Department of Chemistry

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Stephen B. H. Bach

Associate Professor

Stephen B. H. Bach

Office Phone: (210) 458-4466
Office: BSE 1.510
E-Mail: stephen.bach@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Environmental Chemistry
Matrix Isolation/FTIR Spectroscopy
Molecular Recognition

Candace M. Coyle

Assistant Professor

Candace M. Coyle

Office Phone: (210) 458-5455
Office: BSE 1.104A
E-Mail: candace.coyle@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Biophysical Spectroscopy
Biosensors
Environmental Chemistry

Walter C. Ermler

Professor

Walter C. Ermler

Office Phone: (210) 458-7005
Office: BSE 1.104E
E-Mail: walter.ermler@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Computational Spectroscopy
Modeling Heavy-element Compounds
Theoretical Chemistry

Carlos D. Garcia

Assistant Professor

Carlos D. Garcia

Office Phone: (210) 458-5465
Office: BSE 1.104B
E-Mail: carlos.garcia@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Adsorption Kinetics and Structure of Proteins on CNT
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Coupling Micro-organisms to Microfluidics

Waldemar Gorski

Professor and Department Chair

Waldemar Gorski

Office Phone: (210) 458-4961
Office: BSE 1.104M
E-Mail: waldemar.gorski@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Electrochemical (Bio)sensors
Functional Electrode Layers
Inorganic Electrocatalysts

Hyunsoo Han

Associate Professor

Hyunsoo Han

Office Phone: (210) 458-5456
Office: BSE 1.104K
E-Mail: hyunsoo.han@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Asymmetric catalysis
Organic Synthesis
Polymer and combinatorial chemistry

Harry Wellington Jarrett III

Professor

Harry Wellington Jarrett III

Office Phone: (210) 458-7053
Office: BSE 1.104G
E-Mail: harry.jarrett@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Muscular Dystrophy and Signal transduction
Transcription factor purification

David M. Johnson

Assistant Professor

David M. Johnson

Office Phone: (210) 458-5444
Office: BSE 1.104D
E-Mail: dave.johnson@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Copolymerization Kinetics
Materials Synthesis
Polymer Synthesis

Donald M. Kurtz Jr.

Lutcher Brown Distinguished Professor

Donald M. Kurtz Jr.

Office Phone: (210) 458-7060
Office: BSE 1.104D
E-Mail: donald.kurtz@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Bioinorganic chemistry
Non-heme iron enzymes

Grant N. Merrill

Assistant Professor
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry

Grant N. Merrill

Office Phone: (210) 458-5461
Office: BSE 1.104C
E-Mail: grant.merrill@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Biomolecular Structure-Activity Relationships
Heterogeneous Catalysis

Ghezai T. Musie

Associate Professor

Ghezai T. Musie

Office Phone: (210) 458-5454
Office: BSE 1.104F
E-Mail: ghezai.musie@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Bioinorganic Chemistry
Carbon Dioxide Fixation
Ligand Design and Coordination

George R. Negrete

Professor

George R. Negrete

Office Phone: (210) 458-5448
Office: BSE 1.104J
E-Mail: george.negrete@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

β-Homoamino Acids
Asymmetric Synthesis
Chemical Carcinogenesis
Green Chemistry
Novel Lipopeptides

Edward R. T. Tiekink

Professor
Associate Dean (Graduate Studies)

Edward R. T. Tiekink

Office Phone: (210) 458-5774
Office: BSE 1.104L
E-Mail: edward.tiekink@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Crystal Engineering
Materials Synthesis
Metal-Based Drugs

Judith A. Walmsley

Professor

Judith A. Walmsley

Office Phone: (210) 458-5459
Office: BSE 1.104H
E-Mail: judith.walmsley@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Biomolecular Structure
Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
Nucleotide Structures

Cong-Gui Zhao

Associate Professor

Cong-Gui Zhao

Office Phone: (210) 458-5432
Office: BSE 1.342
E-Mail: cong.zhao@utsa.edu

Areas of Specialization

Asymmetric synthesis and reactions
Oxidation
Phosphorus chemistry
Small ring compounds