Transcript Chemistry Graduate Program Brochure

Facilities
The Department of Chemistry is housed in a
$60 million state-of-the-art science building
that is fully equipped with an array of modern
instrumentation (NMR, FTIR, HPLC, GC-MS,
UV-Vis, IC, fluorescence spectroscopy, etc.)
as well as computational facilities. Additional
instrumentation is available for shared use in
other departments on the CWU campus as
well as in regional facilities.
School of Graduate Studies and Research
Central Washington University
400 East University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7510
(509) 963-3101
http://www.cwu.edu/masters/
Department of Chemistry
Science Building 302
(509) 963-2811
http://www.cwu.edu/chemistry/
[email protected]
Curriculum
The graduate program curriculum includes
advanced course work as well as laboratory
research culminating in a written thesis or
project report and an oral defense.
Details on the course offerings, including
descriptions of these classes, can be found in
a separate handout or from the chemistry
web site: http://www.cwu.edu/chemistry/.
Admission
Incoming students are expected to have
earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry
or a related field (equivalent to those offered
at CWU; see requirements for the B.S. and
B.A. degrees in chemistry) and demonstrate
potential for superior scholarship. Applicants
must provide Graduate Record Examination
scores for the General Test. International
students for whom English is a second
language must provide TOEFL or IELTS scores
to demonstrate their English proficiency.
Application materials may be obtained
through the School of Graduate Studies and
Research website listed above.
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Master of Science Program
Department
of
Chemistry
Central Washington University
Research Programs
A completed research project is the cornerstone
of the graduate program in chemistry. Following
is a list of graduate faculty mentors and their
respective areas of interest from which a student
can choose:
Program Description
The Chemistry Master's program provides
knowledge, skills and discovery within the
chemical sciences. The program prepares
candidates for professional employment in
chemistry, for teaching at the community
college or secondary level, and for graduate
studies beyond the M.S. level in chemistry and
related fields. Primary focus is on a research
project that culminates in a written thesis or
project report and an oral defense,
supplemented with advanced course work in
chemistry or related disciplines. Research is
offered in a variety of fields including
interdisciplinary work in organic, inorganic,
physical, computational, analytical,
environmental, biochemistry, and chemistry
education.
Gil Belofsky ([email protected])
Isolation and structural characterization of
organic compounds from plants. Medicinal and
pharmacological applications of natural products.
Timothy Beng ([email protected])
Development of synthetic methodology for
efficient and expedient construction
and functionalization of nitrogen and oxygencontaining heterocycles, for eventual application
in natural and unnatural product synthesis.
Anthony Diaz ([email protected])
Luminescence, energy transfer and degradation
processes in solid state luminescent systems.
Levente Fabry-Asztalos ([email protected])
Design and synthesis of inhibitors against
therapeutically important enzymes.
Yingbin Ge ([email protected])
Theoretical chemistry and computational studies
of the properties of nanoclusters, nanocatalysis,
astrochemical species and reactions.
Anne Johansen ([email protected])
Chemical composition of ambient aerosol
particles and surface waters in the context of
global climate and public health. Analysis of
wines.
Todd Kroll ([email protected])
Identification and characterization of proteinprotein interactions regulating the size, position
and lamination of functional areas of
mammalian neocortex.
Martha Kurtz ([email protected])
Chemistry education, environmental-based
integrated inquiry, critical thinking skill
assessment.
JoAnn Peters ([email protected])
Laboratory and computational studies of organic
reactive intermediates.
Robert Rittenhouse ([email protected])
Computational studies of the structure and
dynamics pertaining to substrate binding in DNA
repair enzymes.
Dion Rivera ([email protected])
Spectroscopic investigations of macromolecular
complexes of polyelectrolytes and surfactants in
solution and at nanoparticle interfaces.
Tim Sorey ([email protected])
Development and integration of instrumental
measurement technology in educational
laboratories and the synthesis of educational
strategies that support their use.
Carin Thomas ([email protected])
We study the effects of environmental
contaminants and nanoparticles on biological
systems, examining how these chemicals
interact with reactive oxygen species and
antioxidants to affect cellular and mitochondrial
function.