School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in

Chemistry
The University of Texas at Dallas

For specific information about this Degree Program go to:
http://www.utdallas.edu/admissions/graduate/degrees/


Characteristics of Texas Public Doctoral Programs
1
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
                                              degree

2008-
2009                 14                   1                      0                       12

2009-
2010                 11                   2                     0                        9

2010-
2011                 18                   0                     0                        18

2 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:
  1.  Application     www.utdallas.edu/enroll/apply/mappprocess.php?expand=321
  2.  Essay   (also called statement of purpose or narrative)
  3. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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 Support
100%
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                08/12

Ahn, 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                      5

Kenneth 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
Students

Fall 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 - 16

13 Faculty Teaching Load 17.83
14 Faculty Diversity

Asian -- 2
Hispanic -- 0
Black -- 0
White - 14

15 Student Diversity

Asian – 14
Hispanic – 3
Black – 0
White – 12
Other – 29

Male – 30
Female – 28

16 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