Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Douglas Raynie, Department Head
Matthew Miller, Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Avera Health Science Center 131, Box 2202
605-688-5154
E-mail: gradchem@sdstate.edu
www.sdstate.edu/chem

The graduate programs in the department lead to the M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in chemistry or the Ph.D. degree in biochemistry. Research programs exist in analytical/environmental chemistry, biochemistry, chemical education, and organic/natural products chemistry. All students admitted to the graduate program receive a full assistantship to support them during their studies.

Graduate Faculty

Michelle Baack, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Suvobrata Chakravarty, Assistant Professor
Jihong Cole-Dai, Professor
Michael Dianovsky, Assistant Professor
Kristi Egland, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Zhiguang Guo, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Tanya Gupta, Assistant Professor
Fathi Halaweish, Professor
Adam Hoppe, Associate Professor
Surtaj Iram, Assistant Professor
Brian Logue, Associate Professor
Matthew Miller, Associate Professor
Michael Kruer, Adjunct Assistant Professor
John Lee, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lance Lee, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Keith Miskimins, Adjunct Assistant Professor
David Pearce, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Douglas Raynie, Department Head and Associate Research Professor
James A. Rice, Professor
Kyle Roux, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Alexei Savinov, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jay Shore, Associate Professor
Severine Van Slambrouck, Assistant Professor
Kameswaran Surendran, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Paola Vermeer, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Peter Vitiello, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jill Weimer, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Gary Yarrow, Professor
Cheng Zhang, Assistant Professor
Haotian Zhao, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Programs

Master’s Degree

Doctoral Degree