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Dr. Tania Betancourt is originally from Bogota, Colombia. She obtained her B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University in 2002, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2005 and 2008, respectively. Dr. Betancourt is a Professor...

Bill Brittain holds a PhD in chemistry from Caltech. The sequence of positions he has held since postdoctoral work at Duke include: DuPont Central Research, University of Akron Polymer Science Department, Vice President Research at Bausch & Lomb, Program Officer at National Science Foundation and my...

Wenting Cai obtained her Ph.D. from Huazhong University of Science and Techonology (HUST) in 2015. During her doctoral studies, she was a visiting Ph.D. candidate at Tsukuba University in Japan from 2012 to 2013. After completing her Ph.D., she worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Luis Echegoyen...

Dr. Wendi David obtained a B.S. in Chemistry in 1992 from Texas State University (then known as Southwest Texas State University), followed by a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin. Post-doctoral work with Analytical Chemist Dr. Jennifer Brodbelt...

I earned both my B.S. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Texas State University and Texas A&M University respectively. Since I joined the faculty at Texas State University I have worked hard to be a great instructor and have taught a number of different courses (Engineering Chemistry, Experimental Biochemistry,...

Sean Kerwin earned a PhD in chemistry from UC Berkeley. After postdoctoral work at UC San Francisco, he began his academic career at UT Austin in the College of Pharmacy, and moved to Texas State University in 2015 where ​he is currently Regents' Professor and Director of the Materials Science, Engineering,...

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Université de Montréal, Canada (Prof. Stephen Hanessian), 1999–2001
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Tufts University, Boston, USA (Prof. Marc d’Alarcao) 1994–1999
B.S in Chemical Engineering, Mendeleev University, Moscow, Russia, 1989–1994

Dr. Karen A. Lewis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.

B.S., Chemistry, Truman State University (Kirksville, MO) 1996Ph.D., Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA) 2001Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO) 2001-03

Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan 2019
M.S. Biochemistry (Merit), University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria 2015
B.S. (Hons) Biochemistry (Distinction), Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria 2010
Post Doc Soka University, Japan 2021
Post Doc Texas State...

Dr. Donald Eugene Patterson is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas State University – San Marcos (2014 – present). His primary duties include instruction in Engineering Chemistry, General Chemistry and Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. He was one...

Post Doc Universität Basel (2016-2019) Mentor Thomas R. Ward
Post Doc JHU BSPH (2013-2016) Mentor Valeria C. Culotta
PhD. Johns Hopkins University (2013) Mentor Kenneth D. Karlin
B.S. Chemistry Sonoma State Univesity (2006) Mentor Carmen F. Works

2003Ph.D.
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, UP, India,
1998M.Sc., Lucknow University, UP, India
1996B.Sc., Lucknow Christian Degree College, UP, India

Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, 2019
University of North Texas
B.S. Biochemistry, 2013
Spring Hill College

Ph.D. in biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, 2000.
B.S. in physics, University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1994.

I received a B.S in chemistry from Texas Lutheran College and an M.S. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Utah. I also earned an MPH with an emphasis in Health Service Administration from the University of Utah. I joined Texas State University during the Fall of 2021 term and am currently an...

Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (2024-present)
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (2018-2024)
Associate Research Scientist, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School...