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Dana Emmert, Ph.D.

School of Science, Technology and Health

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Degrees & Certificates

Ph.D in Chemistry, Purdue University
B.S. in Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University

419.448.3507

Dr. Emmert is a biochemist who loves teaching undergraduate science majors. She obtained her BS degree in Molecular Genetics from the Ohio State University in 2002 and her PhD degree in Chemistry with a concentration in Membrane Biology from Purdue University in 2011. Dr. Emmert then carried out postdoctoral research in the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute’s Department of Biomedical Engineering before entering the world of undergraduate education. She began her teaching career in 2013, first teaching at Warren Wilson College (Asheville, NC), then at the University of Findlay (Findlay, OH), before settling at Tiffin University in 2024. Dr. Emmert’s research focuses on STEM education and natural products research.