Ben Haenni

Ben Haenni is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BS in Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology (BCMB) and Chemistry from Drake University. His expertise spans Organic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, and Physical Organic Chemistry.

Teaching & Service: Haenni teaches courses including CHM 300 and CHM 302. He has served as a Teaching Assistant (2010–2015) and led significant curricular redesign for non-majors' organic chemistry labs in 2019–2020, collaborating extensively despite resource challenges. His efforts earned him the 2022 Eagle Teaching Excellence Award.

Research: His doctoral work under Dr. Bob McMahon involved computational studies of reactive diradical and carbene species. Earlier, he studied ionic liquids as solvents for organic reactions with Dr. Gholam Mirafzal at Drake University.