UTSA Chemistry – UTSA Chemistry

Vision & Mission

Our vision is to be a premier department of chemistry advancing scientific literacy through creative research and advances in education including collaborations within and beyond UTSA.

New Grounds

Arriving in 2020 to compensate for our growing department is the new science building at UTSA.

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Creative Research

Our faculty are nationally and internationally renowed for their contributions to science.

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Collaborations

Our department has unique collaboration opportunities from drug discovery to space science.

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Excellent Seminars

Our invited speakers are pioneers in their field and the lectures are open to all who want to attend.

Seminar Schedule

UTSA Chemistry Rankings

by 2017 Academic Analytics and Nature Index

Ranking in Texas*

National Ranking*

1

4

Citations per Article

1

9

Citations per Faculty

4

24

Articles per Faculty

4

39

Total # of Citations

4

68

Scholarly Research Index

*Texas rankings among 18 academic chemistry departments
*National rankings among 242 academic chemistry departments

News in Chemistry

Drs. Waldemar Gorski and Stanton McHardy develop new way to detect infection

June 26, 2018 No Comments

“Gorski and Stanton McHardy, associate professor of research in chemistry and director of the UTSA Center for Innovative Drug Discovery, have developed what they believe is a

TA Luca De Angelis receives Graduate Teaching Award

May 3, 2018 No Comments

Congratulations to TA Luca De Angelis on receiving the Graduate School Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award

Keegan Gold Awarded for Teaching Excellence

May 3, 2018 No Comments

Keegan Gold received the UTSA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence

Dr. Stanton McHardy Receives DoD grant for CIDD

May 3, 2018 No Comments

Dr. Stanton McHardy has received $500,000 from the DoD for medicinal chemistry work at the CIDD

Drs. Stephen Bach and Andrea Kelley give new insights into Alzheimer’s

May 3, 2018 No Comments

Drs. Stephen Bach and Andrea Kelley succeed in developing molecular view of Alzheimer’s Disease and were featured in national and local news. Go to: The

UTSA Q&A: Stanton McHardy, CIDD

May 3, 2018 No Comments

Stanton McHardy is a professor of research, an associate professor of chemistry and the director the UTSA Center for Innovative Drug Discovery (CIDD). The CIDD is

Announcements

» The Department of Chemistry at UTSA invites applications for Postdoctoral Positions in Biochemistry. Click here for additional information.

» The Department of Chemistry at UTSA seeks internationally renowned scientists to fill a newly established Robert A. Welch Endowed Chair in Chemistry. Click here for additional information.

Academics

Graduate Programs
» M.S. Program
» Ph.D. Program
» Deadlines: Available soon

Chemistry in Action

Dr. Aguilar’s class put together a creative ode to those students who’ve suffered through organic chemistry.

Faculty Highlight

Mass spectrometry has critical applications in a wide variety of diverse scientific disciplines. It is the analytical engine that powers proteomics, drug discovery, and environmental assessment, to name a few. Our interests are focused on several unique and challenging areas using a variety of mass spectrometry techniques.

Dr. Stephan BachProfessor

Our goals here are to develop synthetic approaches to address the challenge by the emerging crystal design and pre-constructed building blocks strategies. The synthesized materials will be structurally characterized, examined and rationalized for above mentioned functional properties.

Dr. Banglin ChenProfessor

We study the fundamentals of electrochemical sensors and biosensors based on chemically modified electrodes. To this end, we modify the glassy carbon and noble metal electrodes with nanomaterials, biocompatible polymers, and enzymes and investigate them by using the voltammetric and amperometric methods. Our current interests are in the area of electrochemical enzyme assays with an eye on translational research to develop the point-of-care sensing devices for the clinically important disease markers.

Dr. Waldemar GorskiProfessor and Department Chair