Centre College Faculty

José Workman

Professor of Chemistry
Chair of Chemistry Program

Telephone: 859-238-5415
E-mail: joe.workman@centre.edu
Office: Young Hall—117

Joe Workman is professor of chemistry, having taught at Centre since 1993. He currently is pursuing research in green chemistry. He has projects in two areas: green oxidative desulfurization of petroleum and environmentally benign synthetic oxidation chemistry.

Workman is committed to involving students in research and has collaborated with students in research teams each summer since coming to Centre. In the 2001-02 academic year, Workman was a visiting research professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he did work in organometallic chemistry. In January 2004 he led a group of 34 Centre students to New Zealand to study the physical science of volcanoes.

Workman also serves as academic advisor to students interested in pre-medical studies, and he has assisted students with MCAT study sessions and field trips to major medical schools. Workman is an energetic teacher and played a leadership role in Centre's successful efforts to secure a high field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, which is accessible to students for study and research.

In 2007-08, Workman was a visiting professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia doing research in green chemistry. He has led students in New Zealand studying volcanoes in 2004, 2006, 2008 and will again in 2010.

Workman holds a B.S. from Santa Clara University, and he earned a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.


To hear Workman discuss pre-med at Centre, click here.
To read about his joint research projects with Centre students, click here.
To read about his 2012 CentreTerm course, "The Physical Science of Volcanoes," click here.

File last updated: 9/28/12