BIO
Kathryn McGarry joined the Department of Chemistry faculty in 2016, after completing postdoctoral research at the University of San Diego. She’s an associate chemistry professor and advisor for the UWSP Chemistry Club. McGarry said the department strives to give students an excellent education in chemistry and biochemistry using evidence-based teaching techniques in the classroom and state-of-the-art instruments both in class and in research. In 2022, she was accepted into the U.S. Department of Energy Visiting Faculty Program, a 10-week summer research program sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science’s Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Chemical Society – Central Wisconsin ACS Local Section, Exec. committee chair (2018-present)
PUBLICATIONS
Marcum, J. S., McGarry, K. A., Ferber, C. J., Clark, T. B. (2016). Synthesis of Biaryl Ethers by the Copper-Catalyzed Chan-Evans-Lam Etherification from Benzylic Amine Boronate Esters. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81, 7963-7969. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6b01254
McGarry, K. A., Hurley, K. R., Volp, K. A., Hill, I., Merritt, B., Peterson, K. L., Rudd, P. A., Erickson, N. C., Seiler, L. A., Gupta, P., Bates, F. S., Tolman, W. B. (2013). Student Involvement in Improving the Culture of Safety in Academic Laboratories. Journal of Chemical Education. 90, 1414-1417. https://doi.org/10.1021/ed400305e
ADVICE
Believe in yourself and seek help when you need it.
FUN FACT
When she was growing up, she wanted to be a teacher.