- Name
- Mikell Paige
- Job Title
- Department ChairProfessor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Room 3038, MSN 1A9
![Greg Petruncio Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-02/187c5c96-a9f1-42d5-84c6-95106e92fdb1%20%281%29.jpg?h=950e3082&itok=Yy0g5zNu)
- Name
- Greg Petruncio
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Institute of Advanced Biomedical Research Room 3300 & 3038 10920 George Mason Circle Manassas, VA 20110
![Pritha Roy 2022 chemistry biochemistry faculty](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-08/Pritha%20Roy%202022.jpeg?h=55541bb6&itok=DeafcMGc)
- Name
- Pritha Roy
- Job Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone Number
![D. Solomon](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/Dr.-Solomon.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=U81zd9yP)
- Name
- Lee Solomon
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Inst, Adv Biomedical Research, Room 3034
- Name
- Xiaoyan Tan
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 315
![Dr. Van Aken](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/VanAken2-231x300.jpg?h=a18c85ec&itok=99djrCcc)
- Name
- Benoit Van Aken
- Job Title
- Associate Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 355, MSN 3E2
![Peter Walters](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2023-01/Hedshot-PeterWalters_0.jpg?h=82101a19&itok=SMVA21Gp)
- Name
- Peter Walters
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Research Associate with Dr. Fei Wang
- Name
- Fei Wang
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall Room 357
![Sarah Ward](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2021-12/Sarah%20Ward.png?h=9dc95b1d&itok=ok-dLZ9Q)
- Name
- Sarah Ward
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall 339
![Dr. Weatherspoon](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/weatherspoon-225x300.jpg?h=d37f7ad8&itok=11_KItfb)
- Name
- Gerald Weatherspoon
- Job Title
- Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Student AffairsAssociate Professor
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 301B, MSN 3E2
![Yun Yun Portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-08/image.png?h=5a426187&itok=bdOBnE2I)
- Name
- Yun Yu
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 335
Emeritus Faculty
![Robert Cozzens](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-08/Cozzens.png?h=304317c7&itok=rXrRKkql)
- Name
- Robert Cozzens
- Job Title
- Professor Emeritus
![Keith Davies](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-08/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-19%20at%201.31.38%20PM.png?h=a4fb11d6&itok=R8LElKNM)
- Name
- Keith Davies
- Job Title
- Professor Emeritus
![Greg Foster](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2020-09/GregFoster.jpg?h=3dbd9eac&itok=9bYwduGZ)
- Name
- Gregory Foster
- Job Title
- Professor of ChemistrySenior Fellow, Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Potomac Science Center, Room 3116, MSN 3E2Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9-5 pm
![Dr. Schreifels](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/jas.jpg?h=11b08a7d&itok=tQHX95qk)
- Name
- John Schreifels
- Job Title
- Associate Professor Emeritus
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 303, MSN 3E2
![Dr. Slayden](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/s_slayden.jpg?h=9e5cdddf&itok=pY5hojks)
- Name
- Suzanne Slayden
- Job Title
- Professor Emeritus
Administrative Staff
![Silvia Auffret](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2023-11/Silvia%20Auffret%20GMU%20Chemistry%20Headshots0965.jpg?h=7e30d85d&itok=YaWD__9X)
- Name
- Silvia Auffret
- Job Title
- Assistant Manager Chemistry Prep Room
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 405
![Lab Manager](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2019-10/Elizabeth%20Foy.jpg?h=11df1ae2&itok=0hnNPJiw)
- Name
- Elizabeth Foy
- Job Title
- Lab Manager
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 405
![Mohammad Jawid Nawandish](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-07/MN-photo.jpeg?h=95cb3cd0&itok=Lb1J-ubT)
- Name
- Mohammad Jawid Nawandish
- Job Title
- Human Resources and Academic Administration Specialist
![Fabiola Suarez](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-08/Fabiola%20Picture_0.jpeg?h=7ab59ada&itok=TTWWyFLr)
- Name
- Fabiola Suarez
- Job Title
- Fiscal Technician
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Planetary Hall, Room 303, MSN 3E2
Adjuncts and Graduate Teaching Assistants
![Mason Statue](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2021-04/201104202.jpg?h=c3567866&itok=sY45oGyz)
- Name
- Harold Cooper
![Mason Statue](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2021-04/201104202.jpg?h=c3567866&itok=sY45oGyz)
- Name
- Allyson Dailey
![Andrew Evangelista](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-08/IMG_5483.jpeg?h=d0a242b9&itok=k57zSlz-)
- Name
- Andrew Evangelista
- Job Title
- Adjunct Faculty
![Kathryn Holguin](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-08/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-30%20at%204.05.40%20PM.png?h=53f5bfee&itok=e7p7Tsmp)
- Name
- Kathryn Holguin
- Job Title
- Adjunct Faculty
- Name
- Bassam Karbous
- Name
- Yewande Oyesola
- Job Title
- Adjunct Faculty
![Mason Statue](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2021-04/201104202.jpg?h=c3567866&itok=sY45oGyz)
- Name
- Giordano Paniconi
- Job Title
- Adjunct Faculty
![Mason Statue](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2021-04/201104202.jpg?h=c3567866&itok=sY45oGyz)
- Name
- Alexis Patanarut
![Greg Petruncio Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2022-02/187c5c96-a9f1-42d5-84c6-95106e92fdb1%20%281%29.jpg?h=950e3082&itok=Yy0g5zNu)
- Name
- Greg Petruncio
- Job Title
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Phone Number
- Office Location
- Institute of Advanced Biomedical Research Room 3300 & 3038 10920 George Mason Circle Manassas, VA 20110
![Mason Statue](/sites/default/files/styles/small_/public/2021-04/201104202.jpg?h=c3567866&itok=sY45oGyz)
- Name
- Syed Qadri
- Name
- Jacob Smith
- Job Title
- Adjunct Faculty