Teaching & Education
at a minority serving university with 80% Hispanic students from historically underrepresented groups

Spring 2019 27860 CHEM 5329 - Contem Topics Organic Chemistr
Spring 2019 27861 CHEM 6329 - Contemp Topics in Organic Chem
Spring 2019 21939 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Spring 2019 21961 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Spring 2019 22436 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2019 20703 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2019 22441 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
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Spring 2019 21801 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2019 27742 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2019 21989 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2019 26078 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2019 20724 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2019 20714 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Spring 2019 20715 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Spring 2019 29060 RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research
Fall 2018 13151 CHEM 4328 - Advanced Topics Organic Chem
Fall 2018 11878 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Fall 2018 15756 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Fall 2018 15757 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Fall 2018 16215 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Fall 2018 15750 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2018 15751 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
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Fall 2018 17920 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2018 13243 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
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Fall 2018 15748 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Fall 2018 15749 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Fall 2018 15606 CHEM 2125 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2325 Link
Fall 2018 15607 CHEM 2125 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2325
Fall 2018 15752 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Fall 2018 15753 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Fall 2018 14927 RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research
Summer 2018 31117 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Summer 2018 34001 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2018 30541 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2018 31134 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2018 31019 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2018 31419 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Summer 2018 32282 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Summer 2018 30365 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Summer 2018 30379 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Summer 2018 33562 RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research
Spring 2018 22095 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Spring 2018 22117 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Spring 2018 22615 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2018 20733 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2018 22620 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
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Spring 2018 22145 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2018 26701 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2018 20754 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2018 23519 CHEM 2125 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2325
Spring 2018 29029 CHEM 2125 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2325
Spring 2018 22553 CHEM 2322 - Organic Chemistry II Link
Spring 2018 20744 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Spring 2018 20745 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Fall 2017 11968 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Fall 2017 16290 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Fall 2017 16291 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Fall 2017 16941 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Fall 2017 16284 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2017 16285 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2017 16288 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2017 19564 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2017 13445 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2017 16289 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2017 16282 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Fall 2017 16283 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Fall 2017 12102 CHEM 2124 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2324 Link
Fall 2017 12103 CHEM 2124 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2324 Link
Fall 2017 13359 CHEM 2124 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2324 Link
Fall 2017 13360 CHEM 2124 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2324 Link
Fall 2017 12689 CHEM 2321 - Organic Chemistry I Link
Fall 2017 16286 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Fall 2017 16287 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Summer 2017 31144 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Summer 2017 34300 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2017 30542 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2017 31161 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2017 31041 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2017 31485 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Summer 2017 32423 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Summer 2017 30365 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Summer 2017 30379 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Spring 2017 22174 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Spring 2017 22196 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Spring 2017 22720 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2017 20741 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2017 22726 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2017 23889 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2017 22008 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2017 22226 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2017 27586 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2017 20762 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research Link
Spring 2017 22657 CHEM 2322 - Organic Chemistry II Link
Spring 2017 20752 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Spring 2017 20753 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Fall 2016 12203 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Fall 2016 17208 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Fall 2016 17209 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Fall 2016 18264 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Fall 2016 17202 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2016 17203 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2016 17206 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2016 13840 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2016 17207 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2016 17200 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Fall 2016 17201 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Fall 2016 13007 CHEM 2321 - Organic Chemistry I
Fall 2016 17204 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Fall 2016 17205 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Summer 2016 31175 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Summer 2016 34775 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2016 30546 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2016 31192 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2016 31067 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Summer 2016 31547 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Summer 2016 32546 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Summer 2016 30367 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Summer 2016 30381 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Spring 2016 22328 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Spring 2016 22350 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Spring 2016 22928 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2016 20767 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2016 22934 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2016 24255 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2016 22155 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Spring 2016 22384 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2016 29121 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2016 20788 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Spring 2016 22564 CHEM 2125 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2325  
Spring 2016 22565 CHEM 2125 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2325  
Spring 2016 22613 CHEM 2125 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2325  
Spring 2016 23158 CHEM 2125 - Lab for Organic Chemistry 2325  
Spring 2016 20778 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Spring 2016 20779 CHEM 5399 - Thesis
Fall 2015 18631 CHEM 6398 - Dissertation
Fall 2015 18632 CHEM 6399 - Dissertation
Fall 2015 18623 CHEM 5196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2015 18624 CHEM 5396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2015 18628 CHEM 6196 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2015 18630 CHEM 6396 - Graduate Research in Chemistry
Fall 2015 12946 CHEM 5195 - Graduate Seminar
Fall 2015 12351 CHEM 6195 - Graduate Seminar  
Fall 2015 18621 CHEM 4176 - Introduction to Research
Fall 2015 18622 CHEM 4376 - Introduction to Research
Fall 2015 18625 CHEM 5398 - Thesis
Fall 2015 18626 CHEM 5399 - Thesis

Community Outreach & Engagement
at the great Paso Del Notre and the borders of US-Mexico and Texas-New Mexico

▪ One-on-One Dialogue on STEM Research & Career: using PI's diverse industrial and academic experiences to inspire undergraduate students at UTEP and El Paso Community College (over 30 students so far) to consider their potentials in pursing advanced degrees and career paths in chemistry and other STEM fields.

▪ Science Open House & Demonstration: organizing educational lab tour and demonstration for local middle school and high school students. We perform a series of fun experimental demos, including “how heavy is your hair”, “rotary evaporator the magician”, “colder than ice cold - salty ice and dry ice”, “the computer game of a protein”, etc. These laboratory demonstration and interactions have greatly aroused the interests and passions of the younger generation of future scientists.

▪ Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series: bringing renowned academics to introduce their top-notch research. The seminars have been open to not only students and faculty at UTEP but also those at the Border Biomedical Research Center, El Paso Community College, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Medical Center of the Americas and New Mexico State University

March 27, 2020 (scheduled)  

Dr. John L. Wood, FRSC
Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor
Cancer Prevention Research Institute Scholar Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Baylor University

"Recent Efforts in the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products"
September 20, 2019  

Dr. Binghe Wang
Regents’ Professor of Chemistry
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar Director, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University

"Defying Conventional Wisdom: Developing Carbon Monoxide as a Therapeutic Agent"
October 19, 2018  

Dr. Alexander Statsyuk
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Department of Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
University of Houston

"Technologies for the Ubiquitin System: Enzyme Inhibitors and Protein Degraders"

 
October 12, 2018  

Dr. Aimin Liu
Professor
Lutcher Brown Distinguished Chair in Biochemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Texas at San Antonio

"Enzyme Mediated C-C Bond Formation"

 



 
October 27, 2017  

Dr. Jin Wang
Associate Professor and CPRIT Scholar
Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology Baylor College of Medicine

"Bridging Chemistry and Biology for New Classes of Imaging Probes and Therapeutic Drugs"



 

 
September 15, 2017  

Dr. Kent S. Gates
Schlundt Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Missouri

"Chemical Events Underlying the Wrecking and Repair of Cellular DNA: Interstrand Cross-links Derived from Abasic Sites in Duplex DNA"

 
April 14, 2017  

Dr. Hien M. Nguyen
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Iowa

(Now: Carl Johnson/Pfizer Professor of Organic Chemistry, Wayne State University)

"New Approaches to 1,2-cis-2-Aminosugars and Well-Defined Heparan Sulfate Neo-Glycopolymers as Heparanase Inhibitors for Cancer Applications"

- New seminar series will feature speakers from chemical, biomedical & pharmaceutical R&D Industry