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.)
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
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
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 Center
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
IT/Technology
IT Support
Howard White
Technology Consultant
617-552-6303
Merkert 109
Chemistry IT Committee
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 contact Lynne 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 website and included in the next issue of ChemNews.