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. Undergraduate students benefit from a long tradition of substantive undergraduate participation in research. The Department’s research efforts are supported by a state-of-the-art Central Instrument Facility that provides 24/7 student access to shared instrumentation.
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Chemists arm drug hunters with latest tool for new drug discovery
The reaction uses phosphorus to stitch together molecular rings called pyridines.
For critically ill patients on life support, CSU chemistry could help them survive
Together with trauma care doctors, CSU chemists may soon play a key role in making next-generation extracorporeal life support devices more effective and less invasive.
Red or yellow? A simple paper test detects false or substandard antibiotics
Researchers have put chemistry to work on a simple, inexpensive way to identify falsified antibiotics, offering a practical solution to a real problem in the developing world.
Biorenewable, biodegradable plastic alternative synthesized by CSU chemists
Publishing in Nature Communications, the team led by Professor of Chemistry Eugene Chen describes synthesis of a polymer called P3HB.
