Meet Our Faculty
There are five well-qualified full-time faculty members, all with their doctorate in chemistry as well as one laboratory coordinator. Their names, chemistry subdiscipline, graduate school, professional interests and hobbies are given below, followed by their office and phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Again feel free to contact them, visit, and get to know them.
ZEXIA K. BARNES
Associate Professor, Physical Chemistry
Office: Lappin Hall 404B
Phone: 606-783-5291
E-mail: z.barnes@moreheadstate.edu
Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Interests: Biochemical kinetics, chemical education, contemporary jazz and photography.
MARK BLANKENBUEHLER
Associate Professor, Organic Chemistry
Office: Lappin Hall 425F
Phone: 606-783-2915
E-mail: m.blanken@moreheadstate.edu
Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. Interests: Synthetic organic, sports and playing with his twin sons.
R. Kay Calhoun
Laboratory Coordinator and Chemical Safety officer, Analytical Chemistry.
Office: Lappin Hall 425J
Phone: 606-783-2964
E-mail: r.calhoun@moreheadstate.edu
Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. Interests: Chemical instrumentation, chemical kinetics, lecture demonstrations, science fiction, cacti, foreign films - subtitled (not dubbed).
NATHAN L COKER
Assistant Professor, Analytical Chemistry
Office: Lappin 425B
Phone: 606-783-2910
E-mail: nl.coker@moreheadstate.edu
Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. Interests: Solid state structure, hiking and restoring old houses.
HERB HEDGECOCK
Assistant Professor, Organic Chemistry
Office: Lappin Hall 404D
Phone: 606-783-2928
E-mail: h.hedgec@moreheadstate.edu
Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, post- doctoral work at the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center. Interests: Stereoselective synthesis, webpage development, cooking, ultramarathon running.
ANN MACINTOSH
Associate Professor, Inorganic Chemistry
Office: Lappin Hall 404E
Phone: 606-783-2926
E-mail: a.macintosh@moreheadstate.edu
Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Interests: Inorganic photochemistry, exercising, reading non-fiction.
Emeritus Faculty:
H. WADE CAIN emeritus
Associate Professor, Physical Chemistry
Ph.D. from Auburn University. Interests: Liquid crystals, cellulose processing, photography and golf.
