Dr. K. C. Russell received his B.S. at Oregon State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He then traveled to Strasbourg, France, to work under the tutelage of 1987 Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Lehn. Russell returned to the U.S. to work as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University and began his academic career in 1995 at the University of Miami (Florida). Russell joined the faculty at NKU in 2001 and received the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in 2004. He teaches organic chemistry, chemistry seminar and advanced organic chemistry.