Chemistry Training Track
The Chemistry Training Track within the Biological Chemistry Graduate Program is designed to prepare students to address emerging research opportunities at the crossroads of modern chemistry and discovery biology. Students participate in dynamic research and experience the satisfaction of making original contributions to the advancement of chemistry and related disciplines. A hallmark of a UT Southwestern education, students in the program benefit from working collaboratively across disciplines to solve complex health challenges.
Research projects focus on topics at the forefronts of synthetic and mechanistic chemistry, chemical biology, and discovery biology. Areas of research include:
- Asymmetric catalysis
- Isolation of natural products
- Medicinal chemistry
- Organometallics
- Synthesis of natural products
- Synthetic methodology
