Jessada Mahatthananchai

ASSISTANT Professor of Chemistry

Office: CIS 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