Department of Chemistry

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

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FULL MEMBERS

WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Associate Professor, PhD (2009), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [2028]

ABBY PARRILL-BAKER, Professor, PhD (1996), The University of Arizona [2025]

TIMOTHY BREWSTER, Associate Professor, PhD (2012), Yale University [2029]

THEODORE J. BURKEY, Professor, PhD (1982), University of California, San Diego [2025]

QIANYI CHENG, Assistant Professor, PhD (2011), University of Georgia [2029]

NATHAN DEYONKER, Research Scientist, PhD (2005) The University of Georgia [2028]

GARY L. EMMERT, Professor, PhD (1999), Miami University [2026]

TOMOKO FUJIWARA, Associate Professor, PhD (2001), Kyoto [Japan] Institute of Technology [2026]

HENRY A. KURTZ, Professor, PhD (1997) University of Florida [2025]

XUAN ZHAO, Professor, PhD (2002), Texas A&M University [2029]

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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

MICHAEL A. BROWN, PhD (2008) The University of Memphis 

CHARLES GARNER, Associate Professor, PhD (1986), University of Colorado, Boulder

XIAOHUA HUANG, Professor, PhD (2006), Georgia Institute of Technology

JERMAINE O'BRYAN JOHNSON, PhD (2015), The University of Memphis

DANIEL NASCIMENTO, Assistant Professor, PhD (2027), Florida State University

TANEI RICKS, Assistant Professor, PhD (2017), University of Tennessee, Knoxville

PAUL SIMONE, Professor, PhD (2008), The University of Memphis

YONGMEI WANG, Professor, PhD (1990), Notre Dame University 

 

 

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EXTERNAL MEMBERS

MARCO FIORONI, PhD (2001), University of Leipzig, Germany [2025]

WILLIAM T. ECKENHOFF, PhD (2010) Duquesne [2028]

 

NOTE: Expiration date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets for Full and External only.