 Welcome to the website of Arizona State University's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. We are a department that is experiencing and embracing a period of unprecedented growth. The fields of chemistry and biochemistry are central to many educational and technological initiatives in our modern society. We offer advanced training for those who seek to best position themselves to take advantage of a rich diversity of career and mission opportunities.
The Department has greatly benefited from University-wide initiatives, with students and faculty enjoying new major facilities in the Biodesign Institute and a new high-field NMR chemistry facility in the Interdisciplinary Science Building. This expansion parallels the growth of our faculty, with new members in areas such as sustainability sciences, inorganic and bio solar energy, battery and fuel cell technology, analytical and sensor chemistry, materials chemistry, medical chemistry, nanotechnology, bioorganic and biophysical chemistry, NMR spectroscopy and chemical education. Perhaps the most important factor enabling this growth, however, is a substantial increase in the number of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students over the past five years.
Our students are offered a wide range of research experiences from the traditional areas of chemistry where students usually work with a single faculty member, through highly interdisciplinary and collaborative projects for which ASU is famous. All students are encouraged to expand their research horizons and challenge themselves to help us solve scientific and societal problems with other creative and resourceful researchers.
ASU is located in the city of Tempe, part of the Phoenix metropolitan area, and is the cultural and intellectual center of Central Arizona. The area is a major center for the electronics and aerospace industries and recently has emerged as a new center for biomedical and biotechnology development. The population of the state has grown dramatically in recent years, resulting in a modern and dynamic community. Our students enjoy all of the amenities of a contemporary urban environment, at a very reasonable cost of living, and more than 300 days of sunshine annually.
Bill Petuskey,
chair and professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Arizona State University |
