Dr. Dana Horgen
Dr. Dana Horgen
Dr. Dana Horgen earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from St. Olaf College and then went onto earn her Ph.D. in chemistry from Baylor University in Texas. She has been teaching at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN for the last nine years. While at Rhodes, Dr. Horgen has coordinated the lab curriculum from the general chemistry lab, to organic lab through the analytical lab. She has also taught lecture courses in organic, courses in teaching science and science writing and communication and non-STEM-majors lab courses titled “Chemistry and Art”. Dr. Horgen has developed several new experiments for each lab course but a student favorite is one that utilizes the deep purple azulene and its color shifts as students transform it through EAS and then reduction to produce diastereomeric products, all of which can be monitored via TLC. In addition to teaching chemistry, Dr. Horgen enjoys running. She has helped coach a local high school team, started a Rhodes Running Club, and often runs a few half and full marathons each year.
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