Faculty
Jessada Mahatthananchai
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
*On Leave 2025-2026
Office: Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences 310G
Phone: 518-580-8029
Email: jmahatth@skidmore.edu
Education:
- B.A. 2009, Skidmore College
- M.S. 2010, University of Pennsylvania
- Dr. sc. 2013, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
Professor Jessada Mahatthananchai's undergraduate research group in synthetic chemistry focuses on developing new methodologies that are versatile and simple to operate to label organic molecules with deuterium, taking inspiration from nature’s catalysts. Students in our laboratory will learn advanced theories of the underlying reaction mechanisms, as well as techniques for preparing and characterizing new molecular entities with modern instrumentation such as NMR, IR, and GC/MS.
Courses taught:
- CH 115 Fundamentals of Chemistry
- CH 221 Organic Chemistry 1
- CH 222 Organic Chemistry 2
- CH 222L Organic Chemistry 2 Lab
- CH 351C Special Topics In Chemistry: Food Chemistry
- CH 378 Senior Seminar