Department of 化学 和 生物化学

Build the Foundation for Your Career in 化学

化学 plays a central role in the most exciting 和 critical areas of modern scientific 探索. 澳门赌场在线娱乐 生物化学 chemistry majors receive a solid foundation in chemical theories 和 laboratory techniques, preparing them for a range of career opportunities in chemical or pharmaceutical industries, government laboratories 和 academia.

Our Department of 化学 和 生物化学 has well-equipped laboratory facilities 和 exceptional chemical instrumentation. The use of chemical instrumentation is integrated into the curriculum beginning in your 第一年. The department possesses a wide range of modern spectroscopic 和 separations instruments, thermal analysis facilities, 和 routine equipment for synthesis 和 analysis.

机会

Within our department, you will find ample opportunity to participate in research 澳门赌场在线娱乐. 专业 are required to complete a capstone senior research project. 然而, students can begin their involvement in an original research project as early as their 第一年. Students can participate as volunteers, paid technicians, interns, or through enrollment in independent studies.

Independent Study

Independent study allows students to collaborate in novel projects with many related disciplines, such as biology, pharmacy, computer science, 和 others. 范围广 of research topics is currently being explored within the department. 正在进行的和 planned projects include organic synthesis, biochemical investigations (enzymology 和 pharmaceutical applications), materials science (amorphous alloy production 和 characterization), analytical chemistry, 和 computational chemistry.

Off-Campus 机会

In addition to the on-campus opportunities offered by the faculty, the chemistry department also encourages student participation in a variety of off-campus activities such as summer research internships or a semester-abroad. Recently, students spent their summers at Sanofi 和 Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Graduate School & 就业

The department maintains an outst和ing record of placement in graduate 和 medical programs across the country. Recent graduates have been awarded fellowships 和 scholarships for doctoral work at Columbia, MIT, V和erbilt 和 others. Other majors have taken research positions in a variety of industrial 和 government laboratories.

100%

of department majors complete a senior research project.

400

megahertz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer – the largest in the region.

72,000

square feet for experiential learning in the Cohen Science Center.

The highlight of my time 澳门赌场在线娱乐 has been all the research 和 laboratory experience I have gained. I have had the wonderful opportunity of working on multiple research projects 和 running various instruments that I would never get to use as an undergraduate at another institution.

Nicholas Fitzpatrick ’19, 化学 major

Chemical Instruments & 仓库

The Department maintains a large inventory of lab equipment 和 routinely used chemical 项目.

Equipment includes:

  • High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
  • FT-NMR Spectroscopy
  • FT-IR 和 UV-VIS Spectroscopy
  • Fluorescence Spectroscopy
  • Thermogravimetic Analysis
  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry
  • Stopped-Flow Apparatus

Chemical 图书馆

The department houses computer equipment for online to the ACS Archives 和 many other scientific online journals. Additional library resources are available 澳门赌场在线娱乐 University's Farley 图书馆.

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凯瑟琳H. Bone Lecture Series

The 凯瑟琳H. Bone lecture in chemistry is hosted by the Department of 化学. It is made possible by the endowments left by 凯瑟琳H. Bone, who taught chemistry 澳门赌场在线娱乐 from 1946-1965.

Stark Learning Center on campus