Faculty

James Dunne

James Dunne

Title: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Department: Natural Sciences
Office Location: Vermeer Science Center 228
Phone: 641-628-5101
Email: dunnej@central.edu

Degrees

B.S. from Grove City College
Ph.D. from Iowa State University

Areas of Expertise:

organometallic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, catalysis, kinetics and reaction mechanisms

About James Dunne

James Dunne has taught at Central College since 2012. After earning his doctorate in inorganic chemistry, he spent a year in a post-doctoral position at the Ames National Lab. He runs an active research group developing organometallic compounds as catalysts for bio-renewable fuels and materials, and he is interested in expanding into the field of bioinorganic chemistry.