Department of Chemistry

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AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY

• Department of Chemistry
• Be Part of the Solution

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Chemistry Department

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Certified
• All teaching faculty (8) hold Ph.D.
• Nationally recognized student affiliates
  Chemistry Club (XEM)
• Increasing enrollments in all chemistry majors

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Chemistry Programs

• ACS certified B.S. degree
• Chemistry B.S. degree
• Distributive Chemistry B.S. degree (professional
  teacher education)
• Pre-Professional Curricula
• Biochemistry Concentration
• Forensic Chemistry Concentration

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Facilities and Instrumentation

• Facilities
• Dedicated teaching and research laboratories 
• Instrumentation
• High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)
• Gas Chromatograph with a Mass Spectrometer
  detector (GC/MS) (current instrument is outdated
  and no longer supported)
• Fourier Transform InfraRed spectrometer (FTIR)
• Diode array UltraViolet, VISible spectrometer
  (UV/VIS)
• Fluorescence Spectrometer
• Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS)
• Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and
• Fourier Transform superconducting Nuclear
  Magnetic Resonance spectrometer (FTNMR).  

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Program Areas for Growth

• Biochemistry
• Forensic Science
• Community Involvement
• Materials Science?

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Goals of Programs

• Research methods
• Preparation for graduate school
• Preparation to enter workforce
• Biotechnology
• Medical Research
• Forensic Laboratory
• Public Safety

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Program Needs

• Instrumentation
• Searchable Databases
• Personnel

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Desired Instrumentation

• Total Genetic Analyzer (DNA Sequencing)
• 200,000 recurring costs ( 10,000 per year)
• ESI Mass Spectrometer (proteins, drugs, toxins)
• 300,000
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC
  separation, quantification)
• 50,000

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Desired Instrumentation

• Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC Bulk
  purification of biomolecules)
• 30,000
• Capillary Electrophoresis (CE rapid
  electric-field based separation versatile)
• 75,000

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Desired Instrumentation

• Handheld Analyzers (Training EM/First responders)
• 50,000 100,000
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR structure
  determination of chemicals and biologicals)
• 250,000

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Libraries /Databases

• Infrared (IR)
• Mass Spec
• NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)
• HAZMAT (Chemical safety/Toxicology)

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Collaborators and Supporters

• APSU
• Physics, Biology, Geosciences, Medical
  Technology, IGSS
• Local Emergency Management
• (7 county region)
• State of Tennessee
• TEMA
• TBI