Administration & Services
Our Mission
Chemistry’s professional and support staff - in collaboration with faculty leadership - work together as a well-integrated, high-functioning team. As Chemistry's service center, we are dedicated to providing the highest level of services to the faculty, staff, and students who engage in education and research at the Merkert Chemistry Center. We provide comprehensive services and support in the following areas.
- operations and safety
- space management and planning
- research instrumentation and facilities management
- chemical inventory management (ChemTracker)
- research and financial administration
- procurement services
- human resources management and payroll
- graduate and undergraduate programs administration
- industrial recruiting and alumni affairs
- administrative and faculty support
- web communications and events
- diversity and outreach activities
- IT services
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
Safety Committee
Business Office
Tim King
Procurement & Fiscal Specialist
617-552-6357
Merkert 125
Joanne Kirks
Procurement & Fiscal Specialist
617-552-2879
Merkert 125
Joanne Nesdekidis
Grant Administrator
617-552-6773
Merkert 301/Stokes 151N
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
Amarjit Nijjar
Senior Laboratory Assistant
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