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The Ohio State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Our teaching and research missions are supported by several shared facilities – the Research Support Services.

Core Facilities

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Graduate students gain excellent training in the classroom and in the research lab. Our students go on to roles in the finest universities, companies, and government laboratories, and we take pride in their research and professional accomplishments.

Graduate Programs

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Undergraduate students can pursue a Bachelor of Science (BS) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Chemistry or Biochemistry, through a well-defined series of prerequisite and core courses. Student of any major can add a minor in either discipline.

Chemistry Major Biochemistry Major

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Undergraduate Majors

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Graduate Programs

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Research Overview

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Undergraduate Courses

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Upcoming Events

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Mon, August 31, 2026

Dr. Alexander Sokolov - Physical Divisional Seminar

4:10 pm
CBEC 130

Dr. Ruoxue Yan, UC Riverside

Wed, September 2, 2026

Dr. Ruoxue Yan - Inorganic Seminar

4:15 pm
CBEC 130

Austin Evans

Wed, September 9, 2026

Dr. Austin Evans - Organic Seminar

4:10 pm
CBEC 130

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Mon, September 14, 2026

Student Speakers, Chance Brandt and Kyungsuh Lee - Analytical Divisional Seminars

4:10 pm
CBEC 130

Recent News

Chris Thomas

June 8, 2026

Editor-In-Chief of the major Royal Society of Chemistry Journal

Christine Thomas has been appointed Editor-In-Chief of the major Royal Society of Chemistry Journal that handles publications in the topic of inorganic chemistry, Dalton Transaction.

Her…

Walter J. Zahurancik

May 29, 2026

TrendsTalk Series: Meet the First Authors

Walter J. Zahurancik (Gopalan Lab) was recently featured in the "Meet the First Authors" series in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences.

Meet the First Authors is a…

Spencer Witte

May 29, 2026

2026 Barbara Stull Graduate Student Award Recipient

Congratulations, Spencer Witte (Schultz Lab), on being selected to receive the 2026 Barbara Stull Graduate Student Award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy!

Excellent news, Spencer!…

Giri

May 5, 2026

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) PostDoc mobility fellowship

Congratulations, Rahul Giri from Prof. Shiyu Zhang's lab, for being awarded the prestigious Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) PostDoc mobility fellowship!

Well-deserved!

People Directory

John Parson

Emeritus Professor

Raymond Goodrich

Adjunct Professor

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Sherwin Singer

Professor

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Donald Dean

Emeritus Professor