Graduate

Current Graduate Students

Appointments & Calendars

In planning for you program of study, and for questions not answered on our website, we encourage you to seek the help of our departmental academic staff.

  • Appointments can be made through chmgrad@usf.edu.
  • Please include in your email a brief description of the meeting with different times you are available. This explanation helps us schedule the best time as well as prepare for your meeting. 

Below, is a link to calendar (Coming Soon) we have created that will show the different meetings, deadlines, and events happening this month. Please make sure to review it carefully. 

Graduate Calendar

Student Forms

Graduate Handbook

Welcome to the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Florida's Department of Chemistry. We congratulate you for being admitted to our graduate degrees program, and are thrilled that you have chosen to pursue your advanced studies in Chemistry at USF. We hope that your time here will be enjoyable and productive as you advance toward your career goals. This handbook is intended to acquaint you with the Chemistry graduate program. We ask that you familiarize yourself with the information and to use it as a handy reference as you matriculate towards your degree.

Graduate Handbook

The Department of Chemistry is dedicated to developing globally competitive students in academia and industry with expertise in a wide variety of interdisciplinary research disciplines.

Research Disciplines

  • Biomolecular Transformations and Analysis
  • Drug Discovery
  • Chemical Education
  • Computation and Modeling
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Molecular Catalysis
  • Porous Materials, and Polymers Chemistry

Opportunities For Graduate Study

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chemical Education
  • Computer Modeling and Computational Chemistry
  • Drug Discovery and Delivery
  • Bioorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
  • Biophysical Chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Enzymology
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Marine Chemistry
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Metal-Organic Framework Chemistry
  • Nanomaterials
  • Natural Products
  • Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Organocatalysis
  • Photochemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Polymers
  • Spectroscopy
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

lubem

Lubem Agbendeh
Major Professor: Dr. Sun 

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William Albritton
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Shi

aaron

Aaron Astalos
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy


azmy

Ali Azmy
Major Professor: Dr. Spanpoulos

suzeeta

Suzeeta Bhandari
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler

grace

Grace Binder
Major Professors: Dr. Guida & Dr. Daniel

unkown

Sylvester Bobbie
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

sadia

Sadia Noosrat Boshra
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan & Dr. Guida

sean

Sean Bradley
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

breedy

Sloan Breedy
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan

randi

Brandi Cook
Major Professor: Dr. Guida & Dr. Thomas

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Ezequiel Cruz Rosa
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

cui

Yunpeng Cui
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

guy

Guy Dayhoff
Major Professors: Dr. Guida & Dr. Uversky

julia

Angeline Deda
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

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Julia DeMatteo
Major Professor: Dr. Larsen

sarah

Sarah Dietrick
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Dawson Dood
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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Eni Emmanuel
Major Professor: Dr. van der Vaart

farheen

Ayesha Farheen
Major Professor: Dr. S. Lewis

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Robert Feeney
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

alexander

Alexander Filosa
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

unknwon

Stephanie Frost
Major Professor: Dr. Raker

Gambino

Christine Gambino
Major Professors: Dr. Guida & Dr. Daniel

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Ruixan Gao
Major Professor: Dr.Cai

debasmita ghosh

Debasmita Ghosh

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 Tyler Holets
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler

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Briley Humphrey
Major Professor: Dr. Lawrence

stephen

Stephen Jackson
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

johnson

 Nathaniel Johnson
Major Professor: TBD

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Brianna Jones
Major Professor: Dr Liu

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Alexandra Keidel
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

kell

Shelby Kell
Major Professor: Dr. Ji & Dr. Leahy

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Anna Kharitonova
Major Professor: Dr. Patel & Dr. Guida

kim

Dianna Kim
Major Professor: Dr. S. Lewis

lajmi

Luke Lajmi
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan

william

William Lawless
Major Professor: Dr. Guida

sihao

Sihao Li
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

zilu

Zilu Li
Major Professor: Dr. Ji & Dr. Shi

dexin liu

Dexin Liu
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

heng

Heng Liu
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

magnuson

Zachary Magnuson
Major Professor: Dr. Ma & Dr. Larsen

vishala

Vishala Maharaj
Major Professors: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Shi 

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Mentalla Mahmoud
Major Professor: 

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Sean Mann
Major Professor: Dr. J. Lewis

qaisar

Qaisar Maqbool
Major Professor: Dr. van der Vaart

jessica

Jessica Martin
Major Professor: Dr. Philippidis & Dr. Larsen

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Mafuza Marzan
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan & Dr. Guida

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Angelie Matar
Major Professor: Dr. Lawrence & Dr. Leahy

mcalpin

Jacob McAlpin
Major Professor: Dr. J. Lewis

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Imani Mccalla
Major Professor: 

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Sefat Munjerin
Major Professor:

murray

Cameron Murray
Major Professor: James Leahy

abrun

Abrun Nereim
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

odom

 Timothy Odom
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

stine

Stine Olsen
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

paul

Paul Orndorff
Major Professor: Dr. van der Vaart

pan

Cong Pan 
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

kyle

Kyle Pedretty
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk

unknwon

Sang Phan 
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Leahy

rose

Rose Pittman
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

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Luka Planinc
Major Professor: Dr. Ji

chloe robinson

Chloe Kendall Robinson
Major Professor: Scott Lewis

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Shreejana Rimal 

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Taylor Rodman
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

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Mohammad Sakib
Major Professor: Dr. Turos 

 

Alexandra Saputo
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk

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Nathaniel Schmidt
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Chuan Shan 
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Cai

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Cheyenne Sircher
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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Benjamin Smith
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

gabriella

Gabriela Suarez
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler  

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Stephanie Suarez
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Ashton Taylor
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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Odesha Taylor
Major Professor: Dr. Ji

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Khalila Tillett
Major Professors: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Leahy

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Aaron Todman
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan

1

AnneMarie VanderSchouw
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

wang

Chenhuan Wang
Major Professor: Dr. Shi

Wang

Lei Wang
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

1

Yafeng Wang
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

luke

 Luke Warrensford 
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

welsch

Joshua Welsch
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Yuyu Win
Major Professor:

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Brielle Wolfe
Major Professor: Dr. Larsen

xing

Qingyu Xing
Major Professor: Dr. Shi

1

Chengkai Xu
Major Professor: Dr. Shi

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Songyi Xue
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Jeanine Yacoub
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

1

Yu Yan
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Guang Yang
Major Professor: Dr. Ming

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Haohui Ye
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Brandon Yik
Major Professor: Dr. Raker

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J.D. Young
Major Professor: Scott Lewis

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Huaxuan Yu
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Shuyao Zhang
Major Professor: Dr. Shi

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 Zhanpeng Zhang
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Haohan Zhao
Major Professor: Dr. Shi

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Xue Zhao
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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