Gloria Freschl
Lecturer
MS, University of Wisconsin - Madison
e-mail: gbfreschl@wi.rr.com

Mrs. Freschl teaches the nursing General Chemistry course, Organic Chemistry for the Medical Technology students and Chemistry 100.

Dr. Kristen Murphy
Associate Lecturer
PhD, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
e-mail: kmurphy@uwm.edu

Dr. Murphy teaches Basic Chemistry for Teachers, General Chemistry for Engineering, and Chemistry 100.

Dr. Anja Blecking
Associate Lecturer
PhD, Gerhard-Mercator University Duisburg (Germany)
e-mail: blecking@uwm.edu

Dr. Thomas E. Sorensen
Lecturer
PhD, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
e-mail: tes@uwm.edu

Dr. Sorensen teaches General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Laboratory. He also coordinates the assignment of the teaching assistants to laboratory and recitation sections.

When Dr. Sorensen is not teaching, he can be found calculating Feynman diagrams for polymers, surfaces, or solids that may be associated with a lattice.

F. Holger Försterling
Instrumentation Innovator/Research
PhD, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
e-mail: holger@uwm.edu
NMR Facility

Dr. Försterling is the Director of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, providing NMR services to the department. He is responsible for maintaining the spectrometers, assisting users in conducting experiments, and instructing new users on the use of the instrumentation. In addition, he is implementing new NMR experiments and advising and collaborating with members of the department in the solution of chemical and biochemical problems using NMR spectroscopy.

Dr. Försterling's areas of personal interest are the study of structure and dynamics of proteins and organometallic complexes using multidimensional NMR methods.

Susan K. Krezoski
Researcher
MS, University of Michigan
e-mail: suek@uwm.edu

Ms. Krezoski's interests include cellular metabolism of metals and metal-binding proteins. She manages biochemical and cell culture laboratories. She trains and monitors entering students and maintains the laboratory's equipment. Other areas of responsibility involve collaboration with outside researchers, and working with undergraduate and high school students who carry out short term research projects.

Her areas of expertise are atomic absorption analysis, spectrophotometry, chromatography (including HPLC), and cell culture.

Frank E. Laib
Instrumentation Innovator/Research
BS, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
e-mail: flaib@uwm.edu

Mr. Laib is primarily responsible for the direction and operation of the Mass Spectrometry/Gas Chromatography Facility. It consists of three mass spectrometers and two gas chromatographs. Analysis of a wide variety of chemical compounds for the purpose of identification and structural elucidation are provided using techniques such as EI/CI/NCI mass spectrometry and high resolution gas chromatography.

Mr. Laib also provides additional assistance to faculty and graduate students in the acquisition and interpretation of NMR data.

Neal Korfhage
Instrumentation Innovator/Research
Chemistry B11
e-mail: korfhage@uwm.edu
Glass Shop

The Chemistry Department offers a full service glass blowing facility capable of fabricating, modifying, and repairing common and specialty experimental laboratory glassware. Mr. Korfhage provides technical advice to research personnel on function, properties, and proposed design of glass equipment.

A course in Scientific Glassblowing is also offered through the glass shop. Topics covered include design and maintenance of scientific glassware, high vacuum and gas flow systems. With the emphasis of "hands on" application, the successful student will be able to build, repair and maintain basic laboratory glassware.

Alan W. Thompson
Instrumentation Innovator/Research
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
athomp@uwm.edu

Dr. Thompson is interested in chemical instrumentation and laboratory automation. He works in conjunction with the research groups of the Department to help solve problems with their research and apparatus. Solutions often involve computers as well as the design and construction of original electronic and optical equipment.

The modern laboratory makes extensive use of the computer, and the Chemistry Department is no exception with each research group having a variety of personal computers and work stations. Dr. Thompson is responsible for the installation and maintenance of the Department computers systems and network. He also designed and installed the new Chemistry Department computer laboratory with 50 Pentium Windows PCs and Macintosh computers.

Dr. Thompson is the editor of The Amalgamator, the newsletter of the Milwaukee Section of the American Chemical Society, and the designer and programmer of The Amalgamator web site.

Dr. Thompson is available to assist faculty and students with their research, involving both hardware and software.

Carl E. Ferguson
Laboratory Technician
e-mail: fergus@uwm.edu

Carl previously worked as a materials chemist for Johnson Controls. He is currently responsible for general and analytical laboratories. He also supervises the McFarland Learning Center.

Keith J. Krumnow
Senior Laboratory Technician
BS - University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
e-mail: krumnow@uwm.edu

Keith is in charge of the general and physical chemistry laboratories, and the computers of the McFarland Learning Center.

Vincent Maberry
Laboratory Technician
MS - Southeast Missouri State University
e-mail: vmaberry@uwm.edu

Vince is responsible for the organic laboratories and undergraduate instrumentation.