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Deborah Bromfield-Lee, Ph.D.

  • Department Chair
  • Professor of Chemistry
  • QEP Director
  • PLU National Secretary
  • Pre-Pharmacy Coordinator
  • The Jessie Ball DuPont Endowed Chair in the Natural Sciences
Deborah Bromfield-Lee

Dr. Bromfield Lee was born and raise in the Caribbean Island of Jamaica. After A' Levels (sort of like the first year in college), she came to the US and earned a bachelors in Chemistry from the University of South Florida in Tampa, after which she earned a Master's degree in Chemistry specializing in Organic Synthesis from Florida Atlantic University. After working at a start-up synthetic company in Boca Raton, Dr. Bromfield obtained a doctorate in chemistry at North Carolina State University. Her doctoral research focused on the undergraduate lab development, with an emphasis on organic chemistry. She was a visiting assistant professor at Elon University in North Carolina and temporary assistant professor then lecturer at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. She then moved back south and joined Florida Southern College in August 2012.