Graduate education at Colorado State aims to train creative and competent scientists through the pursuit of answers to scientifically important research problems. Graduate students have opportunities to take a wide array of courses within the university. Graduate classes emphasize the most modern concepts and are taught by an internationally respected faculty.
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Areas of research cover both the traditional chemistry disciplines (analytical, inorganic, organic, physical) and interdisciplinary fields (materials, chemical biology, environmental). Instrument facilities at CSU are extensive through the department’s Central Instrument Facility and cell culture lab, as well as the university’s Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility and EcoCore Analytical Facility. The department maintains electronics, woodworking and scientific glassblowing expertise, and the university has a fully-staffed machine shop.
Students in the News
Going Viral: Biology student creates educational kit about the spread of pathogens
The Going Viral kit will be used by middle- and high-school students throughout Colorado.
Chemistry student awarded oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, NSF GRFP
Three-year fellowship gives Ian Moseley research freedom to focus exclusively on molecular magnets
Quím-O-Metros para Niños (Chem-O-Meters for Kids)
Chem-O-Meters, a new research kit from the Natural Sciences Education and Outreach Center teaches chemistry to 6th-12th grade students.
Doctoral student awarded NRC research associateship to study effectiveness of pure cannabis extracts
Cheryle Beuning to work with the National Institute of Standards and Technology on cannabinoid assessment
