Hispanic Community Partner

Javier Macossay-Torres

Javier Macossay is currently a professor of chemistry at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA), which is a Hispanic Serving Institution that educates the most Mexican-American students in the nation. UTPA is located in the Rio Grande Valley, which unfortunately is one of the most economically disadvantaged regions in the USA.

Javier, a Hispanic chemist, is an ACS member with affiliations in the POLY and PMSE divisions. He has also served on the Polymer Nomenclature Committee and the Committee for Minority Affairs.

Macossay performs research with undergraduate students of Hispanic, African-American, Asian, and Anglo backgrounds. He is committed to promoting diversity within his research group and, ultimately, within the chemical sciences.