Chemistry Program Directory
Chemistry Program
Eugene Billiot, Ph.D.
Professor and Program CoordinatorOffice: CS 208
Phone: (361) 825-2680
Email: eugene.billiot@tamucc.edu
Understanding chiral separations with amino acid based surfactants.
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.
Chandra Azad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professional Professor of ChemistryOffice: CS 246
Phone: (361) 825-2987
Email: chandra.azad@tamucc.edu
Feri Billiot, Ph.D.
Professor of ChemistryOffice: 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
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
Ben Karimi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (Inorganic)Office: CS 202
Phone: (361) 825-2399
Email: ben.karimi@tamucc.edu
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.
Narendra Narayana, Ph.D.
Associate Professional Professor of ChemistryOffice: CS 242
Phone: (361) 825-3644
Email: narendra.narayana@tamucc.edu
X-ray crystallography for structure determination of biological macromolecules
Mark Olson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of ChemistryOffice: CS 206
Phone: (361) 825-2857
Email: mark.olson@tamucc.edu
Website: http://www.olsonlaboratory.com
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.
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
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.