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Congratulations May Graduates

The Department congratulates students who received their degrees at the May Commencement ceremony. PhD Hongda Cao, Electron-deficient Conjugated Materials Advisor: Dr. Paul Rupar Wen Chen, Investigation of Protein Dynamics in MshA from Corynebacterium Glutamicum, a Retaining GT-B Glycosyltransferase Advisor: Dr. Patrick Frantom Louis “Chip” Reisman, The Anionic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Imines Advisor: Dr. Paul Rupar MS Biniam Berhane Jessica Gray Victoria Norvell Zachary Simmons Kristina Terrani Skye Travis ACS-Certified BS Degree Colin Abbott, magna cum laude John Baier, magna cum […]

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Congratulations December Graduates

The Department congratulates students who received their degrees at the December Commencement ceremony. PhD Stephen “Joel” Cassidy, Electron-deficient Heterofluorene Conjugated Polymers and Small Molecules Advisor: Dr. Paul Rupar Nelly Kaneza, Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Studies of BODIPY Dyes and Nanostructured Electrodes for Solar Energy Harvesting and Conversion Advisor: Dr. Shanlin Pan Pierre Canisius Mbarushimana,  Anionic Polymerization of Activated Aziridines Advisor: Dr. Paul Rupar Nicholas White, Weak Intermolecular Interactions of Binding Probes and Analytical Tools Advisor: Dr. Marco Bonizzoni MS Matthew Confer […]

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Dr. Bradley Pierce to join faculty

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is pleased to welcome Dr. Bradley Pierce to the department as an associate professor of chemistry.  Dr. Pierce received his BS degree at Cal State Chico and his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University.  He was a post-doctoral associate at the University of Wisconsin before beginning his academic career at the University of Texas at Arlington.  He is currently an associate professor at UTA.  Dr. Pierce’s research focuses on the study of the mechanisms of […]

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