Profile: Cathy
Haustein
Professor of Analytical
Chemistry
Chair-Department
of Chemistry
Education:
B.A. Central
College
M.S. University of Iowa
M.F.A. University of Iowa
Ph.D. University of Iowa
Research Interests: Analytical
Chemistry, Luminescence
Research
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Professional Affiliations: American
Chemical Society
Recent Video Productions: Safety at
Central
Biography: A
Pella
native, Dr. Haustein was born in
Holland
,
Michigan
and moved to
Iowa
when she was 11. She received her
BA degree at
Central
College
and her PhD in chemistry and MFA in creative writing from The University of
Iowa. Before coming to Central, she
worked for Xerox Corporation. She
has also worked as a DJ and is the author of several published short stories.
Her research interests include luminescence of nitrogen containing
heterocycles found in plants and environmental analysis. At home she enjoys
politics, weblogging, gardening, walking her two
dogs and going to the sports, college and theater activities of her children.