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Chemistry
Training the next generation of chemists, doctors, pharmacists and researchers
The Department of Chemistry offers undergraduate major and minor programs in chemistry along with graduate training (M.S. and Ph.D.) in a modern facility with state-of-the-art instrumentation. The undergraduate course of study for chemistry, certified by the American Chemical Society, prepares students for careers as chemists in pharmaceutical, chemical, and consumer products industries, and for advanced training in top-ranked Ph.D. programs. Additionally, many chemistry graduates continue their education in medical, dental, or pharmacy schools.
At the graduate level, the faculty mentor students in cutting-edge research published in the most highly regarded international journals and documented in patents. The department features state-of-the art research facilities. Upon graduation, our students typically go on to postdoctoral appointments, desirable jobs in academia or in the chemical industry. The greater New York metropolitan area is home to a large number of chemical and pharmaceutical companies.
Assistant Professor Prokopchuk Wins Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Congratulations to Demyan Prokopchuk on winning an NSF CAREER award! His project "CAREER: CAS: Modulating Ligand-based C-H and N-H Bond Strengths for Sustainable Synthesis and Catalysis" will be supported by Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) program within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS). Pushing the frontiers of small molecule activation and catalysis, his research will focus on the design of redox-active compounds that are capable of transferring protons, electrons, and hydrogen atoms in a sustainable and efficient manner. He will also initiate an educational program on the importance of glassware in chemistry and the underlying chemical properties of scientific glassware.
Two DOE-Fair Grants go to Rutgers-Newark Chemistry Teams!
Professors Lockard and Prokopchuk both win DOE-FAIR grants for projects in collaboration with scientists at US National Laboratories. Together with researchers at PNNL, Professor Demyan Prokopchuk will leverage new “supercharged” manganese catalysts for reducing carbon dioxide, an atmospheric pollutant, into oxalate. Oxalate is an important industrial reagent that is used annually on a multi-ton scale. Professor Jenny Lockard will explore molecular engineering strategies for realizing new functional metal-organic framework (MOF) materials as photo(electro)catalysts, particularly for solar fuels generation in collaboration with researchers at NREL. These programs will also provide opportunities for Rutgers students to utilize advanced instrumentation and gain first-hand insights into research at US National Laboratories.
Team of Faculty and Graduate Student Selected for NSF-Sponsored Curriculum Development Program!
Professors Liotta and Brenner Moyer have been selected to participate in an NSF-sponsored Chemistry Laboratory Innovators Program, allowing them to develop a new inquiry-based curriculum for our undergraduate Organic Chemistry laboratory course (Chem 331). The aim is to expose students to modern approaches to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery research. Together with graduate teaching assistant Anurag, they will travel to the Summer Institute at St. Mary’s College of Maryland from July 21-26 to test out the new curriculum. It is exciting to have this wonderful opportunity to further enrich the training of our undergraduate students!
1st place winners in Organic Chemistry!!
They have done it again! Lola Frey and Jenny Gavazi have won the 1st place in Organic Chemistry at William Patterson University's 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium!
They work with graduate student Marzieh Heidari (Galoppini group). Congratulations Lola and Jenny ! What a way to reach the finish line!
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Ms. Zoila Gonzalez
Department of Chemistry
Rutgers University-Newark
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Newark, NJ 07102