Department Head and Associate Department Head
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Department Head
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575-646-5877
Office: 128
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Associate Department Head |
575-646-3918 Office: 371 |
Dr. Houston's research is aimed at defining the molecular mechanisms associated with anti-estrogen resistance in breast cancer. He joined the faculty in 2011 and has been Associate Department Head since 2019. In this role, he is involved in outreach activities and undergraduate recruitment. Dr. Houston is also the departmental contact for alumni and donors. |
Faculty
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Regents Professor Organic Chemistry |
575-646-2738 Office: W294 |
Our research harnesses the power of synthetic chemistry for cancer drug discovery and the design of novel biological probes. Current projects focus on new therapies for breast cancer and lipid labeling with fluorescent dyes for live cell and super-resolution microscopy. |
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Associate Professor Biochemistry/Toxicology |
575-646-2084 Office: W372 |
DNA repair systems protect cells from damage and regulate cellular response to replication stress. Our research focuses on perturbations in DNA replication and repair in cancer biology to provide novel targets for therapeutic intervention. |
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Christopher Baker Assistant Professor Analytical Chemistry |
575-646-1015 Office: W373 |
The Baker Bioanalysis Lab leverages expertise in analytical chemistry, separation science, and microfluidics to develop new technologies that solve measurement challenges in chemical neuroscience and other areas of chemical biology. Current projects include developing novel brain-on-chip technologies with applications to Alzheimer's disease, and strategies for improving structural resolution in capillary electrophoresis separations. |
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Professor Analytical Chemistry |
geiceman@nmsu.edu | The core research interest in the Eiceman Group is the exploration of gas phase ion-molecule at ambient pressure and the use of such reactions for chemical measurements with instrumentation designed around ion mobility spectrometry and atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry. Specific interests include technology development of tandem stage embodiments of mobility spectrometers and the chemical transformations of gas ions in strong electric fields for additional specificity in measurements and to approach identification of substances using field induced fragmentation spectra. The stability of protonated monomers of volatile organic compounds and of halide adduct of explosives are being explored under thermal conditions and in strong electric fields at ambient pressure. Efforts have been given to applications of these principles and technology in spacecraft, environmental and agricultural venues, industrial processes and security societies. Another research interest is chemical separations with chromatographic methods and with emerging concepts based on chemical principles. |
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Associate Professor Biochemistry |
575-646-3918 Office: W371 |
Tamoxifen treatment is a common therapy for women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Our laboratory discovered a new mechanism of tamoxifen action and we currently investigate the role of this mechanism in the development of chemoresistance. |
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Associate Professor NM-INBRE Director Biochemistry |
575-646-6016 Office: W370 |
The Lusetti lab is interested in the biochemical roles of novel enzymes involved in DNA damage response pathways through the reconstitution of recombinational DNA repair pathways. We employ comparative biochemistry to explain the differential DNA damage tolerance of multiple bacterial organisms. |
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Professor BRAiN and BRIDGES Director Physical Chemistry |
575-646-3473 Office: W296 |
My research seeks to identify the active functional form of the signaling molecules Grb7 and DNAJB1-PKAc, and to define the mechanistic details of how these molecules work in the establishment of primary tumors and metastases in breast and liver cancer. |
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Associate Professor Organic Chemistry |
575-646-4017 Office: W287 |
Marine organisms continue to be a source of novel natural products with interesting structural features and unique biological activity. Our laboratory is currently focused on the development of new synthetic methods useful in total synthesis. |
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Assistant Professor Physical Chemistry
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575-646-5210 Office: W362A |
Our research focuses on harnessing the power of supercomputers for discovery of novel small molecules and machine-learning design of photovoltaic materials and drugs. |
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Rodolfo Tello-Aburto Associate Professor Organic |
rtelloab@nmsu.edu
575-646-3627 Office: W288A |
Dr. Tello-Aburto’s research group is interested in the synthesis of bioactive natural products and their derivatives, as well as the study of their structure-activity relationships. Another interest is the development of novel synthetic methodologies to allow rapid access to these biologically relevant molecules and their analogues. |
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Assistant Professor Biochemistry |
575-646-2822 Office: W377
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Dr. Trainor co-leads the Systems Bioscience Research Group, which focuses on the development and application of bioinformatic methodologies for the analysis of metabolomics, lipidomics, and proteomics data generated using mass spectrometry; high-throughput molecular biology and biochemistry approaches with human patient samples to understand heart attacks and thrombotic events at the molecular level; and use of epidemiological and biostatistical approaches to understand the genetic, clinical, physiological, and environmental factors that underly cardiovascular disease event risk using population-based cohort studies. |
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Assistant Professor Chemistry Education |
575-646- Office: 100 |
Dr. Vincent-Ruz's research seeks to build an understanding of the systemic disadvantages that hinder the success of marginalized students and their effect on student's chemistry attitudes, opportunities, and learning by using equity centered theories and methodologies. Her unique combination of Chemistry disciplinary knowledge and educational theory earned her the American Chemical Society's recognition as a Future Leader in Chemistry in 2019, the first time this was awarded to a chemistry education researcher. |
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Assistant Professor Inorganic Chemistry |
575-646-3703 Office: W292 |
The Windorff group is a synthetic inorganic group that focuses on the redox chemistry of the lanthanides, actinides, and transition metals. We focus on the fundamental synthesis, spectroscopy, and reactivity of these elements as it relates to problems in energy generation, separations, and the environment. The Windorff group primarily uses air and water free techniques (Schlenk line/Glovebox) and spectroscopic methods including paramagnetic multi-nuclear NMR, UV-vis-NIR, IR, electrochemistry, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and more. |
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Associate Professor Biochemistry |
575-646-3176 Office: W376 |
Our lab studies bacterial proteins that mediate zinc import and nitric oxide / oxidative stress sensing. These processes are essential for virulence among pathogenic bacteria. We use various biophysical and spectroscopic techniques including structure determination by X-ray crystallography. |
Teaching & Research Faculty
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Nicholas Beltran College Assistant Professor
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575-646-2505
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College Assistant Professor |
575-646-1812 Office: 218 |
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College Associate Professor |
575-646-4823 Office: 216 |
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Gyoungil Lee Research Assistant Professor |
glee@nmsu.edu |
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David Wade Visiting Asst Professor |
575-646-1584 Office: W379 |
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Lee Uranga Research Assistant Professor |
luranga@nmsu.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Title | |
| M. Dale Alexander | Emeritus | dalexand@nmsu.edu |
| Amudhu Gopalan | Emeritus | agopalan@nmsu.edu |
| James Herndon | Emeritus | jherndon@nmsu.edu |
| Robert Hoffman | Emeritus | rhoffman@nmsu.edu |
| Michael Johnson | Emeritus Regents Professor | johnson@nmsu.edu |
| Glenn D. Kuehn | Emeritus, Regents Professor | gkuehn@nmsu.edu |
| Antonio Lara | Emeritus | alara@nmsu.edu |
| Gary D. Rayson | Emeritus | gdrayson@nmsu.edu |
| William Quintana | Emeritus | wquintan@nmsu.edu |
| John Simons |
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| Sergei Smirnov |
Emeritus | snsm@nmsu.edu |
