Staff

Dr. Hutchison joined the faculty at the University of Oregon (UO) in the fall of 1994. He is currently the Lokey-Harrington Professor of Chemistry and Associate Vice President for Research and Strategic Initiatives.

His research interests are in green chemistry, materials chemistry and nanoscience.  He led the development of the UO's nation-leading program in "green" (environmentally-benign) organic chemistry and launched the university’s pioneering Center in Green Nanoscience.

Bettye L. (Smith) Maddux received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin studying the effects of the potent carcinogen, benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide on nucleosomal DNA at single nucleotide resolution. She joined the University of Oregon and the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) as assistant director of SNNI in February 2006.