Welcome to Chemistry at Oakland University!

The Chemistry Department at Oakland University offers a full curriculum in undergraduate and graduate education in the chemical sciences. At the undergraduate level we offer an American Chemical Society certified undergraduate B.S. Chemistry major, a B.A. Chemistry major, a Biochemistry major (jointly with Biology), an Engineering Chemistry major (jointly with Engineering), and an Environmental Science major. At the graduate level, the Chemistry Department offers a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences -Health and Environmental Chemistry as well as a Master of Science degree in Chemistry. The M.S. degree in Chemistry may be completed with a research-based thesis or may be completed with a course work only option.

The nineteen full-time faculty in Chemistry are committed to providing the highest quality teaching and research. Our faculty has received over $1 million annually over the past five years in external funding to support their research from organizations such as National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Energy (DOE), National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), American Chemical Society (ACS), Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) and corporate support. Research participation by undergraduates is a distinctive part of the department's activity. Our students have the opportunity to work with departmental faculty, carrying out research projects at the forefront of chemical, biochemical, and environmental research. Undergraduates often publish their research in internationally recognized journals as well as present their work at national meetings of the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society.

The Chemistry Department is housed in the modern Science and Engineering building that has advanced research laboratory facilities and newly renovated teaching laboratories. We are well-equipped with modern instrumentation for chemical research and teaching. Major instruments include high-performance computational chemistry facilities, advanced instrumentation such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Electron Spin Resonance (ESR), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)- and Gas Chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometers; Infrared (IR), UV-visible and fluorescence spectrometers; dry boxes, a solvent purification system; and instruments for Biochemistry such as flow cytometers, ultracentrifuges, and cell culture facilities. Recently, we installed a new Liquid Chromatography Time of Flight (ToF LC)-mass spectrometer.

You are cordially invited to visit us or to contact any faculty member for further information about undergraduate and graduate programs or research activities in the Department of Chemistry at Oakland University.

Roman Dembinski, Acting Chair
Department of Chemistry

	Chemistry Factoid...
	1914 - Theodore W. Richards (USA) is awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry "in recognition of his accurate determinations of the atomic weight of a large number of chemical elements"