Chemistry Office Information
Department Chair: Joan M. Esson
Location: Science Center 236, 155 W. Main St.
Hours: Monday – Friday (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Contact: Donna Rhodeback, Administrative Assistant
Phone: 614-823-1517
Email: drhodeback@otterbein.edu
Faculty
Joan M. Esson
Professor & Department Chair
Joan M. Esson, Ph. D., joined the Otterbein faculty in 2007 as a specialist in Analytical Chemistry. She teaches courses in General Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, Advanced Laboratory, Senior Year Experience and Integrative Studies (including a faculty-led study abroad course). She also oversees the Cardinal Science Scholars Program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation. Esson is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College where she received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, which was followed by graduate studies at…
Carrigan Hayes
Professor
Carrie joined the Otterbein faculty in Fall 2009; she currently teaches coursework in the General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry sequences, and she contributes multiple courses to the Integrative Studies (INST) program. Carrie graduated from Ohio Northern University in 2002, earning a B.S. in Chemistry and English. She completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry at The Ohio State University in 2007. From 2007-2009, Carrie worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Computational Chemistry Group at the National Institute of Standards…
Dean Johnston
Professor
Dean Johnston started at Otterbein in 1995 and teaches courses in General Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Cheminformatics, and X-ray Crystallography. Dean received his undergraduate education at the College of Wooster where he majored in Chemistry. He earned a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry at Northwestern University working with Duward Shriver and continued his studies conducting post-doctoral work with H. Holden Thorp at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dean’s primary research interests are in synthetic inorganic chemistry and the photophysical…
Brigitte Ramos
Associate Professor
Dr. Ramos has been a member of the chemistry department since the fall of 2015. Previously, she worked as a forensic chemist at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Forensic Chemistry Center. She earned her B.S. in chemistry at Youngstown State University, and her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. Following her graduate work, Dr. Ramos went on to complete a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Ramos teaches courses in both the Chemistry…
John Tansey
Professor
John Tansey has been a faculty member at Otterbein since 2002. He has taught courses ranging from the more general (General Chemistry, Survey of Organic and Biochemistry) to more specific (Advanced Biochemistry). He has also taught in the Nursing department and Integrative Studies, and Honors programs. He was awarded the ‘Best New Teacher’ award in 2004. He currently serves as the Director of the interdisciplinary program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB). John is a graduate of the University of…
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