Chemists in the Real World
Featured Careers
Academic Professional Staff

Brandon Chance
Chemical Safety Program Manager,
Princeton University
Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Cynthia Bunders
Scientist IV,
The Coca-Cola Company
Applied Research & Development

Herman Cho
Senior Research Scientist,
Battelle Northwest
Astrochemistry

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If so, please complete a career profile.
Basic Research

Richard Nafshun
Faculty,
Oregon State University
Biotechnology

Fatima Rivas
Assistant Faculty Member,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Cheminformatics

Rajarshi Guha
Research Scientist,
National Institutes of Health
Chemical Engineering

Hector Hernandez
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Masdar Institute
Chemical Information Management Specialist

Allison Dick
Associate Projects Analyst,
Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Technology

Dana Fuerst
Senior R&D Lab Chemical Technologist,
The Dow Chemical Company
Chemistry Professor

Ranjit Koodali
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director, University of South Dakota
Chemistry and the Law

Tashica Amirgholizadeh
Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property,
Gilead
Chemistry in the Arts

Eric Breitung
Research Scientist,
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Computational Chemistry

Alexander Bayden
Computational Chemist,
CMDBioscience, Inc.
Consulting

James Gibson
Specialist,
Evans Analytical Group
Crystallography

Brian Toby
Senior Physicist/Section Head,
Argonne National Laboratory
Dyes, Pigments, and Inks

Are you a chemist who works with dyes, pigments, and inks?
If so, please complete a career profile.
Environmental Protection

Anastasia Ilgen
Senior Member of Technical Staff,
Geochemistry Department
Forensic Chemistry

Jared Roop
Criminalist,
Missouri State Highway Patro
Formulation Chemistry

Kevin Tibbs
Co-Founder/Mad Skilled Scientist,
Better Life
Geochemistry

Andrew Stack
Research Staff,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Hazardous Waste Management

Are you a chemist who works with hazardous waste management? If so, please complete a career profile.
Health and Safety

Harry Elston
Principal,
Midwest Chemical Safety
High School Chemistry Teacher

Jennice Ozment
Chemistry Teacher,
Walton High School in Cobb County, GA
Human Resources

Are you a chemist who works in human resources? If so please complete a career profile.
Industrial Management

Denise Walters
Senior Manager,
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Lab Management

Ian Henry
Capability Leader,
Procter & Gamble
Materials Science

Jun Zhang
Project Scientist,
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Medicinal Chemistry

Rolande Hodel
Founder and President,
AIDSfree AFRICA
Military Science and Technology

Are you a chemist who works in the military science and technology area? If so, please complete a career profile.
Nanochemistry

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If so, please complete a career profile.
Nuclear Chemistry

Katie Heroux
Senior Scientist,
Savannah River National Laboratory
Oil and Petroleum

Suzanne Golisz
Research Chemist, Chevron
Paints, Pigments, and Coatings

Christopher Wohl
Surface/Interfacial Science Researcher, NASA Langley Research Center
Personal Care

Amber Evans
Development scientist,
BASF
Polymer

Victoria Finkenstadt
Lead Scientist,
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Process Chemistry

Michelle Schulberg
Principal Process Engineer,
TEL Nexx
Project Management

Bryan Balazs
Associate Program Leader,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Public Health

Jalonne White-Newsome
Director of Federal Policy,
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Public Information / Outreach

Maxwell Kushner-Lenhoff
Communications Manager,
The Dow Chemical Company
Quality Assurance

Benjamin Chambers
Technical Maltster,
MillerCoors
Quality Control

Timothy Garrett Jr.
Instrumentation Specialist,
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate
Regulatory Affairs

LaTonya Mitchell
District Director for the Denver District, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Science Policy

Miriam Quintal
Government Relations Lobbyist and Consultant,
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
Social Impact/Activism

Philip Rodenbough
Volunteer,
U.S. Peace Corps
Toxicology

Are you a toxicologist?
If so, please complete a career profile.
Technical Communication

Lisa Balbes
Freelance Techical Writer and Editor,
Balbes Consultants LLC
Technical Sales and Marketing

Michele Margherita
Senior Account Executive,
Brenntag Specialties
Technical Support

Elaine Nam
Chemistry Staff Scientist,
Vernier Software & Technology, LLC
Textile Chemistry

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If so, please complete a career profile.
Water Chemistry
Keisuke Ikehata
R&D Manager,
Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc
Industry

Denise Walters
Senior Manager,
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Academia

Brandon Chance
Chemical Safety Program Manager,
Princeton University
Government

Victoria Finkenstadt
Lead Scientist,
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Non-Profit

Rolande Hodel
Founder and President,
AIDSfree AFRICA
Entrepreneurial

Karen Tkaczyk
Freelance Translator, McMillan Translation
Analytical Chemistry

Gwen Gross
Material, Process & Physics Engineer Boeing Co.
Biological/Biochemistry

Kimberly Jackson
Associate Professor
Spelman College
Organic Chemistry

Chris Ciolli
Technology Manager
Lubrizol
Inorganic Chemistry

Elaine Nam
Staff Specialist
Vernier Software and Technology, LLC
Physical Chemistry

Bryan Balazs
Program Leader
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Polymer Chemistry

Katherine Kim
Patent Attorney
Spark IP Law
Agricultural & Food Chemistry

LaTonya Mitchell
District Director,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Biotechnology

Fatima Rivas
Assistant Faculty Member,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Chemical Engineering

Cesar Garza
Principal Engineer,
Samsung Semiconductor
Crystallography

Brian Toby
Senior Physicist/Section Head,
Argonne National Laboratory
Forensic Chemistry

Jared Roop
Criminalist,
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Geochemistry

Andrew Stack
Research Staff,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Materials Science

Jun Zhang
Project Scientist,
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Medicinal Chemistry

Rolande Hodel
Founder and President,
AIDSfree AFRICA
Oil & Petroleum

Suzanne Golisz
Research Chemist,
Chevron
Paints, Pigments, and Coatings

Christopher Wohl
Surface/Interfacial Science Researcher, NASA Langley Research Center
Personal Care

Amber Evans
Development scientist,
BASF