Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Chair: Jon W. Carnahan

Graduate Faculty

Gary M. Baker, associate professor, Ph.D., Purdue University
David S. Ballantine, Jr., associate professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Rathindra N. Bose, professor, Ph.D., Georgetown University
Jon W. Carnahan, professor, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Robert F. Cunico, professor emeritus, Ph.D., Purdue University
James E. Erman, Distinguished Research Professor, emeritus, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elizabeth R. Gaillard, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Texas
Thomas M. Gilbert, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Heike Hofstetter, adjunct assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Tübingen (Germany)
Oliver Hofstetter, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Tübingen (Germany)
Narayan S. Hosmane, Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D., Edinburgh University
Dennis N. Kevill, Distinguished Research Professor, emeritus, Ph.D., University of London
Douglas Klumpp, associate professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Chhiu-Tsu Lin, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Presidential Research Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
W. Roy Mason III, professor emeritus, Ph.D., Emory University
John L. A. Mitchell, Distinguished Research Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University
Victor V. Ryzhov, associate professor, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Lee Sunderlin, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Petr Vanýsek, associate professor, Ph.D., Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
Lidia Vitello, adjunct associate professor, Ph.D., Clarkson University
Qingwei Yao, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Chong Zheng, professor, Ph.D., Cornell University

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Bulletins describing graduate programs in chemistry are available from the department chair.

Admission to graduate programs in chemistry requires a baccalaureate degree in chemistry or a related area.

Course Information

Course numbering system. Courses offered by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry are divided into different areas as a general guide to students using the following numbering system.

–00, special topics
–15, seminar
–01 to –19, general chemistry
–20 to –29, analytical chemistry
–30 to –39, organic chemistry
–40 to –50, physical chemistry
–51 to –59, special laboratory and research areas
–60 to –69, inorganic chemistry
–70 to –79, biochemistry
–80 to –99, research, dissertation, and miscellaneous

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