Department of Chemistry

Office: Duncan Hall 518
Telephone: 408-924-5000
Email: chemoffice@sjsu.edu
Website: www.sjsu.edu/chemistry

Professors
David J.R. Brook
Resa M. Kelly
Gilles Muller
Roy K. Okuda
Karen A. Singmaster, Chair

Associate Professors
Laura C. Miller Conrad
Madalyn R. Radlauer
Roger H. Terrill
Annalise Van Wyngarden
Ningkun Wang
Abraham Wolcott

Assistant Professors
Taylor Arhar
Emma Carroll
Philip Dirlam
Nicholas Esker
Gianmarc Grazioli
Andro Rios

Overview

Chemistry plays an integral role in solving everyday problems in areas such as energy production, pollution control and disease prevention. Our graduates go on to gain advanced degrees in chemistry, medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry or enter the job market directly, building careers in the biotechnological, biomedical, pharmaceutical, energy and green technology sectors. We provide broad access, high-quality education in the molecular sciences at both the bachelor’s degree and master’s degree levels. Undergraduates may specialize in biochemistry. Graduate degree candidates focus on analytical, bio-, computational, inorganic, nuclear, organic, polymer, or physical chemistry. Our curriculum, taught by experts in each of the subfields of chemistry, supplements traditional classroom courses with hands-on laboratory and research instruction. For teaching purposes, as well as to support the department’s research mission, we maintain a large collection of state-of-the-art instrumentation, including mass spectrometers, spectrophotometers, and lasers.

Undergraduate Honors Program

Students must be nominated by their research advisor and are selected for department honors by the Chemistry Department faculty. To be nominated, chemistry majors need at least a 3.5 GPA in all chemistry coursework required for the major and a minimum of two semesters of research by the time of graduation. The student would also have to submit, in electronic form, a written research report to support the nomination.

Non-Compliance with Safety Rules

Failure to comply with proper procedures and prescribed safety precautions shall subject the student to removal from the laboratory and/or disciplinary action.

Any student who engages in unauthorized experimentation or who seriously disregards safety, thereby endangering themselves or others shall be withdrawn immediately from the class with a grade of “F”.
Any student who shows persistent disregard for safety may have their grade lowered, and may risk being withdrawn with a final grade of “F”.

Prerequisites

To enroll in a Chemistry Course that has another Course as a prerequisite requires that a grade of “C or better” (C- not accepted) be earned in the prerequisite course. Exceptions may be made only with instructor consent or if not explicitly stated in the course description.

Programs

Undergraduate Major(s)

Undergraduate Minor(s)

Chemistry Minor

Master(s)

Courses

Chemistry

Nuclear Science