The genealogies show the academic origins and relationships, based on Ph.D. adviser, of fifty faculty members of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, as of January 1999.
Academic lineage is often open to interpretation.
Before the late nineteenth century, chemists did not, in many instances, have formal academic advisers as they do today. Often several persons were influential in a particular chemist's career and course of study. Some, such as Lavoisier, were extremely influential, but never formally instructed students. In cases where the primary predecessor is unclear, emphasis has been given to overall influence and to traditional lineage interpretations. Faculty members are listed below under the line in which they appear.