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ABOUT
The Department of Chemistry at Georgia State University is a growing program offering the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. We have a very dynamic faculty conducting cutting edge research at the interface of chemistry and biology. Such research activities are funded by prestigious national agencies such as the NIH, NSF, American Heart Association, etc. Many of our faculty are highly regarded leading experts in their own field; and serve on panels and study sections at agencies such as the NIH and NSF, on the editorial board of various journals, and as officers in various professional societies such as the American Chemical Society. The Department has two Regents' Professors, Drs. Dave Boykin and David Wilson, one Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, Dr. Binghe Wang, and seven Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scientists, Drs. Irene Weber, Markus Germann, Binghe Wang, Zhen Huang, Yujun George Zheng, Donald Hammelberg, and Aimin Liu. The Department is also home to the editorial offices of one book series entitled "A Wiley Series in Drug Discovery and Development," and two journals, Heterocyclic Communications and Medicinal Research Reviews. The latter journal was ranked #1 in Impact Factors (7.78) last year among 36 medicinal chemistry journals and #3 among 185 pharmacy- and pharmacology-related journals.
The Chemistry Department also boasts top-rated facilities in support of our research and teaching efforts, which include 6 high-field NMRs, 6 mass spectrometers including LC-MS, GC-MS, electrospray and MALDI MS, and high-resolution capability, two Biacores, a laser lab, and a combinatorial chemistry facility. Routine instruments include fluorometer, ICT, UV/vis, IR including total reflection IR, CE, HPLC, fluorescent microscope, etc. Instrumentation shared with the Biology Department includes environmental rooms as well as a centralized DNA and peptide synthesis and analysis facilities
Our high-quality faculty is devoted to teaching and working with both undergraduate and graduate students. Currently more than 400 undergraduate Chemistry majors are enrolled. More than 120 graduate students are expected Fall 2009 with 80 pursuing the doctoral degree. 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. A limited number of fellowships including the Ambrose Pendergrast Fellowship, the David Withers Boykin Graduate Fellowship in Medicinal Chemistry and the Solvay Fellowship are awarded by the Department to outstanding Ph.D. students. In addition, approximately 10 graduate assistantships at $22,000 are offered in MBD (molecular basis of disease) and BB (brains and behavior) areas.