University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
207 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Main Office: (612) 624-6000
  Fax: (612) 626-7541
Welcome to the Administrative Specialist Staff home page

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota is fortunate to be staffed by long-term, dedicated people who help keep the mission of the University in focus by serving its students and faculty to the best of their ability.

The administrative specialist staff of the Department of Chemistry assist the faculty with a myriad of assignments and projects ranging from course material preparation, grant proposal preparation, seminar and conference planning to helping our graduate and undergraduate students through the maze of University paperwork.

Administrative Specialist Support Staff  |  Special Projects  |  Awards

The link to Administrative Specialist Support Staff provides a list of chemistry administrative specialists, their faculty assignments, e-mail addresses, and office telephone and room numbers. Special Projects gives you a thumb nail sketch of new and/or ongoing endeavors within the Department of Chemistry, as well as past major projects.  Finally, we are very proud of our staff who have won Outstanding Service Awards!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Administrative Specialist Staff
phone  |  office 
e-mail address
faculty assignments
Name Telephone Office E-Mail Address Faculty Assignments
Joan 
Beed		 624 - 6304 437 Smith beed@chem.umn.edu Barany, Distefano, K. Leopold,  Musier-Forsyth, Noland
Sheryl 
Frankel		 625 - 5066 218 Smith frankel@chem.umn.edu Bowser, Cramer, Gao, Gentry, Kass, D. Leopold, York
Flurnia
Hadley-Davis		 624 - 9862 248 Smith davis@chem.umn.edu Truhlar
Nancy 
Hagberg		 625 - 2503 387 Kolthoff hagberg@chem.umn.edu Hillmyer, Que, Tolman, Head Secretary
Lynne 
Johnsrud		 624 - 9091 312 Smith johnsrud@chem.umn.edu Buhlmann, Hoye, Lodge, Roberts, Stein
Debbie
Schoenholz		 626 - 9405 241 Smith schoenholz@chem.umn.edu Pignolet, Que (JBIC office), Zhu
Christine
Lundby		 625 - 0124 226 Smith lundby@chem.umn.edu Ellis, Forsyth, Gladfelter (scientific), Gray, Mann, Siepmann
Carol 
Makkyla		 624 - 9033 324 Smith makkyla@chem.umn.edu Arriaga, Carr, Stankovich, Veglia
Kathy 
Ross		 624 - 6000 139 Smith ross@chem.umn.edu Gladfelter (administrative)
Susan 
Wrayge		 625 - 5889 341 Smith wrayge@chem.umn.edu Blank, Hsung, Lipsky, McNeill, Penn, Taton

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Special Projects

| past | present | future |
Staff Coordinator Project Descriptions
Flurnia Hadley-Davis Journal of the American Chemical Society Secretary
Chemical Physics Letters Secretary
Computer Physics Communications Secretary
International Journal of Modern Physics C Secretary
Computational Science and Engineering Secretary
Nancy Hagberg Secretary for the Center for Metals in Biocatalysis
Head Secretary
Program Administrator for the Chemistry-Biology Interface Predoctoral Training Grant
Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (July, 1999)
Member, Organizing Committee, Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the ACS in Minneapolis ( June, 2002)
Member, University of Minnesota's Women's Leadership Institute 2001-2002
Lynne Johnsrud Staff support to the Materials Chemistry Specialty Area Chair (Stein)
Staff support to the Organic Chemistry Specialty Area Chair (Hoye)
1998 Minisymposium
Christine Lundby Chemistry Awards and Publicity Committee, 1998 - present
7th and 8th Annual National Science Foundation Materials Chemistry Workshop (October 1999 and 2000)
Inorganic Chemistry Specialty Area Chair (Mann)
Chemistry Seminar Committee (2000/01)
Organic / Chemical Biology Student Seminars (1998 - 2001)
Minisymposium 1998, 1996, 1994
Carol Makkyla Secretary for the Analytical Chemistry Specialty Area (Carr)
Kathy Ross Secretary to the departmental chair 
Graduate student industrial position placement
Front office lead worker
Debbie Schoenholz Editorial Assistant, Chief Editor's office, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Susan Wrayge Secretary for the 1999/2000 Organic Chemistry Specialty Area (Forsyth)
Annual Faculty Research Symposium/Poster Session (1994-98)
Analytical Chemistry Seminars (1994-present)
The Wayland E. Noland Symposium in Chemistry (September 6-7, 1996)
Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (October 2001)

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  Awards

Since it's inception in 1988, the following administrative specialist staff members have received the Civil Service Outstanding Service Award. While there are no formal guidelines that must be met by a nominee, particular emphasis will be placed on the following:

Employees are eligible to receive the award more than once, but must satisfy the criteria each time. The award consists of a plaque and $750 honorarium.
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This page was last modified on 13 October 2003.
For questions or comments, contact Christine Lundby [ lundby@chem.umn.edu ].