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Chemistry Department: St. Edward’s University

Learn about the Chemistry Department at St. Edward's University, offering majors, student profiles, and state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. Discover the research opportunities and innovative curriculum it provides.

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Chemistry Department: St. Edward’s University

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  1. Chemistry Department:St. Edward’s University Dr. Eamonn F. Healy Professor of Chemistry St. Edward’s University Austin, Tx.

  2. St. Edward’s University …recognizing that learning is a lifelong process, teach the skills needed to be independent and productive. The faculty encourage individuals to confront the critical issues of society and to seek justice and peace. Students are helped to understand themselves, clarify their personal values and recognize their responsibility to the world community. The university gives the example of its own commitment to service. St. Edward’s was founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross, from which it acquired distinguishing characteristics: the courage to take risks, an international perspective, and the commitment to provide educational opportunities for students of varied cultural, religious, educational and economic backgrounds…

  3. School of Natural sciences School Profile: The School of Natural Sciences at St. Edward’s offers 10 majors : biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, chemistry, forensic chemistry, environmental chemistry, environmental science, computer science, computer information science, and mathematics. In Fall 2016 had a total enrollment of 651 students, nearly 14% of the total undergraduate enrollment. Of these 96% were full-time students 41% were underrepresented minorities with Hispanic students representing the largest proportion at 3%. The students are served by 38 ranked faculty, 19 adjuncts. In 2016 number of biology majors was at 287, second largest at SEU. Student Profile: In 2016 the School of Natural Sciences had a total of 69 graduates, with number averaging 73 per year since 2010. Since 2001 the Freshman-to-sophomore year retention increased from 74.6% in 2001 to 84.6% in 2014. Two-year retention rates increased from 62.8% in 1999 to 74% for the 2014. Six year graduation rate is 63.6 %.

  4. Chemistry Department

  5. Facilities and Equipment • 17 Laboratories Designed to Accommodate Current and Future Programming • 9 biology program labs serve: introductory biology (2 labs); microbiology; molecular biology; physiology/neuroscience/anatomy; organismal biology; and faculty/student research (3 labs); • 5 chemistry program labs serve: introductory chemistry; organic chemistry; physical chemistry; • chemical analysis; advanced synthesis/biochemistry; • A signature upper division Undergraduate Research Lab (shown on the right) consisting of a • 2,480-square foot space with a capacity of over 40 students. This is one of the most distinctive • scientific instructional spaces on the St. Edward’s campus. • 2 interdisciplinary research labs, one “wet” and one “dry,” server new program areas such as bioinformatics. • 300 MHz Varian Mercury PLUS NMR • 60 mHz permanent magnetic Varian FT-NMR • Varian 3900/2100T Gas Chromatrograph/Mass Spectrophometer • Nicolet Magna 550 FTIR Infrared/Raman Spectrophotometer • Cary 5E UV/Visible/NIR Spectrophotometer • Varian 3800 Gas Chromatrograph; HP 5890 Gas Chromatrograph • HPLC • Varian 240AA – Atomic adsorption Spectrophometer for metals analysis, multi-element lamps • Multiple Cary 100 UV/Visible Spectrophotometer; Multiple Cary 50 UV/Visible Spectrophotometer • Multiple Varian FTIR Infrared Spectrophotometer • Varian Eclipse UV/Visible Fluorometer; Shimadzu Fluorometer • Agilent Bioanalyzer, Chip DNA/RNA/Protein analyzer • Real Time PCR – Biorad IQ5

  6. Undergraduate Research

  7. Undergraduate Research L-Chicoric Acid and HIV-1 Integrase

  8. Undergraduate Research

  9. Undergraduate Research Acetylenic Inhibitors of ADAM10 and ADAM17: In silico analysis of potency and selectivity

  10. Undergraduate Research

  11. Undergraduate Research

  12. A Prion-like Mechanism inAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Prudencio, M. Et et al. Hum. Mol. Gen. 2010;19:4774-4789

  13. Research Tyrosine kinase inhibition: Ligand binding and conformational change in c-Kit and c-Abl FEBS Lett.2009, 583, 2899-2906.

  14. Research A Model for non-obligate oligomer formation in protein aggregation Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 2015, 465 , 523-527.

  15. Research The effect of superoxide dismutase (SOD1) electrostatic loop dynamics on amyloid-like filament formation Pathological Physiological Euro. Biophys. J., 2016, 45, 853-859.

  16. Research A mechanism for propagated SOD1 misfolding from frustration analysis of a G85R mutant protein assembly Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 2016, 478, 1634-1639.

  17. A unitary mechanism for propagated SOD1 misfolding Plos ONE , 2017, 12 (5), e0177284.

  18. Chemistry Curriculum Chemistry Required Courses General Chemistry, Lab Analytical Chemistry, Lab Organic Chemistry I, Organic Chemistry II, Lab Biochemistry I Biochemistry II Biochemistry Lab Spectr., Chrom. And Electro.Method Structural Inorganic Chemistry Quantum Mechanics Thermodynamics and Kinetics Forensic Chemistry Advanced Organic Chemical Instrumentation Lab Advanced Synthesis Lab Research

  19. Chemistry Curriculum

  20. Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Involves the conscious commitment to development of important process skills Process Oriented cooperative learning Guided Inquiry constructivism Learning Cycle Activities

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