Faculty & Staff
Arvin J.F. Cruz, PhD, Wichita State University
Tomanek Hall 341B
Phone: (785) 628-5322
Fax: (785) 628-4088
ajcruz2@fhsu.edu
Anne Basgall
Administrative Assistant for Department of Chemistry
Tomanek Hall 341
Phone: (785) 628-5321
Fax: (785) 628-4088
abasgall@fhsu.edu
James R. Balthazor, PhD, Kansas State University
K-INBRE Campus Coordinator
K-INBRE at FHSU
Tomanek Hall 322
Phone: 785-628-4638
Fax: 785-628-4088
jrbalthazor@fhsu.edu
Maggi Braasch-Turi, PhD, Colorado State University
Tomanek Hall 347
Phone: 785-628-4504
Fax: 785-628-4088
mmbraaschturi@fhsu.edu
Krisztina Z. Bencze, PhD, University of Szeged
Tomanek Hall 345
Phone: (785) 628-5386
Fax: (785) 628-4088
kzbencze@fhsu.edu
Stephen Donnelly, PhD, University of Rochester
Tomanek Hall 351
Phone: (785) 628-4505
Fax: (785) 628-4088
sgdonnelly@fhsu.edu
Edwin G. Olmstead, PhD, Duke University
Tomanek Hall 353
Phone: (785) 628-4507
Fax: (785) 628-4088
egolmstead@fhsu.edu
Steve Reed MS, Fort Hays State University
Instructor & Lab Program Manager
Tomanek Hall 324
Phone: (785) 628-5962
Fax: (785) 628-4088
ssreed@fhsu.edu
Dean Stramel MS, Fort Hays State University
Tomanek Hall 343
Phone: (785) 628-5970
Fax: (785) 628-4088
dastramel@fhsu.edu
Masakatsu Watanabe, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Tomanek Hall 337
Phone: (785) 628-4506
Fax: (785) 628-4088
m_watanabe@fhsu.edu
Centralized Professional Advisors
Becky Newell
Last Names A-C
M.S., Fort Hays State University
Office: Fischli-Wills Center for Student Success 136
Phone: 785.628.4787
E-mail: rlnewell@fhsu.edu
Appointment Booking: https://calendly.com/rlnewell
Scott Sakraida
Professional Advisor
Last Names D-I
Office: Fischli-Wills Center for Student Success 129
Phone: 785.628.4787
E-mail: scsakraida@fhsu.edu
Appointment Booking: https://calendly.com/scsakraida
Staci Kinderknecht
Professional Advisor
Last Names J-Q
Office: Fischli-Wills Center for Student Success 137
Phone: 785.628.4735
E-mail: skkinderknecht2@fhsu.edu
Appointment Booking: https://calendly.com/skkinderknecht2
Emily Roth
Last Names R-Z
M.A., Kansas State University
Office: Fischli-Wills Center for Student Success Rm 138
Phone: 785.628.4565
E-mail: emroth4@fhsu.edu
Appointment Booking: https://calendly.com/emroth4
Retired Faculty
James R. Hohman, PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Professor of Organic Chemistry Emeritus
Tomanek Hall 351
Phone: (785) 628-4504
Fax: (785) 628-4088
jhohman@fhsu.edu
Loretta T. Dorn, PhD, Brandeis University
Tomanek Hall 355
Phone: (785) 628-4032
Fax: (785) 628-4088
ldorn@fhsu.edu
Larry M. Nicholson, PhD, Kansas State University
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
~In loving memory~
1941-2017
Max L. Rumpel, PhD, University of Kansas
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
~In loving memory~
1936-2017
Delbert A. Marshall, PhD, Kansas State University
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
~In loving memory~
1937-2009
Edmund Shearer, PhD
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
~In loving memory~
1942-2002