Meet Our Faculty
Our faculty hold Ph.D. degrees from leading U.S. institutions and are experts in their respective fields. The teaching and research interests of our faculty are diverse and span all sub-disciplines within chemistry and biochemistry. To learn more about us, please click on the links below.

Dr. John Breen
Professor of Chemistry
SCI 03-19
jbreen@providence.edu
401.865.2781
Lab website

Dr. Maria Carroll
Associate Professor of Chemistry
SCI 02-21
mcarro17@providence.edu
401.865.2371
Lab website

Dr. Adelaide Clark
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
SCI 03-20
aclark6@providence.edu
401.865.1617

Dr. Kathleen Cornely
Robert H. Walsh ’39 Endowed Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry
SCI 03-22
kcornely@providence.edu
401.865.2866

Dr. Paul Czech
Professor of Chemistry
SCI 02-18
pczech@providence.edu
401.865.2476

Dr. Christopher Laperle
Associate Professor of Chemistry
SCI 03-18
claperle@providence.edu
401.865.1998

Dr. Seann Mulcahy
Professor of Chemistry
SCI 02-20
smulcahy@providence.edu
401.865.1280
Lab website

Dr. Kenneth Overly
Department Chair
Associate Professor of Chemistry
SCI 01AD-0104
koverly@providence.edu
401.865.1956

Dr. Jay Pike
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
SCI 03-16
jpike@providence.edu
401.865.1261

Dr. Tyler Stack
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
SCI 03-21
tstack@providence.edu
401.865.2693
Lab website

Dr. David Ryder
Assistant Instructional Professor of Chemistry
SCI 03-21
dryder@providence.edu
401.865.2237
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Muhammad Ishaq
Library 209
mishaq@providence.edu
401.865.1645
Dr. Nabila Ishaq
Library 209
nishaq@providence.edu
401.865.1645
Lab Coordinators
David Williams
General Chemistry Lab Coordinator
03-10
dwillia6@providence.edu
401.865.1781
Jackie Zhu
Organic Chemistry Lab Coordinator
02-19
czhu@providence.edu
401.865.2383
Department Staff
Katie Weeks
Administrative Coordinator
SCI 0103A
kweeks@providence.edu
401.865.2379
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Science Complex 104
401.865.2379