Welcome
On behalf of the faculty and staff, I welcome you to the Department of Chemistry at the University of North
Texas. The Department of Chemistry is one of the largest in Texas. We offer comprehensive graduate degrees
with research and training opportunities in all of the traditional areas of chemistry (inorganic, organic, physical,
and analytical), with a wide range of subdisciplines including computational chemistry, organometallic chemistry,
and materials science, to name only a few. We have recently added a full line of degree programs in chemistry
education for practicing education professionals who wish to obtain an advanced degree in chemistry, and also
provide degree programs especially designed for the industrial chemist. Interdisciplinary research opportunities
also are available via collaborations with researchers in departments such as Materials Science, Physics, and
Biological Sciences. We are extremely proud of the fact that our graduates have gone on to significant positions in the chemical industry, government laboratories, and academic settings after graduating with an advanced
chemistry degree from UNT.
Recently, many new and exciting developments have taken place within the Department of Chemistry. The
Department has departed Masters Hall and moved into a new chemistry building, which was officially
inaugurated during Homecoming ceremonies in 2004. Several new faculty members have joined the department,
including Prof. Weston Thatcher Borden, who holds the endowed Welch Chair in Chemistry. A number of faculty
members have been internationally and nationally recognized in their respective fields of expertise, recently
winning major awards, serving as editors or on the editorial boards of major journals, and receiving extensive
citations for their research endeavors. The Department also houses the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing
and Modeling (CASCAM), which is undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive computational chemistry
program in the United States.
The department is fully equipped with modern research
instrumentation, and our major equipment holdings include a 500 MHz Varian NMR spectrometer, APEX II CCD-based X-ray diffractometer, and mass spectrometers having MALDI, ESI, and APCI capabilities. As well, the department houses computer clusters comprised of over 500 processors, which are located in the department’s 2400 square feet of server rooms and are dedicated solely to computational chemistry calculations.
The chemistry faculty is committed to excellence and your success as a graduate student. We are large enough to have first-class, world-renowned research programs, but of a size that allows strong and lasting ties to be built between our students and faculty. This is a long established UNT tradition that we are proud to maintain.
We will be delighted to provide you with more information, address any questions you may have, and/or host your visit to the department. Please contact the department’s Office of Student Services, 940-565-3554 or chem@unt.edu, for more detailed information, for application information, or to schedule a visit to the department and campus.
Michael G. Richmond
Professor and Chair
