Prospective Graduate Students

Our department's cutting-edge research is supported by more than $8 million dollars in annual funding. Our 50-member faculty offer research programs in fields of specialization that range from the classical subdivisions of chemistry and biochemistry to emerging subfields such as supramolecular chemistry, nanoscience, and bioanalytical chemistry.

We engage in strong interdisciplinary research efforts - particularly at the chemistry-biology, chemistry-materials physics/engineering, and chemistry-environment interfaces. These efforts are facilitated through heavy participation in campus research centers such as the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Center for Biomolecular Structure & Organization, Center for Integrated Nanoscience & Engineering, Center for BioInformatics and Computational Biology, and the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Research Center. In addition our students conduct collaborative research at major national laboratories that are located in close proximity to our campus, such as the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Standards & Technology, and the Food and Drug Administration.

Our graduate community presently consists of 150 graduate students, 50 faculty, 50 post-doctoral researchers, and nearly 50 technical staff members, visiting researchers and students from allied disciplines. Our research groups are optimally sized to afford outstanding facilities while maintaining personalized instruction.

If you would like to visit please let us know. We can arrange for you to tour some of our laboratories discuss research activities with faculty and have lunch with current graduate students. You might also wish to set aside some time to explore Washington which is only a short MetroRail ride from our Campus. We hope you will take a close look at our Department web site.

The graduate programs at our department are equal opportunity, non discriminating, and all inclusive. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Click here to access the online application forms