Research Opportunities

Working side-by-side with a faculty member in the research lab affords valuable hands-on experience that contributes enormously to our students' growth and success as independent critical thinkers.

All Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty engage interested students in cutting-edge research programs. Students may earn upper division credit for research during the semester or during the summer for pay (including a stipend, on-campus housing and a supplies budget). Many student researchers present their results at local, national and international scientific conferences including:

• American Chemical Society
• Protein Society
• International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry

And have published their research in the chemical literature including:

• Biochemistry
• Environmental Science and Technology
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
• Journal of Organic Chemistry

Faculty-student collaborative research in Chemistry and Biochemistry is supported via grants from various funding agencies:

• National Science Foundation
• National Institutes of Health
• American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
• Research Corporation
• Merck/AAAS
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
• San Diego Foundation