A personalized learning laboratory.
Dynamic classes, laboratory research, and multiple means of interacting with faculty allow you to develop a personalized major that fits your individual learning style. As a chemistry major you’ll gain hands-on experience with modern instrumentation as you couple creative thought with experimentation. All of this will prepare you for a career in chemical research, education, the medical or engineering professions, or to pursue graduate work in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, environmental science, geology, materials science, or many other areas of study.
Department News
Professor Leslie Lyons is awarded the Luther & Jenny Erickson Endowed Professor of Chemistry
An outpouring of support from the former students of Luther Erickson, a professor emeritus of chemistry, and Jenny Erickson, retired Forum director, has…
Renewable Energy, Native Pollinators, Stormwater Reclamation
Chemistry majors graduate in class of ’21
Featured Research
Lee Sharpe’s Recent Publications
LaFexCo(1–x)O3 Thin-Film Oxygen Reduction Catalysts Prepared Using Spray Pyrolysis without Conductive Additives
Authors: Dilek Dervishogullari, Christopher A. Sharpe, and Lee R. Sharpe
Spray Pyrolysis as a Combinatorial Method for the Generation of Photocatalyst Libraries
Authors: Jordan S. Compton, Christi A. Peterson, Dilek Dervishogullari, and Lee R. Sharpe
Sources of Obsidian for the Sinagua of Northern Arizona (USA)
Authors: John C. Whittaker, Daniel Dong KeunLee, Lee Sharpe, and Jeffrey R. Ferguson
Heriberto Hernandez’s Recent Publications
Role of Sterics in Phosphine-Ligated Gold Clusters
Authors: Katherine A. Parrish, Mary King, Marshall R. Ligare, Grant E. Johnson, and Heriberto Hernández
Light Exposure Promotes Degradation of Intermediates and Growth of Phosphine-Ligated Gold Clusters
Authors: Michael A. Hewitt, Heriberto Hernández, and Grant E. Johnson
ESI-MS Identification of the Cationic Phosphine-Ligated Gold Clusters Au1−22: Insight into the Gold−Ligand Ratio and Abundance of Larger Clusters
Authors: Michael A. Hewitt, Heriberto Hernández, and Grant E. Johnson
Andrew Graham’s Recent Publications
Nutrient capture in an Iowa farm pond: Insights from high-frequency observations
Authors: Christopher Brunet, Eva R C Gemrich, Savanna Biedermann, Peter J Jacobson, Keith E Schilling, Christopher S Jones, Andrew M Graham
Dimethylmercury Degradation by Dissolved Sulfide and Mackinawite
Authors: Johannes West, Andrew M Graham, Van Liem-Nguyen, and Sofi Jonsson