Chemistry

Master of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy

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Campus address: Neural Molecular Bioscience Building (NMS) 3.316, phone (512) 471-4538, campus mail code: A5300

Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Program in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, 100 East 24th Street A5300, NHB 1.512, Austin TX 78712-0165

E-mail: bhamblen@cm.utexas.edu

URL: http://www.cm.utexas.edu/

Facilities for Graduate Work

The Mallet Chemistry Library is the largest academic chemistry library in the country. In addition to extensive print collections in all areas of chemistry and chemical engineering, the library provides access to key database resources such as SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts), Reaxys, and Web of Science, as well as hundreds of electronic scientific journals and thousands of e-books. These resources are available through the University Libraries website.

The Department of Chemistry maintains suitably equipped and well-staffed shops for glassblowing, machine work, and electronics maintenance and design. There are service laboratories equipped for organic analysis and for work in spectrophotometry; spectropolarimetry; photoelectron, nuclear magnetic, and electron spin resonance; X-ray diffraction; and mass spectrometry. Other specialized equipment is available in various laboratories. The facilities of Information Technology Services are used in numerous research programs.

Areas of Study

Graduate study in chemistry is offered in the areas of chemical physics, analytical, inorganic, organic, or physical chemistry. Each of these broad areas encompasses specialized aspects of the subject. Details are available from the chair of the department’s Graduate Admissions Committee.

Graduate Studies Committee

The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring 2019 semester.

Eric V Anslyn Carlos R Baiz Allen J Bard J Thomas Brenna Jennifer S Brodbelt Alan Campion James R Chelikowsky Ananth Dodabalapur Ron Elber Andrew Ellington John B Goodenough Graeme Andrew Henkelman Kami Hull Simon M Humphrey Brent L Iverson Richard A Jones Adrian T Keatinge-Clay Benjamin Keith Keitz Michael J Krische

David A Laude Hung-Wen Liu Dmitrii E Makarov Stephen F Martin Delia Milliron Charles B Mullins Zachariah Allen Page Emily Que Sean Thomas Roberts Michael Rose Livia Schiavinato Eberlin Jonathan L Sessler Jason B Shear Greg O Sitz Devarajan Thirumalai David A Vandenbout Lauren J Webb Carlton G Willson

Admission Requirements

The preliminary training of students seeking a graduate degree in chemistry must include at least 24 semester hours of undergraduate work in chemistry, consisting of 12 or more semester hours of upper-division coursework and at least two courses (including laboratory) in organic chemistry and two in physical chemistry; one in analytical chemistry; and one in inorganic chemistry.