Dr. Roller serves as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Belhaven University. She studied chemistry and humanities at Azusa Pacific University, where she learned to enjoy researching the interplay between science, faith, and culture. She is a contributing author of A Compass for Deep Heaven, where she explores C. S. Lewis’s views on science and faith. In her doctoral work at the University of Notre Dame, she developed scalable manufacturing methods for low-cost paper devices to screen for substandard and falsified pharmaceuticals in the developing world, and she created paper microfluidic devices for inquiry-based lab experiments. Dr. Roller loves working with students and has received multiple teaching awards. When she’s not in the classroom or the lab, you’ll find her reading, writing, playing violin, drinking decaf Earl Grey, and going on long walks with her dog, Sir Franklin the Ever-Vigilant.
Areas of Expertise
Analytical Chemistry
Paper microfluidics
Inquiry-based laboratory learning
Science and faith
Teaching Focus
Quantitative Analysis
Instrumental Analysis
General Chemistry
Scholarly Contributions
Chemistry Publications
Roller, R. M. & Lieberman, M. (2023). Beyond Wax Printing: The Future of Paper Analytical Device Fabrication. Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical, 392(134059), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2023.134059
Roller, R. M.; Rea, A. & Lieberman, M. (2023). The Air-Gap PAD: A Roll-to-Roll-Compatible Fabrication Method for Paper Microfluidics. Lab on a Chip, 23, 1918-1925. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2LC01164F
Roller, R. M.; Sumantakul, S.; Tran, M.; Van Wyk, A.; Zinna, J.; Donelson, D. A.; Finnegan, S. G.; Foley, G.; Frechette, O. R.; Gaetgens, J.; Jiang, J.; Rinaolo, K. C.; Cole, R. S.; Lieberman, M.; Remcho, V. T. & Frederick, K. A. (2021). Inquiry-Based Laboratories Using Paper Microfluidic Devices. Journal of Chemical Education, 98(6), 1946–1953. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00214
Kinnaman, L. J.; Roller, R. M. & Miller, C. S. (2018). Comparing Classical Water Models Using Molecular Dynamics to Find Bulk Properties. Journal of Chemical Education, 95(5). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00385
Faith and Science Publications
Roller, R. M. (2021). Science on the Silent Planet. In D. P. Glyer and J. Johnson (Eds.), A Compass for Deep Heaven: Navigating the C. S. Lewis Ransom Trilogy (pp. 53-71). Square Halo Press.
Roller, R. M. & Huang, L. K. (2020). Galileo and Global Warming: Parallels between the Geocentrism Debate and Current Evangelical Skepticism about Anthropogenic Climate Change. Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, 72(1), 3–14.
Patent Pending
Roller, R. M. & Lieberman, M. (2023). Air gap paper analytical device and fabrication (U.S. Patent Application No. 18/453,116, US20240085441A1). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Awards
Rudy Bottei Graduate Teaching Award
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
Arthur J. Schmitt Presidential Leadership Fellowship
