The University of Toledo

• The Department of Chemistry’s research operation is housed in Wolfe Hall, which opened in 1998.
• The Chemistry portion of Bowman-Oddy Laboratories has been renovated to a state-of-the-art chemistry teaching facility.  Major laboratory renovation was completed during Summer 2005.
• Third largest department on campus based on FTEs taught.
• 4693 students enrolled in chemistry classes for Fall 2007; an increase of 51% since 1997.
• The B.S. chemistry curriculum has been certified by the American Chemical Society since 1953.  The M.S. degree has been offered for more than 80 years and the Ph.D. since 1967. 
• Top producer of Ph.D. scientists on campus; 81 since 1990 (also 86 MS degrees)

Faculty in Chemistry

• Faculty in Chemistry have received The University of Toledo Outstanding Teaching Award 6 times.
• Faculty in Chemistry have received The University of Toledo Outstanding Research Award 11 times since 1985.
• Faculty members in chemistry have been named Master Teachers in Arts & Sciences 5 times since 1991.
• Four year average (2000-2004) of $1.67M per year in external funding to support research, generated by 12-15 faculty during this time.

Recent individual faculty honors include:

• National Science Foundation Career Award:  Jared Anderson, Tim Mueser, Xuefei Huang, Cora Lind, Joseph Schmidt
  
• The University of Toledo Outstanding Research Award: Ron Viola
  
• Immediate Past President, Pittsburgh Diffraction Society: Alan Pinkerton
• President of American Crystallography Association: Alan Pinkerton
• American Chemical Society Committee on Education: Andy Jorgensen
• Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year, UT Nominee for 2005: Andy Jorgensen
• Board of  Directors of the Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry: John Kirchhoff
• Distinguished University Professors: Alan Pinkerton, Ron Viola, Max Funk, Jimmie Edwards, Julian Davis