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 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.
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.
- Biomolecular Transformations and Analysis
- Drug Discovery
- Chemical Education
- Computation and Modeling
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Molecular Catalysis
- Porous Materials, and Polymers Chemistry
- 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
William Albritton
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Shi
Aaron Astalos
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy
Ali Azmy
Major Professor: Dr. Spanpoulos
Suzeeta Bhandari
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler
Grace Binder
Major Professors: Dr. Guida & Dr. Daniel
Sylvester Bobbie
Major Professor: Dr. Baker
Sadia Noosrat Boshra
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan & Dr. Guida
Sean Bradley
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy
Sloan Breedy
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan
Brandi Cook
Major Professor: Dr. Guida & Dr. Thomas
Ezequiel Cruz Rosa
Major Professor: Dr. Baker
Yunpeng Cui
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Guy Dayhoff
Major Professors: Dr. Guida & Dr. Uversky
Julia DeMatteo
Major Professor: Dr. Larsen
Dhanya Dhananjayan
Major Professor: Dr. Gelis
Sarah Dietrick
Major Professor: Dr. Baker
Dawson Dood
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen
Eni Emmanuel
Major Professor: Dr. van der Vaart
Ayesha Farheen
Major Professor: Dr. S. Lewis
Robert Feeney
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy
Stephanie Feola
Major Professor: Dr. J. Lewis
Alexander Filosa
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Stephanie Frost
Major Professor: Dr. Raker
Christine Gambino
Major Professors: Dr. Guida & Dr. Daniel
Ruixan Gao
Major Professor: Dr.Cai
Nathan Grimes
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen
Meng Gu
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Tyler Holets
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler
Briley Humphrey
Major Professor: Dr. Lawrence
Stephen Jackson
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock
Nathaniel Johnson
Major Professor: TBD
Brianna Jones
Major Professor: Dr Liu
Alexandra Keidel
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen
Shelby Kell
Major Professor: Dr. Ji & Dr. Leahy
Khandker Khalid
Major Professors: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan & Dr. Guida
Sandra Khalife
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen
Anna Kharitonova
Major Professor: Dr. Patel & Dr. Guida
Dianna Kim
Major Professor: Dr. S. Lewis
Luke Lajmi
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan
William Lawless
Major Professor: Dr. Guida
Grant Lawerence
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy
Sihao Li
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Xuming Li
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Zilu Li
Major Professor: Dr. Ji & Dr. Shi
Heng Liu
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Mengjia Liu
Major Professor: Dr. Shi
Zachary Magnuson
Major Professor: Dr. Ma & Dr. Larsen
Vishala Maharaj
Major Professors: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Shi
Mentalla Mahmoud
Major Professor:
Sean Mann
Major Professor: Dr. J. Lewis
Qaisar Maqbool
Major Professor: Dr. van der Vaart
Jessica Martin
Major Professor: Dr. Philippidis & Dr. Larsen
Mafuza Marzan
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan & Dr. Guida
Angelie Matar
Major Professor: Dr. Lawrence & Dr. Leahy
Jacob McAlpin
Major Professor: Dr. J. Lewis
Imani Mccalla
Major Professor:
Sefat Munjerin
Major Professor:
Cameron Murray
Major Professor: James Leahy
Abrun Nereim
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock
Jamie Nunziata
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy
Timothy Odom
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Stine Olsen
Major Professor: Dr. Baker
Paul Orndorff
Major Professor: Dr. van der Vaart
Cong Pan
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Kyle Pedretty
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk
Sang Phan
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Leahy
Rose Pittman
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock
Luka Planinc
Major Professor: Dr. Ji
Taylor Rodman
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock
Mohammad Sakib
Major Professor: Dr. Turos
Alexandra Saputo
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk
Nathaniel Schmidt
Major Professor: Dr. Baker
Chuan Shan
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Cai
Cheyenne Sircher
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen
Benjamin Smith
Major Professor: Dr. Baker
Gabriela Suarez
Major Professor: Dr. Merkler
Stephanie Suarez
Major Professor: Dr. Baker
Dina Swanson
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen
Qi Tang
Major Professor: Dr. Shi
Ashton Taylor
Major Professor: Dr. Evans-Nguyen
Odesha Taylor
Major Professor: Dr. Ji
Shun Teng
Major Professor: Dr. Lopchuk
Khalila Tillett
Major Professors: Dr. Lopchuk & Dr. Leahy
Katrinah Tirado
Major Professor: Dr. Turos
Aaron Todman
Major Professor: Dr. Acevedo-Duncan
AnneMarie VanderSchouw
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Chenhuan Wang
Major Professor: Dr. Shi
Lei Wang
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Yafeng Wang
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Luke Warrensford
Major Professor: Dr. Woodcock
Jingwen Wei
Major Professro: Dr. Shi
Joshua Welsch
Major Professor: Dr. Baker
Yuyu Win
Major Professor:
Brielle Wolfe
Major Professor: Dr. Larsen
Qingyu Xing
Major Professor: Dr. Shi
Chengkai Xu
Major Professor: Dr. Shi
Menglin Xue
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Songyi Xue
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Jeanine Yacoub
Major Professor: Dr. Leahy
Yu Yan
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Guang Yang
Major Professor: Dr. Ming
Brandon Yik
Major Professor: Dr. Raker
J.D. Young
Major Professor: Scott Lewis
Huaxuan Yu
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Shuyao Zhang
Major Professor: Dr. Shi
Zhanpeng Zhang
Major Professor: Dr. Cai
Haohan Zhao
Major Professor: Dr. Shi
