The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers programs in the five traditional areas of chemistry (analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic, and physical) leading to the Master of Science in Chemistry (Plan I or Plan II) and the Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry. The completion of a master's degree is optional for students enrolled in the Ph.D. program.
Faculty
Chair
- Greg Szulczewski
Graduate Director
- Tim Snowden
Graduate Recruiting Director
- Elizabeth Papish
Assistant professors
- Igor Fedin
- Malgorzata Makos
Associate professors
- Jared Allred
- Marco Bonizzoni
- Jack Dunkle
- Ayanjeet Ghosh
- Tim Snowden
- Shane Street
- Matthew Thompson
- Gayan Wijeratne
- Stephen Woski
Professors
- Silas Blackstock
- Patrick Frantom
- Shanlin Pan
- Elizabeth Papish
- Brad Pierce
- Wenfang Sun
- Greg Szulczewski
- John Vincent
- Si Wu
Clinical associate professors
- Alice DeSimone
- Diana Leung
- Yinghui Liu
Courses
Detailed investigation of the drug design process. Includes lead discovery, target identification and validation, in silico drug design, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and drug approval considerations. Chemical modification to improve efficacy will be emphasized.
Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory. Survey in areas of coordination, main- group, and organometallic chemistry. Laboratory experiments involve the preparation, purification, and identification of inorganic compounds. This course is designed for students in the chemistry MSC degree and the accelerated masters program. This course will not satisfy any course requirements for the chemistry PhD degree.