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Chemistry is all around us

It impacts everything we can see, touch, smell and taste. The programs of the Department will prepare you to understand,investigate and apply the principles of chemistry to a wide variety of careers from the study of the environment, to solving criminal cases, to working in a chemically related business, to using chemistry to understand biological systems and processes, to preparing for a career as a research chemist.

For those wishing to prepare for advanced study in chemistry we offer both Master's and Doctoral Programs in all major fields of Chemistry.

Our faculty provide teaching and research expertise in all major areas of Chemistry

Notice to Undergraduates: JMD Furniture Scholarship

The Department offers weekly seminars by faculty from departments throughout the United States and beyond describing the latest advances in their fields.

Weekly Seminar

Departmental Seminars are held in the Van Lente Auditorium (Neckers 240) at 4:00 pm unless otherwise indicated.

Boris Musulin Lecture Series

Dr Robert Wiens, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Friday, April 27, 2018

"TBA"

Materials Technology Center Seminar Series

Congratulations

Ahmad Qamar, a graduate student in Professor Shamsi's group on receiving $1000 Travel Grant to allow him to give an oral presentation of his research at the 2018 Fall ACS meeting In Boston.

Madison McMinn, a junior Chemistry major with minors in Forensic Science and Mathematics from Chatham IL on being named 2018 Goldwater Scholar Honorable Mention.

Professor Qingfeng Ge on his selection as the recipient of the 2018 University-Level Scholar Excellence Award.

Professor Boyd Goodson and Professor Saikat Talapatra on the award of a three year NSF grant titled "REU Site in Interdisciplinary Materials Research"

Sensen Chen, MS ,supervised by Prof. Mohtashim Shamsi, and Jessica Hadwiger and John Pott, undergraduate majors in Chemistry, who will graduate in December 2017.

Rachel Bolerjack, an undergraduate major in Chemistry has been selected as an Energy Boost Scholar for Spring 2018

Professor Keith T. Gagnon on receiving the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publisher's Young Investigator Award.

Professor Boyd Goodson is co-PI on an NIH_R21 grant approved by NIH. His co-PI is Professor Eduard Chekmenev at Vanderbilt University and there are several Russian Collaborators.

Professor Qingfeng Ge on receiving the College of Science Scholar Excellence Award and Professor Gary Kinsel on receiving the College of Science TT Teaching Excellence Award.

Professor Senetta Bancroft who, along with Dr Harvey Henson and Angela Box, received $46,005 from Monroe Randolph Regional Office of Education #45 for their proposal, "Southern Illinois-Making Science Connections".

Chemistry Class of 2017(May Graduation): Tyler Adams, Liana Bales (ACS), Cori Davis, Europe Doan (ACS), Jared Fiske, Breanne Harrell (ACS), Kiah Kirkwood, Jacob Marler, Kristen Schellhardt, Runming Tao (ACS), Rachel Town.

Tanner Smith, a student working in Professor Pravas Deria's laboratory, on being awarded a REACH grant for the 2017-2018 academic year. Professor Deria wiil serve as his REACH recipient mentor.

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