Dr. Nita Eskew is a Teaching Associate Professor in the UNC Department of Chemistry. She earned her PhD in Organic Chemistry from UNC Chapel Hill under the direction of Slayton A. Evans, Jr. after receiving a BS in Chemistry at UNC Chapel Hill.
Dr. Eskew is passionate about sharing the excitement of chemistry with students in the classroom and laboratory. She has an ongoing interest in medicinal plants that began while researching American Ginseng, a native plant of the NC mountains used by Native Americans. She developed an APPLES course, ‘The Chemistry of Purslane’. Dr. Eskew routinely teaches organic chemistry courses.
Prior to joining UNC in 2012, Dr. Eskew taught at Salem College and worked at Bayer Corporation. Additionally, she is the parent of two Carolina alums.