Faculty Mentors
- James Chisholm
Phone: 435-586-7806
Office: SC 018
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/chisholm
Research Interests: Theoretical cosmology, specifically early universe cosmology; with interests in inflation theory and the production of primordial black holes. Optical and X-ray search for isolated black holes and the gravitational wave signature of black holes.
- Mark Colberg
Phone: 435-865-8331
Office: SC 014
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/colberg
Research Interests: Behavior of deep rocks in the Basin and Range through studies in the Snake Range in eastern Nevada. Behavior of amphibole minerals in metamorphorphic rock.
- Dru DeLaet
Phone: 435-586-7911
Office: SC 213
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/delaet
Research Interests: Biocides and surfactant formulation. Electrochemical production of bromine and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide.
- Robert Eves
Phone: 435-586-1934
Office: SC 309B
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/eves
Research Interests: Low temperature geochemistry, sedimentology, stratigraphy, and research in southern Utah’s National Parks.
- Bruce Howard
Phone: 435-586-7930
Office: SC 219
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/howard
Research Interests: X-ray crystallography of biological macromolecules.
- Paul Larson
Phone: 435-865-8244
Office: SC 108
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/larson_p
Research Interests: Geography
- Fred Lohrengel
Phone: 435-586-7941
Office: SC 015
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/lohrengel
Research Interests: Geomorphology, Mesozoic sedimentology, and invertebrate paleontology.
- Ty Redd
Phone: 435-586-7904
Office: SC 208
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/redd
Research Interests: Synthetic organic chemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, asymmetric synthesis, molecular recognition, and host guest chemistry.
- Hussein Samha
Phone: 435-586-7909
Office: SC 215
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/samha
Research Interests: Aggregation of cyanine dyes on nanoparticles of clay and in bilayer vesicles of phospholipids. Electron and charge transfer in organized media of cyanine dyes and inorganic complexes.
- Brent Sorensen
Phone: 435-586-7707
Office: SC 019
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/sorensen
Research Interests: Telescope making and telescope design. Special relativity and cosmology.
- Mackay Steffensen
Phone: 435-865-8091
Office: SC 212
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/steffensen
Research Interests: Organic synthesis of molecules with unique architectures. Dendrimer, macromolecular, and small molecule synthesis.
- Kim H. Weaver
Phone: 435-865-8047
Office: SC 216
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/weaver
Research Interests: Non-point source pollution and gas emissions from confined animal operations.
- Renwu Zhang
Phone: 435-586-7854
Office: SC 217
Website: http://suu.edu/faculty/zhang
Research Interests: Positron annihilation spectroscopy, polymeric materials, and computer simulation for non-linear chemistry.
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