The Department of Chemistry has an international reputation for excellence in research across a broad array of disciplines, including analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, materials and physical chemistry. Ph.D. graduates receive world-class training, participate in cutting-edge (and often interdisciplinary) research projects, and are employed at all levels of academia and industry around the globe. The faculty also enjoy an award-winning reputation for teaching excellence. Undergraduate students benefit both from access to this classroom expertise and from a long tradition of substantive undergraduate participation in research. The Department’s research efforts are supported by a state-of-the-art Analytical Resources Core that provides 24/7 student access to shared instrumentation.
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Meet College of Natural Sciences Dean Randall McEntaffer
Meet the new dean of the College of Natural Sciences, Randall McEntaffer.
CSU chemists help find a new way around a long-established limitation to electron transfer selectivity
For decades, the field has been constrained by a fundamental principle of electron transfer.
Transforming carbon dioxide into a new kind of recyclable plastic
Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a process to transform naturally occurring and highly stable carbon dioxide into recyclable, high-performance materials that could replace today’s plastics in many situations.
CSU chemistry student named Astronaut Scholar
Achmatowicz, a chemistry major in the College of Natural Sciences, was recently named a 2026 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
