Bridging Science, Engineering, Technology and Medicine
In the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, we leverage technology to diversify and enhance your learning experience.
Our core curriculum, also known as the Research Spine, emphasizes learning research skills through hands-on lab experience, as well as ethics and research proposal writing fundamentals. The chemistry, chemical biology, and biology programs focus on technology applications in science in areas like drug screening, computational chemistry, computational biology, tumor models, gene editing and artificial intelligence.
Learning Through Leading
The Research Spine provides you with research exposure and experience from your first day through graduation. Not only will this equip you with the skills you need to be a deep and life-long learner, it also provides you with built-in leadership opportunities that expose you to multiple perspectives and fosters a culture of innovation.
The development of critical soft skills necessary for young scientists to succeed on the job are embedded into our projects and course work. Projects frequently involve teams of students from diverse disciplines who collaborate to solve problems – exactly as you will in real-world biomedical research, industrial and healthcare settings.
