Inspecting the spectrometer

Professor and Department Chairman of Chemistry, Nixon Mwebi, works with a mass spectrometer at Founders Hall chemistry lab. This is Mwebi’s first semester teaching at the University of La Verne. Previously he taught at Jackson State University in Jacksonville Alabama. Here he teaches topics in modern chemistry, environmental chemistry and other classes. / photo by Kayla Salas
Professor and Department Chairman of Chemistry, Nixon Mwebi, works with a mass spectrometer at Founders Hall chemistry lab. This is Mwebi’s first semester teaching at the University of La Verne. Previously he taught at Jackson State University in Jacksonville Alabama. Here he teaches topics in modern chemistry, environmental chemistry and other classes. / photo by Kayla Salas
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