Chemistry

Degrees Offered: M.S., Ph.D.
http://chem.tufts.edu/grad.html
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The program offers graduate education in the classical areas of organic, inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry in addition to a variety of interdisciplinary research areas. A joint program with the Tufts Biotechnology Center provides M.S. and Ph.D. students with an additional degree option.

Ongoing research projects include developing new chemical sensors and field analytical methods, uncovering the molecular basis for disease, investigating molecular self-assembly, exploiting bio-nanotechnology, creating new solid state materials, understanding atmospheric and environmental chemistry, in situ planetary chemical analysis, and probing surface and interfacial chemistry.

Students graduate prepared for a variety of careers in industry, government, or academia.

FACULTY/SPECIALTY

Marc d'Alarcao
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bio-organic, medicinal

Terry E. Haas
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inorganic, materials

Jonathan E. Kenny
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Physical, environmental, analytical

Samuel P. Kounaves
Ph.D., University of Geneva
in situ planetary chemical analysis

Sergiy V. Kryatov
Ph.D., Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Inorganic and Materials

Krishna Kumar
Ph.D., Brown University
Molecular design applied to biology and bioorganic chemistry

David H. Lee
Ph.D., Scripps Research Institute
Design of peptides, proteins, nucleic acids that self-assemble into functional devices

Albert Robbat, Jr.
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Analytical methods for hazardous waste site field investigations

Elena Rybak-Akimova
Ph.D., Pisarzhevsky Institute of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Supramolecular chemistry, chemistry of macrocyclic complexes, enzyme mimics

Mary Jane Shultz
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physical, environmental, excited state, surface

Robert D. Stolow
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Conformational studies, computational chemistry, computer-assisted synthetic analysis

Charles Sykes
Ph.D., Cambridge University
Physical and surface chemistry

Arthur L. Utz
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison
Gas/surface reaction dynamics, thin-film synthesis and characterization

David Walt
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Application of enzymes and cells to organic synthesis, artificial sensing systems

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