Facilities

Research Facilities

The Department of Chemistry maintains a broad selection of state-of-the-art research instrumentation. A key feature of all our labs is the availability of skilled and dedicated technical staff members who keep the instruments well-maintained and help students with user training, sample prep, data interpretation, and instrument scheduling. There are four research instrumentation facilities within the chemistry department:

• Chromatography
  • Location: 1001 Hahn Hall South
  • Contact: Mehdi Ashraf-Khorassani (mashraf@vt.edu)
• Crystallography
  • Location: Integrated Life Sciences Building (ILSB) in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center (CRC)
  • Contact: Carla Slebodnick (slebod@vt.edu)
• Mass Spectrometry (MS)
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
  • Location: 006 Hahn Hall South
  • Contact: Ken Knott (kknott@vt.edu), Murthy Shaniah (nmrns@vt.edu)
• Surface Analysis Lab
  • Location: 008 Hahn Hall South
  • Contact: Xu Feng (xufeng@vt.edu)

Technical Support

• Glass Shop
  • Location: 1006 Hahn Hall South
  • Contact: Tom Wertalik (wertalik@vtc.vt.edu)
• Electronics Shop (IT and Instrument Support)
  • Location: 1107 & 1111 Hahn Hall South
  • Contact: Larry Jackson (ljackson@vt.edu), Steve Breeding (steveb23@vt.edu)
• Stockroom
  • Location: 174 Davidson Hall
  • Contact: Sharelle Carbaugh (sfdillon@vt.edu)
• Poster Printing
  • Location: 480 Davidson Hall
  • Contact: EMillie Shephard (eloope@vt.edu)