People Richard “Rick” Thompson Richard “Rick” Thompson Associate Professor of Chemistry B.Sc. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1977 – 1981).Ph.D. from Syracuse University (1985 – 1990).NIH Post Doctoral Fellow at The Ohio State University (1990 – 1992).Research Scientist at Eli Lilly and Company (1992 – 2010).Chemistry Faculty at Tusculum College (2011 – 2016).Chemistry Faculty Carson-Newman University (2016 – present).