Building and Growing the
Research Enterprise…
The Research
Enterprise…
“creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in
order to increase the stock of knowledge, including
knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use
of this stock of knowledge to devise new
applications."
Research…
Part of the Universities
Tapestry
The Research
Enterprise at USF
Research Begins in the
Academic Units!
The Departments: The Colleges: Vice Presidents:
The President:
PROVOST
FACULTY
DEANS
STRATEGIC GOALS
VP of RESEARCH
About the Department of Chemistry
23 Faculty
$1,540,834 in funding
Beginning of the Graduate
Program (MS 1965, PhD 1968)
12 Faculty
9 Graduate Students
25.25 Tenure Track Faculty
5 Permanent Instructors
3 Core Facility Managers
130 Graduate Students
$11,000,000 in funding
2013
2000
1990
1980
1970
27 Faculty
35 MS, 58 PhD
$297,091 in funding
1960
The Beginning…
4 Founding Faculty:
Theodore Ashford
Jack Fernandez
Lawrence Monley
Graham Solomons
$5,150 in funding
Chemistry one of the
first three buildings on
campus
20 Faculty
36 MS, 6 PhD
$217,243 in funding
26 Faculty
37 MS, 41 PhD
NRC Ranking: 122
$502,444 in funding
26 Faculty
23 MS, 31 PhD
One of the Top 8
Producers of Chemistry
Majors Nationally
$375,994 in funding
The Department of Chemistry:
Undergraduate Program
Academic Excellence, Student Access, and Student Success
Degrees in Chemistry & Number of Majors in 2011/2012:
2,987 Majors Total
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, ACS Certified
163
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry
Biochemistry & Health Sciences Emphasis
290
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences
2,384
Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences
32
Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology
118
The Department of Chemistry:
Student Access
The Department of Chemistry:
Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate students participating
in Academic REU since 2005
Over 50 Publications Involving Undergraduates
Over the Past Five Years!!!
The Department of Chemistry:
Research & Graduate Education
Impactful Research, Economic Leadership, & Community
Engagement
Materials Chemistry
Research
Chemical Education
Research
Biomolecular Chemistry
& Drug Discovery
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The Department of Chemistry:
Research & Graduate Education SUCCESS!
National Research Council
USF Department of Chemistry
Public AAU Universities
1. University of California-Berkeley
2. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
3. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
3. University of California Los Angeles
4. Georgia Institute of Technology
5. Pennsylvania State University
6. University of California San Diego
7. Iowa State University
7. University of California Santa Barbara
8. University of California Irvine
9. Michigan State University
9. University of Texas Austin
9. University of Wisconsin Madison
10. University of Michigan
11. University of Colorado Boulder
11. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
12. Purdue University
12. SUNY Stony Brook
USF
13. University of Arizona
14. University of Washington
15. University of California Davis
15. University of Florida
15. University of Maryland College Park
16. University of Pittsburgh
17. Texas A&M University
17. University of Iowa
18. The Ohio State University
19. University of Virginia
20. University of Oregon
21. Indiana University
21. University of Missouri Columbia
22. SUNY Buffalo
23. University of Nebraska Lincoln
The Department of Chemistry:
Research & Graduate Education
Materials Chemistry
Research
Biomolecular Chemistry
& Drug Discovery
• 10 Faculty
• 15 Faculty
• Over 130 Publications
Past 5 Years
• Over 140 Publications
Over Past 5 Years
• Over 2,700 Citations
Past 5 Years
• Over 370 Citations
Past 5 Years
Chemical Education
Research
• New Area of
Research!
• 2 Faculty
• 8 Graduate Students
• USF-CChER
• ~40 Graduate
Students
• ~80 Graduate
Students
• USF-SMMARTT
• USF-CMD5
The Department of Chemistry:
Research & Graduate Education
Materials Chemistry
Research
Biomolecular Chemistry
& Drug Discovery
Chemical Education
Research
Department of Chemistry
Research Centers
USF-Smart Metal organic Materials Advanced Research and Technology
Transfer
(USF-SMMARTT)
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More than $3 million in funding since 2008
15 patents in biotechnology and MOMs
More than 400 publications in top tier journals
Extensive industrial collaboration
More than 3,000 citations each year
Center for Molecular Diversity in Drug Design, Discovery and Delivery
(USF-CMD5)
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More than $10 million in funding since 2008.
Developing a 5-year BS/MS degree in drug discovery
Numerous research publications and over 20 patent applications in the past 3
years
Creation of spin-out companies (Nanopharma Technologies, KariCure and Modulation Therapeutics) in the
USF small business incubator
Integral component of the USF Center fro Drug Discovery and Innovation (CDDI).
Center for Chemical Education Research
(USF-CChER)
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This center will be the newest associated with the Department of Chemistry
Will be National and International leader in Chem. Ed. research
The Department of Chemistry:
Research & Graduate Education
The Department of Chemistry:
Research & Graduate Education
The Department of Chemistry:
Research & Graduate Education
Return on Investment
66%
The Department of Chemistry:
Graduate Program
The Department of Chemistry:
Graduate Program
Department of Chemistry
Administration/Staffing:
Making it all work!!!
Chair
Graduate
Coord.
Faculty Affairs
Graduate
Coord.
Student Affairs
& Asst. Chair
Lead
Academic
Advisor
Academic
Advisors
Academic
Program
Specialist
Teaching
Lab
Managers
Assoc. Chair
Academic
Services
Administrator
Academic
Program
Specialist
Manager
Fiscal&Business
Admin.
Unit Research
Administrator
Fiscal &
Business
Assistants
Receptionist
Research in the
Academic Unit- The
Departments
Three types of research ‘cultures’ in academic units…
1. Departments with little or no research history
2. Departments with established research activity.
3. Departments with previous research history in decline.
Building a Research
Culture within the
Academic Department
Building a Research Culture in Departments with
Little or No Research History/Resurrecting Research
Active Departments
1. Must be faculty driven!
-Faculty must support a research agenda.
-Not all faculty need to be research active but need to
support research activities.
-Non research active faculty play key roles in other areas of
academic excellence.
Building a Research
Culture within the
Academic Department
2. Establish Research Success Metrics!
-It’s not always about funding….but funding helps!
-Enhance research visibility…Publications are critical! Although
impact factors and citations are important, faculty should build
diverse publication portfolios!
-Research metrics are discipline specific. Departments must
establish competitive metrics…target aspirational peers!
Building a Research
Culture within the
Academic Department
3. Hiring New Faculty…The Most Important
Thing we Do!
- Junior faculty enter with research expectations.
- Hiring more senior faculty will jump start departmental
research activity.
- Research excellence metrics are established and become a
component of annual evaluations and T&P.
- Return on investment is critical with new faculty!
Building a Research
Culture within the
Academic Department
5. Building Research Infrastructure
- Research infrastructure needs are discipline specific.
- Departmental research support: Unit Research
Administrators
- Adequate research space must be available.
- Graduate student recruitment! No students = no research!
Growing Research
within Research Active
Academic Departments
Sustaining and Growing Departments with Established
Research Activity
1. Evolving the Departments Research Identity
and Profile!
- Continue to evolve and promote signature areas of research.
- Synergize research within the department.
- Identify key metrics to improve program rankings.
- Expand research funding portfolio…Be Creative!
Growing Research
within Research Active
Academic Departments
2. Maintain a Balanced Faculty!
- Research mentorship requires balance of Assistant, Associate
and Full Professors.
- Balance faculty in specific research areas! Too many faculty in
overlapping areas of research limits access to graduate
students.
- Encourage research diversification- Explore new opportunities!
Growing Research
within Research Active
Academic Departments
3. Departmental Support of Research
Infrastructure!
- Continue to invest in departmental infrastructure, when
possible.
- Develop new core facilities when needed and advance existing
cores.
- Creative use of research space!
Growing Research
within Research Active
Academic Departments
4. Growing Research = Growing Faculty!
- Don’t build a department on a model from 1950!
- Project into the future…what will our discipline look like in 10
years? Start building now!
-Faculty growth also requires growth of the graduate program.
-Faculty growth also requires space commitments!
Challenges in
Cultivating Research at
USF
USF Administration
- Availability of faculty lines!
- No clear integration of research and academics.
- Research space!
- Grant infrastructure pre- and post-award.
- Research infrastructure support, core facilities, start-up, etc
Nationally
-Reduced levels of funding.
-Drive towards STEM, devalues other research enterprises.