Welcome!

Thank you for visiting the IUPUI Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology web pages! We are pleased to be part of a vibrant university of 30,000 students that represents the most comprehensive Indiana campus for undergraduate, graduate, and professional education. Indeed, we are the only campus within the IU system that brings together the Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Law and Medicine in one location at the heart of the "Life Sciences" hub of Indiana. Our goals are to carry out cutting edge research and to provide a stimulating and productive environment for the education of future scientists.

The Department offers programs culminating in Ph.D. & M.S. graduate degrees, an American Chemical Society-certified B.S. degree in Chemistry (with both chemistry and biochemistry options), preprofessional B.A. degrees, and an A.S. degree. These programs are built upon a tradition of close student-faculty interactions that are tailored to individual student objectives and the needs of employers within the urban environment of Indianapolis, the 13th largest city in the United States. Graduate students in our Department find a particularly close mentoring relationship with research-active faculty and undergraduate chemistry majors experience hands-on work in well-equipped laboratories with many taking the opportunity to participate in undergraduate research.

Along with traditional disciplinary pursuits, our Department offers ample opportunities for interdisciplinary work through close faculty ties with the Indiana University School of Medicine, including the IU Cancer Center, the Indiana Genomics Initiative (INGEN), and the Biomolecular Engineering program on the IUPUI campus. Emerging focus areas of interdisciplinary study within the Department include chemical biology, bioanalysis, chemical genomics, combinatorial chemistry, molecular imaging, and drug development. These focus areas are enhanced by the presence of major life-sciences corporations in Indianapolis such as Eli Lilly, DowAgro Sciences and Roche, which employ many IUPUI graduates at all degree levels.

As the new Chair of the Department, I am excited to be involved. We have a number of new initiatives in the works including the addition of new faculty. Whether you are interested in our research, graduate school opportunities, or undergraduate degree programs, we invite you to explore our website, contact us, and visit our campus to see the great things happening at IUPUI!

Sincerely,

Jay A. Siegel
Professor and Chair,
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology

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