Department of Chemistry USF At a Glance Founded

Department of Chemistry

USF At a Glance Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Founded in 1956 The 9 th largest university in US (>45, 000 students) Tampa is at heart of one of the fastest growing areas of US (catchment population = 3, 900, 000) More than 1, 660 faculty 1 of only 3 state universities in Florida with Carnegie Research I status $320, 000/year in research funding (#2 in Florida) Member of the Florida High Tech Corridor Medical school, #1 Cancer Institute in Florida (Moffitt Cancer Center), #1 Alzheimer’s Institute in Florida Big East Conference

The Department of Chemistry Ø 28 tenured and tenure track faculty 2009 -2010 Ø 4 new faculty 2009 -2010 and 1 new faculty 10/11 Ø 130 graduate students in 2009/2010 Ø 19 new research faculty since 1999 Ø More than $4 million/year in external funding Ø Typically top 10 in US in number of undergraduate degrees Ø Many opportunities for cross-disciplinary research Ø New NES building and remodeled Chemistry building in 2006 ØInterdisciplinary NMR facility and Mass Spectrometry/Peptide Synthesis facility

Areas of Interdisciplinary Research in the Department of Chemistry Ø Drug discovery – CMD 5 Center for Molecular Diversity in Drug Design, Discovery and Delivery Ø Materials Chemistry – SMMARTT Smart Metal-organic Materials Advanced Research and Technology Transfer Ø Chemical/Science Education Coalition for Scientific Literacy

The Chemistry Department

USF Campus in Tampa

The Campus Map for the Sciences

The Campus: Chemistry Natural and Environmental Science Bioscience Facility Science Center Chemistry

The Tampa Bay Area

The Tampa Bay Area

For More Information Please visit our website Ø http: //chemistry. usf. edu or contact Dr. Patricia Muisener muisener@usf. edu