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Richard Milaszewski
Chair
Professor of Chemistry & Food Science
Office: Hemenway 336A
Office Number: 508-626-4784
rmilasz@frc.mass.edu

A.B.    St. Anselm's College
M.S.   College of the Holy Cross
Ph.D.  University of New Hampshire

 

Robert Beck
Professor of Chemistry & Food Science
Office: Hemenway 131
Office Number: 508-626-4755
bbeck@frc.mass.edu

B.A.   Framingham State College
M.S.  University of Rhode Island
Ph.D. Clark University

Dr. Beck teaches biochemistry and food science courses.

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Ellen Bellantoni
Visiting Lecturer
Office: Hemenway 336
Office Number: 508-626-4748
ebellantoni@frc.mass.edu

B.S.    Fordham University
M.A.   Wellesley College
Ph.D.  University of Lowell

Dr. Bellantoni teaches The Chemistry of Life and Science, The Environment, and Health.
 

Louise Bodack
Associate Professor of Chemistry & Food Science
Office: Hemenway 336G
Office Number: 508-626-4781
lbodack@frc.mass.edu

A.B.              Rollins College
M.Phil.,Ph.D.   Syracuse University

Dr. Bodack teaches courses in general, inorganic and biochemistry. Her research interests include biologically relevent molecules.
 


Steven Cok
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Food Science
Office: Hemenway 334
Office Number: 508-626-4782
scok@frc.mass.edu

B.S. Michigan State University
Ph.D.  University of Chicago 

Dr. Cok teaches Biochemistry, Chemistry of Life and Organic Chemistry Laboratories.  His research interests focus on understanding the molecular mechanisms for regulating gene expression.


 

 

Guy Crosby
Professor of Chemistry & Food Science
Office: Hemenway 336B
Office Number: 508-626-4777
gcrosby@frc.mass.edu

B.S.   University of New Hampshire
Ph.D.  Brown University

Dr. Crosby teaches courses in food science, The Chemistry of Life, and Organic Chemistry.
His research interests focus on the chemical components of dietary fiber (non-digestible remnants of plant cell walls) in food, the structure and function of resistant starch, and the chemistry of cooking.
 

Catherine Dignam
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Food Science
Office: Hemenway 336F
Office Number: 508-626-4778
cdignam@frc.mass.edu  Personal Bio


A.B.    Smith College
Ph.D.  State University of New York
         at StonyBrook

Dr. Dignam teaches courses in general and inorganic chemistry. Her research involves the design and synthesis of novel chiral metal complexes for use in asymmetric catalysis.
 

 
Chris McGrath
Visiting Lecturer
Office: Hemenway 206
Office Number: 508-626-4748
cmcgrath@frc.mass.edu


B.S.   Framingham State College
M.A.  Organic Chemistry
        Brown University

Professor McGrath teaches laboratories in Organic Chemistry.
 

 

Sarah Pilkenton 
Assistant Professor Chemistry & Food Science
Office: Hemenway 336E
Office Number: 508-626-4780
spilkenton@frc.mass.edu


B.S.    The University of Virginia’s College at Wise
Ph.D.   Purdue University

Dr. Pilkenton teaches general chemistry and instrumental analysis. Her research interests are in the application of analytical chemistry and modern chemical instrumentation to environmental and food science.
 

Carol Russell
Professor of Chemistry & Food Science
Office: Hemenway 336C
Office Number: 508-626-4786
crussel@frc.mass.edu

B.S.   Chemistry, Stonehill College
Ph.D.  Physical Chemistry, Northeastern    
         University

Dr. Russell teaches the physical chemistry sequence Physical Chemistry I and Physical Chemistry II. Her research interests involve molecular modeling and the Quantum Mechanics of large molecules.
 

Lisa Savini
Visiting Lecturer
Office: Hemenway 336
Office Number: 508-626-4748
lsavini@frc.mass.edu

B.S. University of Hartford, CT
M.S.
Framingham State College 

Professor Savini teaches General Chemistry, and Science, Environment and Health.  She also teaches laboratories in Principles of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry.  She has a special interest in food science and cooking.


 

 

Larry Simonson
Professor, Emeritus, & Visiting Lecturer
Office: Hemenway 336
Office Number: 508-626-4748
lsimons@frc.mass.edu

B.S.   Wisconsin State University
Ph.D.  Florida State University

Dr. Simonson teaches general and instrumental Chemistry. His research Interests are in Chemical Instrumentation.

 

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