Contact

General Information: 617-552-3605

FAX: 617-552-2705

Mailing & Shipping address:
Department of Chemistry
Merkert Center
Boston College
2609 Beacon Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3860

(Please specify name and room number on all correspondence and deliveries.)

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Administrative Contacts


Administrative Leadership

Chair

Professor Dunwei Wang
chemchair@bc.edu
Merkert 239

Vice Chair

Professor Jianmin Gao
jianmin.gao@bc.edu
Merkert 203

Administrative Support Team

Graduate Admissions, Industrial Recruiting, & Alumni Affairs

Dale L. Mahoney
Associate Director of Administration and Graduate Student Services
617-552-1735
Merkert 125

Leah Koenigsberg
Administrative Assistant
Administration
617-552-3611
Merkert 125

Lynne P. Houlihan
Administrative Assistant
Reception & Administration
617-552-3606
Merkert 125

Operations, Safety, & Space Management

Dr. Ian B. Parr
Operations Manager & Safety Officer
617-552-2389

Dumazo Ngesina
Chemical Inventory/Safety Specialist
617-552-3608
Merkert 125

Bob Hogan
Shipping & Receiving Clerk (part-time)
617-552-2607
Merkert 015 - Loading Dock

Space & Master Planning

Professor Jim Morken, Chair

Business Office

Tim King
Procurement & Fiscal Specialist
617-552-6357
Merkert 125

Joanne Kirks
Procurement & Fiscal Specialist
617-552-2879
Merkert 125

Education

Undergraduate Laboratories

Lynne O'Connell, Ph.D.
Director, Introductory Chemistry Laboratories
Adjunct Associate Professor
617-552-3626
Merkert 111

Kenneth Metz, Ph.D.
Director, Advanced Chemistry Laboratories
& Associate Professor
617-552-6488
Merkert 317

Ben Carolan
Senior Laboratory Technician
617-552-3628
Merkert 010

Adam Merkle
Senior Laboratory Assistant
617-552-3594
Merkert 115

Graduate Chemistry Studies

Professor Eranthie Weerapana, Chair

Undergraduate Chemistry Studies

Professor Lynne A. O'Connell, Chair

Research Instrumentation

Center for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

Thusitha Jayasundera, Ph.D.
Director
617-552-6984
Merkert 105A

Thacien "Willy" Ngendahimana, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
617-552-6903
Merkert 107

Center for Mass Spectrometry

Marek Domin, M.Sc.
Director
617-552-3077
245 Beacon St.
Mass Spec Lab: Room 405D
Office: Room 505D

Center for X-ray Crystallography

Bo Li, Ph.D.
Director
617-552-1815
Merkert 209B

Materials Characterization CenterÌý

Jing Jin, Ph.D.
Director
617-552-4766
245 Beacon St.
Room 505D

Scientific Instrumentation and Machining Services

Richard Pijar
Senior Electronics Instrumentation Engineer
617-552-3651
Higgins 055

Research Instrumentation Committee

Professor Abhishek Chatterjee, Chair

IT/Technology

IT Support

Howard White
Technology Consultant
617-552-6303
Merkert 109

Chemistry IT Committee

Professor Marc Snapper, Chair

Submit Alumni News

The Chemistry Department website serves as the primary vehicle for all new department news and events. To submit news for inclusion on the department website, please contactÌýLynne P. Houlihan.

Also, a special section of the Chemistry Department website is dedicated just for our Alumni. We welcome alumni news, which will be posted on the websiteÌýand included in the next issue of ChemNews.