The department is home to a group of internationally known faculty with visible research accomplishments.  During the past five years our department has enjoyed tremendous growth in new tenure track faculty hires.  Ongoing renovations ensure faculty and students have modern laboratory and classroom space.  Since research in chemistry cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries, we offer interdisciplinary research projects in a variety of areas. Our graduate and undergraduate programs offer strong student-faculty interactions and collaborative programs between research groups within and outside the department

Beginning full-time students may be awarded teaching assistantships that carry a twelve-month stipend of $39,000.00, which includes $34,000.00 for the academic year (9 months) and $5,000 for summer (3 months), provided you maintain satisfactory academic progress. This opportunity allows students to gain experience while teaching in undergraduate laboratory courses. It requires approximately 16 hours of work per week during the academic year. S

Qualifications 

The candidate must hold a B.S./B.A. degree from an accredited institution. Consideration is given to applicants who have successfully completed general chemistry (two semesters), organic chemistry (two semesters), physical chemistry (two semesters), and the related laboratories. A course in advanced inorganic chemistry is strongly recommended, and remedial work in this area may be required of students who have not taken such a course. The mathematics and physics courses that are normally included in a B.S. program in chemistry are also required.