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

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Lubem Agbendeh
Major Professor: Dr. Sun 

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William Albritton
Major Professors: Dr. Monastyrski & Dr. Leahy

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Alissa Anderson
Major Professor: Dr. Spanopoulos

 

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Ernesto Arcia
Major Professors: Dr. Gelis & Dr. Leahy

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Aaron Astalos
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

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Ali Azmy
Major Professor: Dr. Spanpoulos

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Connoll Jno. Baptiste
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuck

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

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Sylvester Bobbie
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Sadia Noosrat Boshra
Major Professors: Dr. Cai & Dr. Majetschak

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Sean Bradley
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

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Gabriella Campagnola
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

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

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Caroline Crowder
Major Professor: Dr. Raker

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Ezequiel Cruz Rosa
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Yunpeng Cui
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Meagan Daigle

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

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Angeline Deda
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

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Julia DeMatteo
Major Professor: Dr. Larsen

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Dawson Dood
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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Haojie Dong
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Magdy Elolimy
Major Professor: Dr. Spanopoulos

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Eni Emmanuel
Major Professor: Dr. van der Vaart

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Mark Eschenfelder
Major Professor: Dr. Guida

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Robert Feeney
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

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Alexander Filosa
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Jarais Fontaine
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Bonnie Foust
Major Professor: Dr. Turos

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Stephanie Frost
Major Professor: Dr. Raker

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

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Debasmita Ghosh
Major Professors: Dr. Malik & Dr. John

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Keyla Gonzalez Ramirez
Major Professor: Dr. Ju

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Lauren Gray

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Negar Habibzadehyamcheloo
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

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Leeann Ho
Major Professor: Dr. Turos

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Tyler Holets
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler

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Briley Humphrey
Major Professors: Dr. Lawrence & Dr. Leahy

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Stephen Jackson
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

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Mojgan Jafaripirouz
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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 Nathaniel Johnson
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler

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Brianna Jones
Major Professor: Dr Evans-Nguyen

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Alexandra Keidel
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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Shelby Kell
Major Professor: Dr. Slavov

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

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Dianna Kim
Major Professor: Dr. S. Lewis

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Luke Lajmi
Major Professors: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan & Dr. Guida

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Michael Lamptey
Major Professor: Dr. Monastyrskyi

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Sihao Li
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Heng Liu
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Dexin Liu
Major Professor: Dr. Liu

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Emma Ma
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen 

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

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Mentalla Mahmoud
Major Professor: dr. Cai

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Ipsita Maji
Major Professor: Dr. Liu

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Manjeet
Major Professor: Dr. Slavov

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Qaisar Maqbool
Major Professor: Dr. Larsen

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Alexander Mariscal
Major Professor: Dr. Liu

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Mafuza Marzan
Major Professors: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan & Dr. Malik

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

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Ritu Vrjender Mathuri
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Imani Mccalla
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler

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Katarzyna Mizgalska
Major Professor: Dr. Guida

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Marcus Mommer
Major Professor: Dr. Bisht

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Cameron Murray
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

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Kamal Nassar
Major Professor: Dr. Spanopoulos

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Hafiza Nawaz
Major Professor: Dr. Slavov

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Pallavi Nayyar
Major Professor: Dr. S. Lewis

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Isaiah Nelsen
Major Professor: Dr. S. Lewis

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Abrun Nereim
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

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Timothy Odom
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Nuzhat Oishee
Major Professors: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan & Dr. Cai

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Abagail Olatunji
Major Professors: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan & Dr. Cai

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Stine Olsen 
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Jun Ou
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Cong Pan 
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Rajesh Paudel
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

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

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Rose Pittman
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

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Luka Planinc
Major Professor: Dr. Ji

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Shreejana Rimal
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan

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Chloe Kendall Robinson
Major Professor: Dr. S. Lewis

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Komal Rohilla
Major Professor: Dr. Ju

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Alexandra Saputo
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk

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Nathaniel Schmidt
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Delaney Sellers
Major Professor: Dr. Larsen

 

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Michaela Senn
Major Professor: Dr. Larsen

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Kujan Shah
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

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


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Mina Sharabiani
Major Professor: Dr. Spanopoulos

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Ning Shen
Major Professor: Dr. Cao & Dr. Cai

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Abiral Shourav
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan


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Cheyenne Sircher
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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Benjamin Smith
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Gabriela Suarez
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler  

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Neelam Tariq
Major Professor: Dr. Spannopoulos

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Ashton Taylor
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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Colette Taylor
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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Odesha Taylor
Major Professor: Dr. Ji

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Grazielly Teodoro
Major Professor: Dr. Ji

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Harriet Thompson
Major Professor: Dr. Ji


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Aaron Todman
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan

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AnneMarie VanderSchouw
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Yafeng Wang
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Chloe Ward
Major Professor: Dr. Turos

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Luke Warrensford 
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock

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Jennifer Williams
Major Professor: Dr. Baker

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Yuyu Win
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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Brielle Wolfe
Major Professor: Dr. Larsen

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Qingyu Xing
Major Professor: Dr. Shi

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Shirley Xu
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen

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Chengkai Xu
Major Professor: Dr. Shi

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Jeanine Yacoub
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy

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Haiqiang Yang
Major Professor: Dr. Cao & Bisht

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Guang Yang
Major Professor: Dr. Ming

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Haohui Ye
Major Professor: Dr. Cai

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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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Kendall Zammit
Major Professor: Dr. Raker

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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