Welcome
Welcome to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at San Diego State University!
Hours of Operation: 8:30am-12pm; 1-4:30pm Pacific Time Monday-Friday in GMCS-209.

SDSU offers the ACS-accredited bachelor's degree.
Announcements
- Prof. Rees Garmann has a stunning new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on how viruses selectively encapsulate their own RNA! Congratulations, Garmann group!
- Please welcome the newest addition to our faculty, analytical chemist Prof. Jose Luis Uribe!! Prof. Uribe will be a founding member of the chemistry program at SDSU's Imperial Valley campus, christening the new STEM lab facility in Brawley.
- Congratulations to Prof. John Love, recipient of the 2025 Faculty Sustainability Award!
- The Sohl lab featured strongly in this year's awards at the SDSU Student Symposium, with M.S. student Darius Hyde taking one of the Provost's Awards and Josselyn Jacobo winning an Undergraduate Research Excellence Award. Congratulations, Sohl group!
- Congratulations to Senate Distinguished Prof. Christopher Harrison, 2025 recipient of the American Chemical Society's J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education!
Upcoming Events
Aug 22 | Dept. Seminar – Dr. Christoph Meyer, LONZA Bioscience, GMCS-333, 2:00 PM |
Aug 29 | Dept. Seminar – Prof. Chris Lorenz, Kings College, GMCS-301, 2:00 PM |
Sep 05 | Dept. Seminar – Prof. Youngkwang Lee, San Diego State University , GMCS-301, 2:00 PM |
Sep 12 | Dept. Seminar – Prof. David L. Mobley, University of California, Irvine, GMCS-301, 2:00 PM |
Sep 19 | Dept. Seminar – Prof. Tetsuo Iwasawa, Ryukoku University, TBD, 2:00 PM |
Sep 26 | Dept. Seminar – Prof. Christal Sohl , San Diego State University , GMCS-301, 2:00 PM |
Department Contacts
Chair: Tom Huxford
Undergraduate Advisor: Peter van der Geer, pvanderg@sdsu.edu
Graduate Advisor: Christal Sohl, csohl@sdsu.edu
Doctoral Program Director: Byron Purse, bpurse@sdsu.edu
Other Inquiries: cheminfo@sdsu.edu
Thank you!
Recent donors to SDSU Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Mr. Jay Breaux
- Richard L. Jenkins, Ph.D.
- BlueDoor LLC
Main Office: GMCS 209 • 5500 Campanile Drive • San Diego, CA 92182-1030 (U.S.A.) • Phone: (619) 594-5595 • Fax: (619) 594-4634