Faculty

Dr. Joseph Lechner
joseph.lechner@mvnu.edu
(740) 397-9000 Ext. 3211

Education:

• Ph.D. State University of Iowa, Biochemistry, 1977.
• B.S. Roberts Wesleyan College, Chemistry, 1972.

Professional Experience:

• Professor of Chemistry, 1979 to present,
• Promotions: Spring 1983 and Spring 1987
• Chairman, Natural Sciences Division, 1989 to 2003
• Chairman, Chemistry/Physical Science Department, 1988 to present.
• Research Associate, Northwestern University Dental School, January 1978 to August 1979; June to August, 1980.
• Teaching Assistant, State University of Iowa, September 1973 to May 1976.

Selected Publications and Presentations:

• "More Nuts and Bolts of Michaelis - Menten Enzyme Kinetics," Journal of Chemical Education, April 15, 2011. To access the article please click here.
• "His Good Pleasure," an essay in Christian Faith, Andrews University Press, 2002.
• Review of Random Designer by Richard Colling, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith, September 2008.
• Visualizing Entropy, Journal of Chemical Education, 76: 1382-1385 (1999).
• Contribution to The Hidden Curriculum: Faculty Made Tests in Science, Part 2: Upper-Division Courses, Sheila Tobias and Jacqueline Raphael, 1997: Plenum Press, New York; pages 83-84.
• The VSEPR tree: a hands-on activity for learning molecular geometry. Journal of Chemical Education, 71:12, pages 1021-1022, December, 1994.

Favorite Subject-Related Links:

• Bible Gateway
• American Scientific Affiliation
• E-train

Professional Organizations:

• American Chemical Society
• American Scientific Affiliation
• Ohio Academy of Science

Awards and Recognition:

• Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation
• Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering
• Outstanding Young Men of America
• Joseph Lechner Natural Sciences Scholarship Endowment

What You Didn't Know about Me:

• I was a scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts of America
• I was a clarinetist in a symphony orchestra
• I am writing a book on the health benefits of observing Biblical commandments