Faculty
Faculty
Stephan B.H. Bach
Professor
Office: BSE 1.104D
Phone: (210) 458-6896
Email: stephen.bach@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Chemical imaging
» Mass spectrometry
» Metal clusters
» Nanomaterials
Banglin Chen
Professor
Lab Website
Phone: (210) 458-5461
Email: banglin.chen@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Functionalization of nano-sized cavities
» Nanoparticles
» Nanoporous metal-organic frameworks
Michael P. Doyle
Professor
Lab Website
Phone: (210) 458-4196
Email: michael.doyle@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Catalytic oxidation processes
» Design and development of chiral catalysts
» Diazo chemistry
» Highly enantioselective catalytic reactions
» Medicinal chemistry
Walter C. Ermler
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-7005
Email: walter.ermler@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Computational spectroscopy
» Modeling heavy-element compounds
» Theoretical chemistry
Doug E. Frantz
Professor
Lab Website
Phone: (210) 458-7048
Email: doug.frantz@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Asymmetric catalysis
» Heterocyclic synthesis
» Medicinal chemistry
» Physical organic chemistry
» Process chemistry
John H. Frederick
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-7553
Email: john.frederick@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Chemical physics
Waldemar Gorski
Professor and Department Chair
Phone: (210) 458-4961
Email: waldemar.gorski@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Electrochemical enzyme assays
» Electrochemical (bio)sensors and modified electrodes
» Electrode films
Hyunsoo Han
Associate Professor
Phone: (210) 458-5456
Email: hyunsoo.han@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Asymmetric catalysis
» Organic synthesis
» Polymer and combinatorial chemistry
Donald M. Kurtz Jr.
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-7060
Email: donald.kurtz@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Bioinorganic chemistry
» Non-heme iron enzymes
Oleg V. Larionov
Professor
Lab Website
Phone: (210) 458-6050
Email: oleg.larionov@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Enantioselective catalysis
» Medicinal chemistry
» Synthesis of biologically active natural products
Aimin Liu
Professor
Lab Website
Phone: (210) 458-7062
Email: Feradical@utsa.edu | aimin.liu@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Cofactor biosynthesis
» Mechanistic enzymology
» Metabolism
» Oxygen activation
» Protein biochemistry
» Redox regulation
Ghezai T. Musie
Associate Professor and graduate advisor of record
Lab Website
Phone: (210) 458-5454
Email: ghezai.musie@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Bioinorganic chemistry
» Catalysis and materials
» Green chemistry
» Inorganic chemistry
George R. Negrete
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-5448
Email: george.negrete@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Asymmetric synthesis
» β-Homoamino acids
» Chemical carcinogenesis
» Green chemistry
» Novel lipopeptides
George Perry
Professor and Dean of College of Sciences
Email: george.perry@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Alzheimer’s disease
» Neurobiology
» Oxidative stress
Kirk Schanze
Professor
Lab Website
Phone: (210) 458-6813
Email: kirk.schanze@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Conjugated polymers
» Luminescence imaging
» Photochemistry and photophysics
» Photoresponsive materials
Zachary J. Tonzetich
Associate Professor
Lab Website
Phone: (210) 458-5465
Email: zachary.tonzetich@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Bioinorganic chemistry
» Catalysis
» Kinetics and mechanism of inorganic reactions
» Odd-electron organometallics
» Synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry
Francis K. Yoshimoto
Assistant Professor
Phone: (210) 458-5459
Email: francis.yoshimoto@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Enzyme mechanism
» Mass spectrometry
» Target-oriented synthesis
John C.-G. Zhao
Professor
Lab Website
Phone: (210) 458-5432
Email: cong.zhao@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Asymmetric synthesis and reactions
» Oxidation
» Phosphorus chemistry
» Small ring compound
Non-Tenure Track
Hector Aguilar
Lecturer III
Office: FLN 1.01.08C
Phone: (210) 458-5455
Email: hector.aguilar@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Chemical Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
» Induction of stem cell differentiation by small molecules
Hadi Arman
Lecturer II
Office: FLN 1.01.08D
Phone: (210) 458-5757
Email: hadi.arman@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Crystal engineering focusing on hydrogen and halogen bonding interactions
» Departmental x-ray crystallographer
Mark Davidson
Lecturer II
Office: MS 2.02.36A
Phone: (210) 458-8229
Email: mark.davidson@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Basic and General Chemistry
» Physical Chemistry Lab
Victoria Dougherty
Lecturer II and undergraduate advisor of record
Office: FLN 1.01.08A
Phone: (210) 458-5473
Email: victoria.dougherty@utsa.edu
Keegan Gold
Lecturer II
Office: BSE 1.104L
Phone: (210) 458-5774
Email: keegan.gold@utsa.edu
Stanton McHardy
Associate Professor of Research
Director, Center for Innovative Drug Discovery
Phone: (210) 458-8676
Email: stanton.mchardy@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Medicinal chemistry
» Small molecule drug discovery in cancer, infectious disease, and neuroscience areas
» Synthesis of natural products
» Synthetic methodology
Sarah Oerther
Lecturer II
Office: MS 2.02.36B
Phone: (210) 458-8230
Email: sarah.agudelo@utsa.edu
Raymond Sadeghi
Senior Lecturer
Phone: (210) 458-5747
Email: raymond.sadeghi@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Simulation of chemical reactions
» Simulation of photodissociation dynamics
» Theoretical chemistry
Susan Thomas
Senior Lecturer
Office: FLN 1.01.08B
Phone: (210) 458-7051
Email: susan.thomas@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Allied health sciences chemistry
» Basic and general chemistry
» Biophysical chemistry
Joint Appointments
Mahmoud Abdelwahed
Associate Professor
Office: AET 1.332, UTSA
Phone: (210) 458-7011
Email: mahmoud.abdelwahed@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Computational modeling of nanomaterials
» Development of new 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D smart functional materials
» Nanocatalysis and photocatalysis at a single particle and single-molecule resolution
» Renewable energy
» Spectroscopy and photophysics of nanomaterials
Paul F. Fitzpatrick
Professor
Office: 5.206.4 Allied Health Building, UTHSCSA
Phone: (210) 567-8264
Email: fitzpatrick@biochem.uthscsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Bioinorganic chemistry
» Bioorganic chemistry
» Enzymology
Carlos D. Garcia
Professor
Office: 219 Hunter Laboratories, Clemson
Phone: (864) 656-3065
Email: cdgarci@clemson.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Electrochemistry
» Interaction of proteins with nanomaterials
» Microfluidic devices and microfabrication
Professor Emeritus
Harry Wellington Jarett III
Professor Emeritus
Email: harry.jarrett@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Muscular Dystrophy and signal transduction
» Transcription factor purification
Judith A. Walmsley
Professor Emeritus
Email: judith.walmsley@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
» Biomolecular structure
» Inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry
» Nucleotide structures