Chemistry Faculty
The chemistry faculty at TLU are always interested in hearing from prospective, current, and former students. Click on any of our names below to send us an email about studying chemistry or anything chemistry related. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! William M. Davis, associate professor; bachelor of science from The University of Western Ontario, masters and doctorate degrees from The University of Guelph.
Dr. Davis is a physical chemist with research interests in computational chemistry, including new developments in Density Functional Theory and applications of theoretical chemistry to molecules of real world chemical interest.
He has taught General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry at The University of Texas at Brownsville for 10 years. While there he was sponsor of the ACS Student Affiliates Chapter and Chair-Elect of the South Texas ACS Section. At TLU his teaching includes General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Quantum Mechanics, and Computational Chemistry. Dr. Davis is the faculty advisor for Pi Rho, the ACS student affiliate chapter at TLU.
John McClusky, professor and chair; bachelor of science from Texas Lutheran University; doctorate from Yale University.
Dr. McClusky is a physical organic chemist with research interests in polymer chemistry, including polyurethanes and organic reaction mechanisms.
His career history includes experience in the chemical industry as a Senior Research Chemist including research in urethanes and other polymers. Dr. McClusky has taught courses in Organic Chemistry, General Chemisty, Astronomy, and Business of Science. He also serves as sponsor of the Astronomy Club at TLU.
Santiago A. Toledo, assistant professor; bachelor of science from Texas Lutheran University; doctorate from the University of Washington.
Dr. Toledo is a bioinorganic chemist trained at the University of Washington. Dr. Toledo worked under the supervision of professor Julie A. Kovacs synthesizing small molecule transition metal analogues of the active site of metalloenzymes. While at UW he mentored several undergraduate students on research and presented their collaborative work at chemical national conferences.
Dr. Toledo's research interest is the biomimetic modeling of metalloenzymes, specifically those containing nickel and zinc metals.His research consists of developing new organic ligand systems and synthesizing the corresponding nickel and zinc complexes in order to study the metal compounds properties and biomimetic relevance.
At TLU his teaching includes General Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Introduction to Chemistry, and Probelm Solving in Chemistry.
