Welcome to the Chemistry Department Webpage! We hope that you will find us to be an interesting and dynamic department. We are one of the largest departments at Xavier with seven different types of major programs including Chemistry, Chemistry (with American Chemical Society Certification), Biochemistry, Chemistry Premed, Chemistry Prepharmacy, Chemical Engineering (3+2), and Chemical Education. Many of our students earn money by conducting research with our faculty in projects funded by research grants. In addition, we have an award winning Chemistry Club that participates in community and departmental service activities, seminars, and chemistry magic shows. We pride ourselves on our quality of instruction, faculty, undergraduate research, instrumentation, and the accomplishments of our students. If you are interested in a career in chemistry, drug design, cancer research, environmental chemistry, medicine, alternate energy sources, education, pharmacy, nanotechnology, engineering, or many other exciting occupations, consider majoring in chemistry at Xavier. Feel free to contact the Chemistry Department Chair for more information.
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Alumni Allstar of the Month
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 L’Aurelle A. Johnson
L’Aurelle A. Johnson is a former MARC program scholar, and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and honors in chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana in 2000. In 2005, she received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Michigan where she studied amphetamine’s regulation of the dopamine transporter. L’Aurelle currently is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. She is investigating the contributions of obesity to alterations in normal drug metabolism in children. She also holds an adjunct appointment in the division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. Dr. Johnson is a K12 scholar and specializes in pediatric pharmacology. L’Aurelle is a currently a member of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Society of Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). |
