Southwestern

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Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

Faculty

  • Nikos Bentenitis

    Assistant Professor of Chemistry
    (512) 863-1876
    Fondren-Jones 340
    email
    Specialty: Physical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Molecular Modeling, Thermodynamics

  • Kerry Bruns

    Professor of Chemistry
    (512) 863-1628
    Fondren-Jones 316
    email
    Specialty: Protein chemistry, enzymology, peptide synthesis, and study of signal transduction in cellular proliferation and differentiation

  • James Camp

    n/a
    (512) 863-1831
    Fondren-Jones 312
    email

  • Richa Chandra

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
    (512) 863-1451
    Fondren-Jones 415
    email

  • Maha Zewail Foote

    Associate Professor of Chemistry
    (512) 863-1626
    Fondren-Jones 317
    email
    Specialty: Chemistry of drug-DNA interactions,Photoinduced DNA damage

  • Frank Guziec

    Professor of Chemistry
    (512) 863-1503
    Fondren-Jones 314
    email
    Specialty: Synthetic organic chemistry and the design and preparation of novel anti-cancer agents

  • Lynn Guziec

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of NIH Grant
    (512) 863-1285
    Fondren-Jones 415
    email
    Specialty: Synthetic Organic Chemistry. The Design and Preparation of Anti-cancer compounds

  • Jingwen Ma

    Chemistry Stockroom Manager / Lab Technician
    (512) 863-1753
    Fondren-Jones 348
    email

  • Emily Niemeyer

    Professor of Chemistry
    (512) 863-1721
    Fondren-Jones 315
    email

  • Gulnar Rawji

    Associate Professor of Chemistry
    (512) 863-1629
    Fondren-Jones 341
    email
    Specialty: Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry.

  • Willis Weigand

    Director of General Chemistry Labs with rank of Assoc Prof
    (512) 863-1973
    Fondren-Jones 318
    email
    Specialty: Dr. Weigand's research is primarily focused on the chemistry of copper,cobalt and some of the main group elements. He has extensive experience in cement and concrete chemistry and the additives used in those products. Other experience includes reuse and recycling of waste materials and intellectual property issues.