School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in
Chemistry
The University of Texas at DallasFor specific information about this Degree Program go to:
http://www.utdallas.edu/admissions/graduate/degrees/
Characteristics of Texas Public Doctoral Programs1 Number of Degrees Per Year
Year Total May August December
2009 7 1 3 3
2010 8 3 3 2
2011 3 1 1 1
Cohort Number Number Number Number
(Yr the of of of of
Student entering students students students
first doctoral who left who left admitted
entered students the the to
program) program program doctoral
without a after candidacy
Master’s receiving
or a master’s
doctoral degree
degree2008-
2009 14 1 0 122009-
2010 11 2 0 92010-
2011 18 0 0 182 Graduation Rates
2009 2010 2011
1 in 3 years 1 in 4 years 1 in 3 years
1 in 4 years 4 in 5 years 1 in 5 years
3 in 5 years 2 in 6 years 1 in 9 years
1 in 6 years 1 in 8 years
1 in 7 years
3 Average Time to Degree 5 years 4 Graduate Employment Profile (one year after graduation) Industry -- 2
Teaching -- 1
5 Admissions Criteria ADMISSION CRITERIA:
- Application www.utdallas.edu/enroll/apply/mappprocess.php?expand=321
- Essay (also called statement of purpose or narrative)
- 3 letters of recommendation; the request for recommendation form is found at www.utdallas.edu/enroll/graduate . We request that both the recommendation form and a personal letter be submitted by each reference.
Official transcripts from all the colleges/universities attended. Each must be in a sealed envelope with the college/university seal stamp. A copy will be accepted until the original can be sent.
- Official TOEFL score from ETS. A copy will be accepted by the department until the original one is received by the university electronically. All international students should have a TOEFL score of 100 (internet based) (600 via paper). The ETS school code for UT-Dallas is 6897.
- Official GRE score. A copy will be accepted by the department until the original one is received by the university electronically. The ETS school code for UT-Dallas is 6897.
6 Percentage Full–time Students
(FTS) with Financial Support100% 7 Average Financial Support
Provided
Fall 2009 $10,8416.00 # of students supported: 46
Spring 2010 $11,388.00 # of students supported: 42
Summer 2010 $8,215.00 # of students supported: 41
Fall 2010 $7,182.69 # of students supported: 52
Spring 2011 $7,210.00 # of students supported: 45
Summer 2011 $3,825.00 # of students supported: 44
Fall 2011 $6989.47 # of students supported: 57
Spring 2012 $8736.84 # of students supported: 57
Summer 2012 $5272.34 # of students supported: 47
8 Student–Core Faculty Ratio FY 09 3.25:1
FY 10 3.30:1
FY 11 3.63:1
9 Core Faculty Publications
09/09 to 09/10 to 09/11 to
08/10 08/11 08/12Ahn, Jung-Mo 2 2 4
Balkus, Ken 19 7 11
Baughman, Ray 14 15 13
Biewer, Michael 4 3 6
Dieckmann, Gregg 0 1 2
Ferraris, John 19 3 7
Goux, Warren 3 2 2
Iovu, Mihaela 6 3 6
Musselman, Inga 5 4 3
Nielsen, Steven 4 8 5
Pantano, Paul 3 3 3
Sherry, Dean 15 16 18
Sibert, John 1 1 0
Smith, Dennis 0 2 5
Yang, DJ 4 2 10
Zheng, Jie 1 3 4
10 Core Faculty External Grants
FY 09 FY10 FY11
Jung-Mo Ahn 4 2 5Kenneth J Balkus 2 3 7
Ray H Baughman 4 5 4
Gregg R Dieckmann -- -- 1
John P Ferraris 1 3 2
Jinming Gao 1 1 1
Warren Goux -- -- --
Mihaela Iovu -- 2 1
Inga H Musselman 1 -- 1
Steven Nielsen 2 -- --
Paul Pantano 1 2 8
Dean Sherry 2 7 1
John Sibert 1 -- --
Dennis Smith -- 1 4
DJ Yang -- -- 4
Jie Zheng 1 -- 2
11 Percentage Full–Time
StudentsFall 2008 - 97.73%
Fall 2009 - 97.87%
Fall 2010 - 100%
Fall 2011 - 100%12 Number of Core Faculty FY 07 - 15
FY 08 - 14
FY 09 - 15
FY10 - 16
FY11 - 1613 Faculty Teaching Load 17.83 14 Faculty Diversity Asian -- 2
Hispanic -- 0
Black -- 0
White - 1415 Student Diversity Asian – 14
Hispanic – 3
Black – 0
White – 12
Other – 29
Male – 30
Female – 2816 Date of Last External Review 4/15/2007 17 External Program Accreditation American Chemical Society / April 2007 18 Student
Publications/Presentations
2009
2010
2011
Alemseghed, Mussie
1
1
Anka, Fadwa
1
Bajaj, Pooja
2
Beacraft, Eric
2
Beck Erling
1
Bhatt, Mahesh
2
Bonso, Jeliza
4
Bushdiecker, David
1
Chiu, Chi-Cheng
3
5
Davis, Bryce
1
Dei, Daniel
1
1
dela Cruz, Marilou
3
1
Hao, Jing
2
5
Hundt, Nadia
2
2
Jacobsen, Nancy
1
Kalaw, Grace
1
Kalescky, Robert
1
Klimenko, Anton
2
1
1
Klimenko, Anton
Kularatne, Ruvini
1
1
Lee, Doyun
1
Liu, Harvey
5
2
Liyanage, Anjalee
2
Losilla, J
1
1
Lubag, Angelo
3
Murage, Eunice
3
Nguyen, Hien
2
3
Nguyen, Jane
1
Ordonez, Ma. Josephine
5
Perera, Dulip
6
Perez, Edson
1
Perez, Michael
2
Rahy, Abdelaziz
1
Ranatunga, Udayana
3
2
Ratanatawanate, C
1
3
6
Samarajeewa, Dinushi
3
1
Servello, John
2
Sista, Prakash
3
7
Tran, Daniel
2
Wallack, Matt
1
Wilson, Blake
1
Zepeda, Danny
2
Zhang, Zhen
2
Zhou, Chen
6