Faculty
DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Dr. Carlos Cabrera Martínez
Professor, Chair
Research: Materials Chemistry
crcabrerama@utep.edu
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FACULTY

Dr. Harish Banda
Assistant Professor
Research: Electrochemistry Energy Storage
hbanda1@utep.edu
(915) 747-8778
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Dr. James Becvar
Professor
Research: Biochemistry/Chemical Education
jbecvar@utep.edu
(915) 747-7563
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Dr. Ricardo A. Bernal
Associate Professor
Research: Biochemistry & Macromolecular Structure
rbernal@utep.edu
(915) 747-6918
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Dr. Elizabeth Day
Assistant Professor
Research: Chemical Education
elday@utep.edu
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Dr. Carl Dirk
Professor
Research: Physical Organic Chemistry
cdirk@utep.edu
(915) 747-7560
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Dr. Skye Fortier
Associate Professor
Research: Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
asfortier@utep.edu
(915) 747-5195
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Dr. Jorge Gardea-Torresdey
Professor
Research: Environmental Chemistry
jgardea@utep.edu
(915) 747-5359
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Dr. Jose Hernandez
Assistant Professor
Research: Environmental Chemistry
jahernandez19@utep.edu
(915) 747-8678
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Dr. Eda Koculi
Assistant Professor
Research: Biochemistry
ekoculi@utep.edu
(915) 747-5316

Dr. Amol Kulkarni
Associate Professor
Research: Medicinal Chemistry, Preclinical drug discovery
akulkarni@utep.edu

Dr. Wen-Yee Lee
Professor
Research: Environmental Chemistry
wylee@utep.edu
(915) 747-8413
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Dr. XiuJun (James) Li
Professor
Research: Bioanalytical & Environmental Chemistry; Biochips & Nanotechnology
xli4@utep.edu
(915) 747-8967
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Dr. Yupeng Li
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences & Adjunct Faculty, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research: Medicinal Chemistry, Bioanalytical chemistry with mass spectrometry
yli10@utep.edu

Dr. Katja Michael
Associate Professor
Research: Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
kmichael@utep.edu
(915) 747-5240
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Dr. Mahesh Narayan
Professor, FRSC, Biochemistry Division Chair
Research: Biophysics, protein folding, and therapeutic nano-materials
mnarayan@utep.edu
(915) 747-6614
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Dr. Juan Noveron
Associate Professor
Research: Advanced Materials, Inorganic and Bio-inorganic Chemistry
jcnoveron@utep.edu
(915) 747-5701
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Dr. Robert Pankow
Assistant Professor
Research: Organic Chemistry & Polymer Chemistry
rmpankow@utep.edu
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Dr. Keith Pannell
Professor
Research: Organometallic Chemistry
kpannell@utep.edu
(915) 747-5796
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Dr. James Salvador
Associate Professor
Research: Organic Chemistry
jsal@utep.edu
(915) 747-5704
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Dr. Geoffrey Saupe
Associate Professor
Research: Analytical Chemistry
gsaupe@utep.edu
(915) 747-7559
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Dr. Hamidreza Sharifan
Assistant Professor
Research: Forensic and Environmental Chemistry
hsharifan@utep.edu
(915) 747-5360
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Dr. Sreeprasad Sreenivasan
Assistant Professor
Research: Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Environmental Analytical Chemistry
sreenivasan@utep.edu
(915) 747-6833
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Dr. Dino Villagran
Professor
Research: Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
dino@utep.edu
(915) 747-8750
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Dr. Lela Vukovic
Associate Professor
Research: Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
lvukovic@utep.edu
(915) 747-7551
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Dr. Chuan (River) Xiao
Professor
Research: Biochemistry/Macromolecular Structure
cxiao@utep.edu
(915) 747-8657
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EMERITUS FACULTY

Dr. Michael Eastman
Professor
Research: Physical Chemistry
meastman@utep.edu
(915) 747-7550

Dr. Luis Echegoyen
Professor
Research: Physical Chemistry
echegoyen@utep.edu
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RESEARCH FACULTY

Dr. Lourdes Echegoyen
COURI Director
Research Associate Professor
lourdes@utep.edu
(915) 747-5679
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