Department of Chemistry
The Chemistry Department at Colorado School of Mines emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to solving real-world problems in areas such as sustainability, alternative fuels and energy, bio-detection, materials, nanomedicines and water quality assessment.
Department of Chemistry
The Chemistry Department at Colorado School of Mines emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to solving real-world problems in areas such as sustainability, alternative fuels and energy, bio-detection, materials, nanomedicines and water quality assessment.
Friday, 4 April 2025 | 9:00-10:00 am
Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Godwin Severa, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Advancing hydride materials research for energy and space
Location: Coolbaugh Room 209
Friday, 4 April 2025 | 10:00-11:00 am
CBE Seminar: Yamuna Phal, Colorado School of Mines
Mid-infrared technologies for biosensing & material characterization
Location: CTLM Room 102
Friday, 18 April 2025 | 9:00-10:00 am
Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Daniel Van Hoomissen, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Fluoroform (HFC-23, CHF3) formation from trifluoroacetaldehyde (CF3CHO) UV-photolysis: atmospheric chemistry and climate relevance for fluorinated replacement compounds
Location: CTLM Room 102
Friday, 25 April 2025 | 10:00-11:00 am
CBE Seminar: Dr. Luis Solorio, Purdue University
Mechanical drivers of tumor dormancy
Location: CTLM Room 102
Preparing professionals
The programs of the Chemistry Department are designed to educate professionals for the varied career opportunities this central scientific discipline affords. At the undergraduate level, we offer a BS degree program in chemistry that is approved by the American Chemical Society and, new in 2019, a BS degree in biochemistry. In addition, we offer specific curricular tracks emphasizing biochemistry or environmental chemistry along with a more flexible chemistry track that can be tailored to optimize the preparation of students to achieve their specific career goals.
At the graduate level, the department offers MS and PhD degrees in Chemistry, Applied Chemistry and Geochemistry. In addition, MS and PhD degrees are also offered in Materials Science, Hydrological Sciences and Engineering through interdisciplinary graduate programs. The chemistry graduate program coordinates closely with the Material Science Program, graduate students from chemistry and material science conduct research in many of the labs under advisement of several faculty members. Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree in material science and interested in research with chemistry faculty are urged to contact those members.
The Chemistry Department maintains a high-quality, well-funded research program with participation of students at both the graduate and undergraduate level. The research program in the department emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to solving real world problems in areas including sustainability, alternative energy, materials, bio-detection, nanomedicines and water quality assessment, to name a few.
Mines faculty as a whole has been recognized by premier news organizations for the success they have observed in combining scholarly research with classroom instruction.
News
- Melissa Krebs inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Melissa Krebs, associate professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. AIMBE membership hon … - FIRST program gives first-year students direct research experience
At Mines, undergraduate students don't have to wait years to get experience in the lab. The First-Year Innovation and Research Scholar Training Program introduces new college students to academic … - Mines study finds high periods of recreational activity on Clear Creek leaves traces of human-connected chemicals
Research conducted over the 2022 Labor Day weekend found substances, like shampoo, makeup and moisturizer, in the creek’s water - Mines-developed molecule improves performance of perovskite solar cells
The findings, recently published in the journal Science, address one of the key durability challenges of the advanced solar cells, known for their high potential for significant power conversion effic …