Chemistry

Chair: Haobin Wang
Office: Science Building, 3071E
Telephone: 303-556-5867
Fax: 303-556-4776
Website: clas.ucdenver.edu/chemistry/

Faculty

Professors:
Robert Damrauer, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doris Kimbrough, PhD, Cornell University
Haobin Wang, PhD, Wayne State University
Xiaotai Wang, PhD, University of Virginia

Associate Professors:
Hai Lin, PhD, University of Science and Technology of China
Scott Reed, PhD, University of Oregon

Assistant Professors:
Karen Knaus, PhD, Cleveland State University
Jung-Jae Lee, PhD, University of Notre Dame
Yong Liu, PhD, University of Michigan
Jefferson Knight, PhD, Yale University
Xiaojun Ren, PhD, Jilin University
Marino Resendiz, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Liliya Vugmeyster, PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Clinical Associate Professor:
Margaret Bruehl, PhD, Northwestern University

Clinical Assistant Professor:
Marta Maron, PhD, Univeristy of Colorado

Instructors:
Priscilla Burrow Crocker, PhD, University of Colorado
Vanessa Fishback, PhD, University of Northern Colorado
Kyoung Kim, PhD, University of Notre Dame

Emeritus Faculty:
Larry G. Anderson, PhD, Indiana University
Douglas Dykes, PhD, Case Western Reserve University

Why study chemistry? A practical reason is that our highly technical society faces many problems that cannot be solved without an understanding of the science of chemistry and its methods of solving problems. A more intangible reason is that chemistry is central to a variety of other disciplines and that many problems ultimately will have chemical solutions.

At the graduate level, an MS degree program is offered. Students with MS degrees have job opportunities in research and technical laboratory services. In addition, flexible programs can be designed to combine chemical knowledge and skills with other interests of the MS-level student (e.g., biology or environmental science).

Graduate Program

The MS degree offered at CU Denver is a broad-based chemistry degree that allows students to take courses and do research in the following basic fields: analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic, physical or environmental chemistry.

The MS program is available to both full- and part-time students. The chemistry faculty strive to ensure that students receive excellent advising and supervision of work. Students enrolled in the program have an opportunity to be appointed as laboratory teaching assistants. Research activities on the part of the chemistry faculty provide opportunities for graduate students to obtain research assistantships.

Click here to learn about the Chemistry MS program.

Click here to learn about the Chemistry BS/MS program.

Certificate in Biochemistry

Students enrolled in any graduate program at CU Denver are eligible to earn a Certificate in Biochemistry.

Click here to learn about the Certificate in Biochemistry