1. Department of Chemistry

3. USF At a Glance  Founded in 1956  The 9th largest university in US (>45,000 students)  Tampa is at heart of one of the fastest growing areas of US (catchment population = 3,900,000)  More than 1,660 faculty  1 of only 3 state universities in Florida with Carnegie Research I status  $320,000,000/year in research funding (#2 in Florida)  Member of the Florida High Tech Corridor  Medical school, #1 Cancer Institute in Florida (Moffitt Cancer Center), #1 Alzheimer’s Institute in Florida  Big East Conference

4. The Department of Chemistry 28 tenured and tenure track faculty 2009-2010  28 tenured and tenure track faculty 2009-2010  4 new faculty 2009-2010 and 1 new faculty 10/11  130 graduate students in 2009/2010  19 new research faculty since 1999  More than $4 million/year in external funding  Typically top 10 in US in number of undergraduate degrees  Many opportunities for cross-disciplinary research  New NES building and remodeled Chemistry building in 2006  Interdisciplinary NMR facility and Mass Spectrometry/Peptide Synthesis facility

5. Areas of Interdisciplinary Research in the Department of Chemistry  Drug discovery – CMD 5 Center for Molecular Diversity in Drug Design, Discovery and Delivery  Materials Chemistry – SMMARTT Smart Metal-organic Materials Advanced Research and Technology Transfer  Chemical/Science Education Coalition for Scientific Literacy

6. The Chemistry Department

7. USF Campus in Tampa

8. The Campus Map for the Sciences

9. The Campus: Chemistry Natural and Environmental Science Science Center Bioscience Facility Chemistry

10. The Tampa Bay Area

12. For More Information Please visit our website  http://chemistry.usf.edu http://chemistry.usf.edu or contact Dr. Patricia Muisener muisener@usf.edu or contact Dr. Patricia Muisener muisener@usf.edu