Chemistry Graduate Program Directory
Chemistry Graduate Program
Feri Billiot, Ph.D.
Professor and Program CoordinatorOffice: CS 207
Phone: (361) 825-6067
Email: fereshteh.billiot@tamucc.edu
Chiral separations with amino acid based surfactants; distribution, fate & effect of endocrine disruptors in the environment
Hussain Abdulla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of ChemistryOffice: CS 211
Phone: (361) 825-6050
Email: hussain.abdulla@tamucc.edu
Focusing on four research areas of Organic Biogeochemistry: Environmental metabolomics; Fate of terrestrial dissolved organic matter; Effects of natural organic matter in the solubility of anthropogenic pollutants and Chemical characterization of trace metals organic ligands.
Eugene Billiot, Ph.D.
Professor of ChemistryOffice: CS 208
Phone: (361) 825-2680
Email: eugene.billiot@tamucc.edu
Understanding chiral separations with amino acid based surfactants.
Richard Coffin, Ph.D.
PENS Chair & ProfessorOffice: NRC 3500
Phone: (361) 825-2814
Email: richard.coffin@tamucc.edu
Website: http://icl.tamucc.edu
Carbon isotope geochemistry to study biogeochemical cycles in the coastal ocean and estuaries.
Joseph David Felix, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry and CMSS Program CoordinatorOffice: NRC 3202
Phone: (361) 825-4180
Email: joseph.felix@tamucc.edu
Website: http://felixlab.tamucc.edu
Stable isotope biogeochemistry; Transport, fate, and air-sea-land exchange processes of volatile organic compounds and reactive nitrogen; Bulk and compound-specific stable isotope analysis method development
Xinping Hu, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Endowed Chair for Ecosystem Science and ModelingOffice: HRI 209
Phone: (361) 825-3395
Email: xinping.hu@tamucc.edu
Website: http://hulab.tamucc.edu
Oceanic carbon cycle; Ocean acidification; Sediment early diagenesis; Carbonate geochemistry; Stable isotope biogeochemistry
Iltai (Isaac) Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of EngineeringOffice: RFEB 318
Phone: (361) 825-2734
Email: ikim@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.tamucc.edu/science/research/nse/professor.php
Nano/bio chemical sensing, micro/nanoscale fluidics and heat transport, and energy conversion based on nano-biophotonics
Patrick Larkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of ChemistryOffice: CS 203
Phone: (361) 825-3258
Email: patrick.larkin@tamucc.edu
Plant biochemistry and genetics; fate and metabolism of nutrients and toxins, diversity and dispersal, conservation.
Ruby Mehrubeoglu, Ph.D.
Professor of EngineeringOffice: RFEB 222D
Phone: (361) 825-3378
Email: ruby.mehrubeoglu@tamucc.edu
Hyperspectral imaging and image analysis of a variety of materials, material characterization through spectral signatures and spatial distributions, and thermal imaging and visible-range digital image classification
Dorina Murgulet, Ph.D.
CMSS Program Coordinator and Professor of HydrogeologyOffice: NRC 3103
Phone: (361) 825-2309
Email: dorina.murgulet@tamucc.edu
Website: https://artesian.tamucc.edu/index.html
Physical and Contaminant Hydrogeology; Hydrology and Water Resources; Groundwater/surface water interactions; Coastal hydrogeology.
Mark Olson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of ChemistryOffice: CS 206
Phone: (361) 825-2857
Email: mark.olson@tamucc.edu
Website: http://www.olsonlaboratory.com
Felix Omoruyi, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Laboratory ScienceOffice: TH 238
Phone: (361) 825-2473
Email: felix.omoruyi@tamucc.edu
Currently, research in my laboratory is centered on the biochemical changes in the red blood cell membrane and serum in fairly and poorly controlled diabetic patients relative to healthy control.
Ioana Pavel, Ph.D.
Professor of ChemistryOffice: TH 235
Phone: (361) 825-3824
Email: ioana.pavel@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.pavellab.com
Our team is dedicated to finding interdisciplinary solutions to address Public Health challenges, with a focus on Human Health and Environmental Health.
Frauke Seemann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Marine Biomedical ScienceOffice: TH 332
Phone: (361) 825-2683
Email: frauke.seemann@tamucc.edu
Jim Silliman, Ph.D.
Professor of ChemistryOffice: NRC 3510
Phone: (361) 825-3718
Email: james.silliman@tamucc.edu
Organic geochemistry: Climate and environmental change and Differences in organic geochemical practices
Jeffrey Turner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marine BiologyOffice: TH 240
Phone: (361) 825-6206
Email: jeffrey.turner@tamucc.edu
Website: https://turnerlab.tamucc.edu
Microbial Ecology, Molecular Biology, Population Genetics, Evolution, Genomics, Metagenomics, connections between oceans and human health
Wei Xu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marine Biomedical ScienceOffice: TH 339
Phone: (361) 825-2676
Email: wei.xu@tamucc.edu
Website: https://www.tamucc.edu/science/research/leh/wei-xu.php
Lin Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marine ChemistryOffice: HRI 104
Phone: (361) 825-2095
Email: lin.zhang@tamucc.edu
Website: http://zhanglab.tamucc.edu
Compound/Position Specific Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analysis in Amino Acids and Application in Oceanography and Ecology. Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry of Greenhouse Gases in Alaskan Peatlands.