Departments of Biology and Chemistry

James M. Chapman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

• B.S.in Chemistry, Tarleton State University, 1985 
• Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, 
  The Ohio State University, 1990

Phone: (816) 501-4269
e-mail: james.chapman@rockhurst.edu

Phillip Colombo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

• B.S. in Chemistry, Rockhurst University, 1991 
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1996 

Phone: (816) 501-4067
e-mail: philip.colombo@rockhurst.edu

Dr. Janet Cooper
Associate Professor

Courses: Microbiology, Immunology, Cell Biology, General Biology I,Women and Science, and Biology for the Contemporary Scene

Research Interests: Heat shock protein expression & antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

Other Interests: Genealogy & tennis.

Phone: (816) 501-4237
Office: RIC 220E
e-mail: janet.cooper@rockhurst.edu

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Dr. Lisa Felzien
Assistant Professor

Courses: Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology & General Biology I.

Research Interests: Chromatin regulation during zebrafish development.

Phone: (816) 501-4046
Office: RIC 220F
e-mail: lisa.felzien@rockhurst.edu

Annie Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Co-Director

• B.S. in Chemistry, Rockhurst University, 1994
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1999

Phone: (816) 501-4071
e-mail: annie.lee@rockhurst.edu

Dr. Laura Salem
Assistant Professor, Co-Director

Courses: General Biology I, Biology for the Contemporary Scene & Biotechnology

Research Interests: Host cell factors required for retroviral stability.

Phone: (816) 501-3239
Office: RIC 220F
e-mail: laura.salem@rockhurst.edu

Rev. James D. Wheeler, S.J., Ph.D.
Professor

• A.B., Saint Louis University, 1947 
• Ph.L, Saint Louis University,1948 
• M.S.(R), Saint Louis University,1952 
• S.T.L., Saint Louis University,1956 
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1965 

Phone: (816) 501-4068
e-mail: james.wheeler@rockhurst.edu