Chemistry News
Morgan State Student Named 2026 Astronaut Scholar
Tyrah Weems Becomes University’s Fifth Recipient of the Highly Competitive National STEM Honor Awarded by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
Morgan State Postdoctoral Researcher Awarded American Association of University Women Fellowship
$30K Fellowship to Support Morgan State Chemist in Anti-Cancer Research
Drs. McCarthy & Wachira Awarded $550k for Biomaterials Research
Dr. Pumtiwitt McCarthy (Principal Investigator), Associate Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. James Wachira (Co-Principal Investigator), Associate Professor of Biology, have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to carry out their project, "Excellence in Research: Elucidating Factors that Affect Substrate Promiscuity of Bacterial Capsule Polymerases for Synthesis of Novel Polysaccharides."
Morgan Scholar Earns First Place in Target’s Inaugural ‘HBCU Future Leaders in Retail Challenge’
Biology Major Madison Pleas Submits Top Case Study, Earning Nearly $4,000 in Prizes and a Job Offer
Dr. Samokhvalov Awarded $560k for Advanced Research Equipment
Dr. Pumtiwitt McCarthy (Principal Investigator), Associate Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. James Wachira (Co-Principal Investigator), Associate Professor of Biology, have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to carry out their project, "Excellence in Research: Elucidating Factors that Affect Substrate Promiscuity of Bacterial Capsule Polymerases for Synthesis of Novel Polysaccharides."
Dr. Abebe Awarded $381k for Cell Imaging Research
Dr. Fasil Abebe, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has won a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to carry out his project, “Excellence in Research: Near-Infrared Molecular Probes as Potential Tools for Bioimaging.”
Contact Information
Interim Chairperson:
Dr. Pumtiwitt McCarthy
Graduate Program Coordinator:
Dr. Santosh Mandal
Administrative Assistant:
Charnell Purcell
Morgan State University
Department of Chemistry
Spencer 318
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
P: 443-885-3115
F: 443-885-8286
E: Email the Department
Contact Information
Interim Chairperson:
Dr. Pumtiwitt McCarthy
Graduate Program Coordinator:
Dr. Santosh Mandal
Administrative Assistant:
Charnell Purcell
Morgan State University
Department of Chemistry
Spencer 318
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
P: 443-885-3115
F: 443-885-8286
E: Email the Department