Department Head
Col. Stanton Q. Smith, Ph.D.
Administration
Anita F. Cruze
Faculty
Dr. Sumirtha Balaratnam, Ph.D.
Lt. Col. Daniel F. McCain, Ph.D.
Vada L. Sanderson
Tamara D. Stoops
Emeritus Faculty
Professor
Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Virginia
Office: 401E Maury-Brooke Hall
Phone: 540-464-7426
Email: smithsq@vmi.edu
Fields: Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Chemistry from Kent State University
Office: 401D Maury-Brooke Hall
Phone: 540-464-7424
Email: balaratnams@vmi.edu
Fields: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
Associate Professor
Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Arizona
Office: 405G Maury-Brooke Hall
Phone: 540-464-7416
Email: braunkl@vmi.edu
Fields: Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Chemical Education, Archaeological Chemistry, Forensics
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Chemistry from North Carolina State University
Office: 405F Maury-Brooke Hall
Phone: 540-464-7419
Email: brownca@vmi.edu
Fields: Inorganic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry
Professor
Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from University of Virginia,
Office: 405E Maury-Brooke Hall
Phone: 540-464-7020
Email: harrisondp@vmi.edu
Fields: Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry; Photophysical Materials and Molecular Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis; X ray Crystallography and Structural Analysis
Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology from Temple University
Office: 405B Maury-Brooke Hall
Phone: 540-464-7427
Email: hinkset@vmi.edu
Fields: General Chemistry and Biology, Microbiology/Infectious Diseases, Public Health/Epidemiology, Laboratory Medicine, Biology of Women and Reproductive Health
Associate Professor
Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Office: 401F Maury-Brooke Hall
Phone: 540-464-7456
Email: mccaindf@vmi.edu
Fields: Biochemistry, enzyme chemistry, protein structure
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Virginia
Office: 405D Maury-Brooke Hall
Phone: 540-464-7422
Email: shingledeckercn@vmi.edu
Fields: Astrochemistry, Radiation Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. from University of South Carolina
Office: 405F Maury-Brooke Hall
Phone: 540-464-7425
Email: riethmillers@vmi.edu