Chemistry Program
The department offers a PhD as well as an MS program in Chemistry which covers the traditional sub-disciplines of analytical, biochemical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. Students can choose to concentrate their Chemistry PhD degree in any of these five sub-disciplines.
However, the research areas span a large variety of chemical/biochemical topics such as analytical, forensics/toxicology, sensors/imaging, biophysics, biochemistry, structural biology, computation/theory, drug discovery/synthesis, organic, nanotechnology, physical, inorganic, and spectroscopy/dynamics.
Training Programs
– The UMBC Chemistry/Biology Interface (CBI) program is an NIH supported program designed for those graduate students interested in pursuing cross-disciplinary training in the chemical and biological sciences .
– Another training program we offer is the G-Rise Meyerhoff Graduate Training Program, which was established to further graduate education and training among minority groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences.
Other programs:
Several members of our faculty also participate to other graduate programs (administered by other departments at UMBC or UMB) such as the Biochemistry program, and the Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB) program.
Graduate Summer Bridge:
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers the Graduate Summer Bridge program (GSBP) in an effort to give incoming graduate students a head start on their graduate studies. The GSBP is a seven-week program starting in early July, consisting of discussion and problem solving sessions focused on a review of the principles of Organic and Physical Chemistry. Participating students will have the advantage of becoming familiar with the UMBC campus and becoming acclimated to the Department before classes begin. Participants in the GSBP will also complete a research rotation in a faculty member’s laboratory.
The Department strongly encourages all students to participate in the GSBP, but it is not required.