Office: 227 DeVries Hall
Phone: (616)526-8588
Fax: (616)526-6501
Email: mccarthy@calvin.edu

[Research Information]

Education: Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1998
Thesis: Studies of Tetrachlorohydroquinone Dehalogenase
Advisor: Shelley D. Copley

Professional History:

• 2000 - present Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Calvin College
• 1998-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley  Research Advisor:  Jack F. Kirsch

Courses:

• Chem 115  Chemistry for the Health Sciences (Fall)
• Chem 271  Environmental Chemistry (Interim)
• Chem 324  Biochemistry II (Spring)
• Chem 281  Laboratory in Environmental Chemistry (Spring)
• Chem 383  Biochemistry Laboratory (Fall)

Research Interests:

• Bacterial Degradation of Environmental Pollutants