Chemistry
The New Mexico Tech Chemistry Department is the only one with a purpose-built building. All students pass through the chemistry courses, but the department also educates the next generation of brilliant chemists. Techies have access to state-of-the-art laboratories and undergraduates often contribute to professors projects and doctoral-level research.
Chemistry Department News
Oluwaseun Ogunro recently published his work "Global Distribution and Surface Activity of Macromolecules in Offline Simulations of Marine Organic Chemistry" in Springer Biogeochemistry.
Dr. Liliya Frolova just published her latest discoveries in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry - “Wittig Derivatization of Sesquiterpenoid Polygodial Leads to Cytostatic Agents with Activity against Drug Resistant Cancer Cells Capable of Pyrrolylation of Primary Amines”.
Dr. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto recently published his work on “Total Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemistry of the Proteasome Inhibitors Cystargolides A and B” in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry.
Faculty
Professor, Department Chair
Michael Heagy, PhD
Associate Professor
Jeff Altig, PhD
Assistant Professor
Sally Pias, PhD
Associate Research Professor
Liliya Frolova, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mahinda Ranasinghe, PhD
Assistant Professor
Gayan Rubasinghege, PhD
Assistant Professor
Menake Piyasena, PhD
Assistant Professor
Praveen Patidar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, PhD