Associate Professor

Specialty

Analytical/Environmental Chemistry

Education

B.S. Chemistry -University of Calgary
PhD Chemistry - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Post-doc - Montana State University

Office: Faculty Offices East (Bldg. 25) - 120

Phone: (805) 756-1274

E-Mail: clehr@calpoly.edu

Website: http://chemweb.calpoly.edu/clehr/

Research Interests

• Biogeochemistry of the toxic metalloids arsenic, antimony, selenium, and tellurium
• Development of trace analytical methods such as HPLC-AAS to measure organometalloid species
• Field measurements of organometalloid compounds in environments such as oceanic
  phytoplankton mats, hypersaline lakes, and hot springs
• Isolation and investigation of microbes which can methylate metalloids