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 Analytical Resources Core that provides 24/7 student access to shared instrumentation.
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Borch Group
Chen Group
Crans Group
Fisher Group
Henry Group
Krummel Group
Levinger Group
McNally Group
Miyake Group
Neilson Group
Paton Group
Prieto Group
Rappe Group
Reynolds Group
Sambur Group
Shores Group
Szamel Group
Van Orden Group
Williams Group
Zadrozny Group
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Research News
Water in, clean energy and water out: DOE funds renewable hydrogen fuel research
Using sunlight to split water, or H2O, into hydrogen and oxygen represents what Justin Sambur, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University, calls “a holy grail in energy science.”
Indoor air quality experiments show exposure risks while cooking, cleaning
When you’re cooking or cleaning inside your home, what chemicals are you breathing, and are they potentially harmful? CSU chemists have given us a solid start on the answer.
CSU chemists share in $20 million award for NSF Center for Computer-Assisted Synthesis
Rob Paton in the Department of Chemistry helped establish the center in 2018. His work is in developing new computational approaches that enable data science to be applied to chemical reaction discovery and optimization.
Chemists design chemical probe for detecting minute temperature shifts in the body
The Zadrozny Lab designs molecules that allow magnetic resonance imaging to do things that it currently can’t do.
