The department’s research emphases fall into the general areas of bio-organic chemistry, environmental chemistry, and chemical education. Within these focus areas, programs in the Department cover the traditional areas of chemistry; analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic and physical. Currently active research projects in the Department focus on various aspects of analytical chemistry, organic synthesis, materials science, the chemistry and biochemistry of cell membranes, environmental and green chemistry, natural products chemistry, sensor development, bioinorganic chemistry, computational chemistry, and solidstate NMR. The Department is equipped with modern instrumentation to support research in these areas. This equipment is readily available to graduate students for “hands-on” experience after successfully completing a short training course. This includes, a NMR facility consisting of 400, 300 and 200 MHz solution FT-NMR spectrometers; 400, 300, 200, 100 MHz wide-bore solid-state NMR spectrometers; powder x-ray diffractometer; a mass spectrometry facility consisting of a 7T ESI FTMS, a high-resolution magnetic sector mass spectrometer with EI and CI sources and GC, HPLC, pyrolysis and fast-atom bombardment capabilities, and a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer; FT-IR spectrometer with far-IR capabilities; time-resolved spectrofluorometer; atomic absorption and diode-array UV-Vis spectrophotometers. In addition to these departmental resources, individual research groups also maintain their own instrumentation. Campus super computer facilities and on-line computer access to Chemical Abstracts Services are readily available. Individual groups maintain their own computer systems for molecular modeling or dedicated data manipulation.
Available Options for Graduate Degrees
Master of Science: Option A
Doctor of Philosophy: 60-Credit Plan
90-Credit Plan
See Master’s Degrees and Options and Doctor of Philosophy Degree Requirements for descriptions of available options.
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