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| Mission Statement |
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| The Ph.D. Program in Chemistry provides young chemists with advanced research training that will enable them to become independent research scientists and leaders in industry, government, and academia. The research focus areas in the Department of Chemistry are: |
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| 1. Spectroscopy, including the development and applications of magnetic resonance, laser and optical spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography, |
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| 2. Macromolecular materials, including, dendrimers, inorganic polymers, conducting polymers, nanostructures, catalysts, and chemical sensors, |
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| 3. Biological materials, including the control and acceleration of the reactions of life, the synthesis of biologically important compounds, the creation of new biomaterials, and enzymatic polymerization to form inorganic polymers. |
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| The first two focus areas include collaborations with the Department of Polymer Science; the third involves integration into the nascent University Biosciences Initiative. These focus areas span the five traditional subdisciplines of chemistry: analytical chemistry, biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry. The department has extensive course offerings in these subdisciplines and in interface areas. In the course of the graduate program, students build problem solving skills, learn teamwork, and develop the confidence to approach and master unfamiliar concepts and techniques. Basic and applied research is supported by federal grants and by contracts from industry. The program contributes to the economy of the State of Ohio through the development of new technologies, by training scientists in frontier areas of chemistry, and by providing contract research. |
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