Faculty Profile for Dr. Whitney Ann Webre

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Dr. Whitney Ann Webre
Assoc Professor of Instruction — Chemistry and Biochemistry
Program Faculty — Chemistry and Biochemistry
Assoc Professor of Instruction — Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHEM 215
phone: (512) 245-1570

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, 2019
University of North Texas
B.S. Biochemistry, 2013
Spring Hill College

Teaching Interests

Quantitative Analysis (Analytical Chemistry) - CHEM 3410
General Chemistry 2 - CHEM 1342 and 1142
Engineering Chemistry Laboratory - CHEM 1135
Introduction to Chemistry - CHEM 1320

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Webre, W. A. (2025). Engineering Chemistry Lab Manual. New York, NY: Hayden-McNeil Lab Solutions.
  • Webre, W. A. (2024). Engineering Chemistry Manual. New York, NY: Hayden-McNeil Lab Solutions.
  • Kumar, S., Webre, W. A., Schaffner, J., Islam, S. M. S., D’Souza, F., & Wang, H. (2021). A2 and A2B2 Benzoporphyrins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. Porphyrin Science by Women, 1077–1088.
  • Chahal, M. K., Velychkivska, N., Webre, W. A., Labuta, J., Ishihara, S., Ariga, K., … Hill, J. P. (2021). Increasing the complexity of oxoporphyrinogen colorimetric sensing chromophores: N-alkylation and β-substitution. Porphyrin Science by Women, 1031–1041. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811223556_0092
  • Kumar, S., Webre, W. A., Schaffner, J., Islam, S., D’Souza, F., & Wang, H. (2021). A2 and A2B2 Benzoporphyrins as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. Porphyrin Science by Women, 1077–1088. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811223556_0097

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Science and Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas State University. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas State University. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State Alumni Association. September 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Eli Lilly Travel Award, American Chemical Society (ACS) Women Chemists Committee (WCC). 2018

Selected Grants

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Wheeler, Brittany Marie (Co-Principal), Webre, Whitney Ann (Co-Principal), Holland, Cory Lee (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Brittain, William J (Supporting), Hudnall, Todd W (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Supporting), Kornienko, Alexander Vladimir (Supporting), Peterson, Ryan Loren (Supporting), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Supporting). REU Site: A Chemistry REU on Molecular Innovation and Exploration (CheMIE), National Science Foundation, Federal, $378188. (Submitted: August 25, 2021, Funded: April 15, 2022 - Present). Grant.