Big news in medicinal chemistry! The QPatch-II 48 is coming to the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Center for Innovative Drug Discovery, boosting drug discovery for epilepsy, Parkinson’s & more at UTSA over the next 6 months. Learn more: bit.ly/4l2H3cV

Congratulations to UTSA Chemistry’s Christopher Reyes, Dr. Hadi Arman, and Dr. Zachary Tonzetich on their collaborative published article “Reduced Cobalt Corroles: Isolation, Reactivity, and Electronic Structure”. Be sure to check it out! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Be sure to check out this published article in Angewandte Chemite from UTSA Chemistry’s Dr. Romie Nguyen, Dr. Inchul Shin, and Dr. Aimin Liu about “Deciphering Tryptophan Oxygenation: Key Modulators of 2-Oxindole Formation in MarE”. Congratulations! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Congratulations to UTSA Chemistry’s Dr. Radhika Amaradhi and Dr. Stanton McHardy on their collaborative published article “Targeting DDR2 for Treating Pancreatic Cancer” in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. Be sure to check it out! doi.org/10.1158/1535-7…

Last week, our ACS Student Chapter collected donations and raised over $1000 in support of the recent floods in Kerrville. Thank you to all for donating clothing, food, money & more and for supporting the relief efforts. Further donations can be made below cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/cre…

Congrats to our 2nd cohort of the Voelcker Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Pharmaceutical Sciences! We wrapped up an incredible summer with a Poster Session & Closing Reception, where our students proudly showcased their research projects. College of Sciences

Congrats to UTSA Chemistry’s Anthony Amaya, Dr. Hadi Arman, & Dr. Zachary Tonzetich on their collaborative published article “Incorporation of Tellurium into a NNN Pincer Ligand Framework & Consequences on Coor..” in ACS Inorganic Chemistry. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102… College of Sciences

Check out the work being done in the Usama Lab! Congrats to UTSA Chemistry’s Emilia Gomez, Mohan Kodisana, Alyssa Kornegay, & Dr. Syed Muhammad Usama on their collaborative preprint “Unsymmetrical Heptamethine Cyanines Prevent Aggregation”. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Last week, we launched the fall semester with our annual retreat. This year theme was “Feed the Reaction: Chemistry & Compassion.” We volunteered at the San Antonio Food Bank, helping prep 15,000 meals, then ended with talks, ethics discussions, & team-building. College of Sciences

We’re excited to welcome our students and kick off the Fall term! 💙 Let’s have a successful semester. Go ‘Runners! 🤙#UTSA

Yesterday, the Dept. of Chemistry hosted its Welcome Back Social: Clash of the Cryogens! 🧊🍦 Liquid N₂ vs Dry Ice in an ice cream battle—this year’s champ: Dry Ice! 🎉 Huge thanks to our faculty, staff & student orgs (ACS & ASBMB). Here’s to a great semester! ✨

Congrats to UTSA Chemistry’s Dr. Kathleen Meneely & Dr. Audrey Lamb on their collaborative published article “Stuffed Epimerase Domains of Pyochelin Biosynthesis are Defunct Methyltransferases” in Biochemistry. Be sure to check it out! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… College of Sciences

Be sure to check out this collaborative published article from UTSA Chemistry’s Dr. Michael Doyle & Dr. Hadi Arman in Tetrahedron about “Amide hemiaminals from retro-Claisen ring opening of chiral 2-siloxy-1-cyclobutene-1-carbo..”. Congrats! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… College of Sciences

Congrats to UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Kanyashree Jana, Isai Barboza-Ramos, Arka Porey, Daniel Wherritt, Oleg Larionov, & Kirk Schanze on their collaborative published article “Visible Light-Induced Cytotoxicity of...” in ACS Applied Bio Materials. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Take a look at this collaborative published article from UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Dr. Kirk Schanze about “Embracing Breadth in Scope and Scientific Topical Representation” in ACS Central Science. Congratulations! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congrats to UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Luis Sanchez-Palestino, Diana Navarrete, & Dr. Michael Doyle on their collaborative published article “Design, Synthesis, In Vitro and In Silico Biological Evaluation...” in Pharmaceuticals. Be sure to check it out! mdpi.com/1999-4923/17/1…

Chemistry doctoral student, Marc Torres, recently used the Graduate School Professional Development Award to travel to the National Organic Symposium in Troy, NY! During the conference, he shared his research on drug compounds designed to more effectively treat cancer.

Happy Faculty Appreciation Week to our amazing Chemistry faculty! Your passion for teaching, commitment to excellence, & support for our students make a lasting difference. Thank you for helping our students reach their full potential. We are grateful for all that you do! 💙🧪✨

Congratulations to UT San Antonio Dr. Philipp Schmidpeter for earning NIH funding to study how ion channels interact with protein-folding enzymes and lipids—work that could reveal new therapeutic targets and deepen our understanding of human health.news.utsa.edu/2025/10/nih-su…

Check out this feature on UT San Antonio Chemistry’s Dr. Stanton McHardy! Through a collab w/ Dr. Cara Gonzales & support from the CIDD, the team developed CIDD99. This promising drug is now advancing toward clinical trials in the fight against oral cancer.news.utsa.edu/2025/10/the-po…