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DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Dr. Gretchen Stanton

Department Chair, Chemistry

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

gretchen.stanton@canyons.edu
(661) 362-3157
Office: VLC, ALLB-305

DIVISION DEAN

Dr. David Vakil

Dean, Mathematics, Sciences, & Engineering

College of the Canyons | Valencia Campus
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355

david.vakil@canyons.edu
661-362-3078
Office: Bonelli Hall, Office 247

FULL TIME FACULTY

NAME	PHOTO	EMAIL	PHONE	OFFICE LOCATION
Rana Akiel B.S. Biochemistry, CSUN Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, USC		rana.akiel@canyons.edu	661-362-3896	Canyon Country Campus CCLB-327 Takeda Science Center
Hind Ali Ph.D. Chemistry, Al-Nahrain University B.Sc. MS.C Chemistry, University of Baghdad		hind.ali@canyons.edu	661-362-3889	Valencia Campus Pico Canyon Hall 222
Consuelo Beecher Ph.D. UC Riverside B.S. Cal State San Bernardino		consuelo.beecher@canyons.edu	661-362-3290	Valencia Campus Seco Hall 305B
Thomas Gisel B.Sc/M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison		thomas.gisel@canyons.edu	661-362-3892	Canyon Country Campus CCLB-328 Takeda Science Center
Isaac Koh Ph.D. University of Maryland B.S./M.S. Seoul National University		isaac.koh@canyons.edu	661-362-3069	Valencia Campus Seco Hall 306F
Alejandro (Alex) Lichtsheidl Ph.D. MIT B.S. UC Irvine A.S. COC		alejandro.lichtsheidl@canyons.edu	661-362-3007	Valencia Campus Mentry Hall 125
Heidi McMahon B.S. Chemistry, Minnesota State University, Mankato M.S. Analytical Chemistry, University of Iowa M.S. Physical Chemistry, UCLA		heidi.mcmahon@canyons.edu	661-362-5028	Valencia Campus Aliso Lab 210
Miles Silverman M.S., UCLA; B.A. Vanderbilt University		miles.silverman@canyons.edu	661-362-3813	Canyon Country Campus CCLB-344 Takeda Science Center
Dr. Gretchen Stanton Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania B.S., UC Riverside		gretchen.stanton@canyons.edu	661-362-3157	Valencia Campus Aliso Lab 305
Tara Williams Ph.D., University of Sussex		tara.williams@canyons.edu	661-362-5619	Valencia Campus Aliso Lab 309

ADJUNCT

NAME	EMAIL
Bushra Abdelmalak	bushra.abdelmalak@canyons.edu
Hafez Alawdi	hafez.alawdi@canyons.edu
Jennifer Ardy	jennifer.ardy@canyons.edu
Dilip Bhumralkar	dilip.bhumralkar@canyons.edu
Kristin Clark	kristin.clark@canyons.edu
Gautam Dhar	gautam.dhar@canyons.edu
Mary Espanol	maryceline.espanol@canyons.edu
Dan Evans	daniel.evans@canyons.edu
David Feiler	david.feiler@canyons.edu
Bhuvana Gopal	bhuvana.gopal@canyons.edu
Ralf Haiges	ralf.haiges@canyons.edu
Steven Han	steven.han@canyons.edu
Hui Sun Kim	huiSun.kim@canyons.edu
Taiho Kim	taiho.kim@canyons.edu
Kamatchi Lakshminarayanana	kamatchi.lakshminarayanan@canyons.edu
Alia Latif	alia.latif@canyons.edu
Shadi Moghaddas	shadi.moghaddas@canyons.edu
Christopher Nalbandian	christopher.nalbandian@canyons.edu
Nobuko Nishimura	nobuko.nishimura@canyons.edu
Farzaneh Paknia	farzaneh.paknia@canyons.edu
Tiffany Pawluk	tiffany.pawluk@canyons.edu
Mitra Sushinsky	mitra.sushinsky@canyons.edu
Dariush Vosooghi	dariush.vosooghi@canyons.edu
Muriel Walker-Waugh	muriel.walkerwaugh@canyons.edu
Ricky Whitener	ricky.whitener@canyons.edu

STAFF

Edwin Abrenica Laboratory Technical Coordinator	edwin.abrenica@canyons.edu	661-362-3219	Valencia Campus Bonelli Hall-249
Amanda Baur Instructional Laboratory Technician	amanda.baur@canyons.edu	661-362-3741	Valencia Campus Aliso 318B
Shaina Grill Instructional Laboratory Technician	shaina.grill@canyons.edu	661-362-3863	Canyon Country Campus CCLB-408
Michelle Marcellin Laboratory Operations Coordinator	michelle.marcellin@canyons.edu	661-362-3373	Canyon Country Campus CCLB-410A
Daniela Morena Instructional Laboratory Technician	daniela.moreno@canyons.edu	661-362-3841	Canyon Country Campus CCLB-339B