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Welcome to the chemistry department at NC A&T State University. Our department is rapidly growing teaching and research centered with fifteen faculty and excellent instructional facilities. The chemistry majors at North Carolina A&T State University will study and live in an atmosphere that is highly conducive to learning. This is possible because the Department of Chemistry has a history of small class sizes for chemistry majors, and very good student-professor and student-student relationships.Our department prepares chemistry majors for entry in graduate or professional schools and for careers in teaching or in industry. All students served by the department gain insight into the nature of scientific investigations and the scientific enterprise in general. We also emphasizes outreach to the local and academic community as well as contributions to the extension of basic knowledge of chemistry and related sciences. The Department offers B.S. degree tracks in biochemistry, education, research, pre-health and professional chemistry. The undergraduate track in professional chemistry is certified by the American Chemical Society. Master’s degree programs are also offered in professional chemistry and chemistry education. Chemistry students also participate in the M.S. program in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) and in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program with Energy and Environmental Studies (EES). Establishment of M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Nano-science at the Joint School of Nano-science and Nano-Engineering (JSNN) is currently underway. The department is housed in a state-of-the-art facility. The two-year old science building contains smart classrooms for teaching and research. The classrooms are set up with workstations on their perimeter which allows for a student to make a smooth transition from pre-lab discussion to laboratory experimentation.In 2007-2008, the department’s undergraduate enrollment increased to 98, with 15 M.S. students in Chemistry and two interdisciplinary Ph.D. students from the EES program. Several scholarships and fellowships are available to support both graduate and undergraduate studies. The department is equipped with state of the art instruments and computational facilities for research and education.We look forward to continued growth as we embrace the atmosphere of collaboration and interdisciplinary research.

For more details about chemistry program, please visit, http://chemistry.ncat.edu

Faculty in Chemistry

Students in the Chemistry Department

Dr. William Adeniyi presented of a paper on "The Analysis of Trace Nickel at Iridium-Based Ultra microelectrode Arrays by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry at the 35th Annual Conference of the Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers in Philadelphia on March 20, 2008. Adeniyi was one of the judges at the Undergraduate Research Competition on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at the NOBCChE Conference, Philadelphia. Adeniyi attended the following workshops: The Chemistry of Leadership - March 16, 2008, Professional Skills Training for Minority Graduate Students and Postdocs – March 16 2008, Teachers Workshop: Achieving Science Through Education - March 18, 2008, Professional Development Workshop - March 19, 2008.
Dr. Jothi Kumar, Dr. Franks and Dr. Margaret Kanipes are recipients of

a funding award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund of $60,000.
Dr. Zerihun Assefa is the lead author of the following peer reviewed journal articles: “Intramolecular Energy transfer in a one dimensional Europium tetracyanoplatinate” Inorg. Chem., 47, 1895-1897 (2008). Undergraduate senior Kendra Whitehead is the co-author of this publication. “Hydrothermal synthesis, structural, Raman, and Luminescence studies of Cm[M(CN)2]3×3H2O and Pr[M(CN)2]3×3H2O (M = Ag, Au): 2. Hetero bimetallic coordination polymers consisting of both trans-uranium and transition metal elements.” J. Solid State Chem.181, 382, (2008). “Tri-2-furyl-phosphine oxide: an oxidation product of the weak Lewis base tri-2-furylphosphine” Acta Cryst. E63, o3510 (2007). Darkus Jenkins, a graduate student in chemistry, is the coauthor of this publication. “Hydrothermal synthesis, structural, Raman, and luminescence studies of Am[M(CN)2]3×3H2O and Nd[M(CN)2]3×3H2O (M = Ag, Au): The first hetero bimetallic coordination polymers consisting of both trans-uranium and transition metal elements” J. Solid State Chem. 180, 3121-3129 (2007). “Terbium(III) Tris[dicyanoargentate(I)] Trihydrate: a 4f-4d bimetallic coordination Polymer” Acta Cryst. E63, 162 (2007). Dr. Assefa’s proposal “Disruption of Metal-Metal Interactions and Extended Linear Chains by Organic Solvent Molecules,” has been funded by the American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, Award Amount: $50,000, August 2008 – August 2010. Dr. Assefa has given the following presentations: “Design of VOC sensor research at NCAT.” NOAA-ISET monthly student meeting. NCAT, March, 19, 2008. M. Mickens, A. Diouf, Z.Assefa, A. Kebede “Incorporation of Mineral Fluorescence Into a UV Sensor” 3rd National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC Sept 12-14, 2007. Chosen as finalist in poster competition. Z. Assefa, Invited “Coordination polymers of actinides and transition elements” 233rd ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007. Z. Assefa, “The design of luminescent sensors based on gold-gold interactions.”

NOAA-ISET Scholarship Recipients:

Kendra Whitehead
Amber Strother
Carlos Crawford
Debra Ragland
Ashley Bradley