Chemistry Department Faculty

Lynne A. O'Connell

Director of Introductory Chemistry Laboratories

Chair, Undergraduate Chemistry Studies

Research

As the Director of Introductory Chemistry Laboratories, Professor O鈥機onnell oversees the operations of the General and Organic laboratory courses. In addition to supervising graduate Teaching Assistants, who are the instructors for these courses, she is responsible for establishing the course content.

Professor O鈥機onnell has strengthened the introductory laboratory curriculum by implementing 鈥渙pen-ended鈥 projects in both the General and Organic lab courses, which serve to culminate each semester. These projects require students to devise their own experimental procedures to solve a problem or explore a chemical principle.听 She has also implemented the use of an electronic lab notebook in the introductory lab courses.

Professor O鈥 Connell serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Chemistry department and is Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee. She also serves as an advisor to and a role model for the Women in Science and Technology Program.