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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Fisher Group
Henry Group
Krummel Group
Levinger Group
McCullagh 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
Chemists create new route to PHAs: naturally degradable bioplastics
They offer a cost-effective synthetic pathway for conventional and new PHAs with enhanced properties.
Two CSU chemistry professors to help celebrate 150 years of the Periodic Table
Professors Eugene Chen and Amy Prieto will join a national panel in Washington, D.C. this week discussing chemistry breakthroughs enabled by scientific understanding of the periodic table.
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
CSU professor leverages ‘Data Revolution’ to solve current issues in chemistry
Part of three projects chosen nationally this year by the National Science Foundation, Robert Paton and his team will create a new generation of “data chemists.”
