Welcome to Chemistry
Welcome to the Department of Chemistry at Georgia State University. We are a growing program offering Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Chemistry. Our high-quality faculty is devoted to teaching and working with both undergraduate and graduate students. Currently nearly 400 undergraduate Chemistry majors are enrolled. More than 110 graduate students are enrolled annually with an anticipated 80 pursuing the doctoral degree in Fall 2009. A number of undergraduate and M.S. graduate students work full-time while going to school. To accommodate these working students, the Department offers all its courses on an evening basis at least one time per year. Teaching and research assistantships are available to qualified graduate students.
Department News
Poster Day 2010
The Department will hold the Second Annual Poster Day on February 27, 2010. This will be an excellent opportunity for Fall 2010 prospective students to visit our department, interview with faculty, tour labs, and see the various and exciting research projects of our graduate and undergraduate students. Prospective students interested in attending should submit their application by the Priority Deadline of January 15, 2010 for consideration. Please click here for more information.
MS Program Ranked 12th Nationally
Good news! According to the official Journal of the American Chemical Society (C&E News, page 40, November 23rd edition), Georgia State University Chemistry ranked 12th in the nation (out of 200 programs!) in MS degree production for 2007-2008. Thus, we are continuing to increase our ranking in the MS program!
Of the 48 MS Chemistry degrees awared in Georgia over the 2007-2008 academic year, 22 were awaded by GSU - That's 46% of all MS Chemistry degrees awarded in Georgia. By contract, Georgia Tech awarded 15%, Emory 6% and UGA 5%.
We normally are the top producer of MS Chemistry degrees in Georgia with most of our graduates finding jobs in the metro area.
NSF Career Award
It is our great pleasure to announce that Professor Donald Hamelberg has received an NSF Career award, which comes with five years of funding. Dr. Hamelberg joins Professor Giovanni Gadda and Professor Kathy Grant as other members of our Department who have received this award. This is an excellent endorsement of Dr. Hamelbergs hard work, and it also confirms the continued increase in national exposure of our program.
Professor Binghe Wang
Dr. Wang had a very impressive year in 2009 as a serial editor and co-editor and with five books being published:
1) Evaluation of Drug Candidates for Preclinical Development: Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism, Pharmaceutics, and Toxicology in Wiley Series in Drug Discovery and Development, Editors: Han, C.; David, C.; Wang, B., Series Editor: B. Wang, John Wiley and Sons, 2010 (http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470044918.html)
2) ABC Transporters and Multidrug Resistance in Wiley Series in Drug Discovery and Development, Editors: Boumendjel, A.; Boutonnat, J. and Robert, J., Series Editor: B. Wang, John Wiley and Sons, 2009.
3) Kinase Inhibitors for Oncology in Wiley Series in Drug Discovery and Development, Editors: Rongshi Li and Jeffrey A. Stafford, Series Editor: B. Wang, John Wiley and Sons, 2009.
4) Drug Design of Zinc-Enzyme Inhibitors: Functional, Structural and Disease Applications in Wiley Series in Drug Discovery and Development, Editors: Claudiu T. Supuran and Jean-Yves Winum, Series Editor: B. Wang, John Wiley and Sons, 2009.
5) Carbohydrate-Based Vaccines in Wiley Series in Drug Discovery and Development, Editors: Guo, Z. and Boons, G.-J., Series Editor: B. Wang, John Wiley and Sons, 2009. (http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-380280.html)
This really increases the departmental visibility and highlights the achievements in drug discovery. Please join me in offering congratulations!
Chair-Elect ACS Georgia Section
We are pleased to report that Visiting Lecturer Lou Milakofsky has been elected Chair Elect of the Georgia ACS Section beginning in January 2010. Dr. Milakofsky will serve as Chair of the section starting in January 2011. Please join us us un offering him congratulations on this honor.
PhD Production 2007-2008
Georgia State University produced 10 of the 71 PhD's awarded in Chemistry in Georgia for 2007-2008. Georgia Tech, UGA, and Emory gradauted the remaining PhD's. With our recent increases in PhD graduate student numbers, expectations are to graduate ~15 / year on a continuing basis.
Special Issue of Oxidative Enzymes
Great news! The first issue for the 2010 Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Volume 493, Issue 1) entitled "Oxidative Enzymes" will have Professor Giovanni Gadda as the guest editor. The special issue contacins the Guest Editors's Introduction by Prof. Gadda and ten review articles by prominent scientists on various aspects of exidative enzymes. Miore details can be found here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00039861.
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