Chemistry & Biochemistry

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry offers innovative educational programs and diverse research opportunities in multiple interdisciplinary areas of chemistry. Our curriculum provides unique learning opportunities for students through active learning techniques and hands-on training on our state-of-the-art instrumentation so that the graduates are able to meet the challenges of industry and successfully venture into their professional careers. Upon graduation, our students routinely join prestigious graduate programs, medical schools, pharmacy schools, or other allied health programs. Our graduates are also regularly employed by major chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries.

We offer BS in Chemistry (accredited by American Chemical Society), BS in Biochemistry (accredited by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) along with BA in Chemistry degrees. Our department is also home to the MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences and PhD Pharmaceutical Chemistry programs. High achieving undergraduate students have the opportunity to participate in our Accelerated Dual Degree Programs. These five-year programs combine either a BS in Chemistry or BS in Biochemistry with the MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences. We also started Certificate of Graduate Studies program in Industrial Chemistry and Cannabinoid Chemistry, in which several of the courses are taught by the scientific experts from local industry.

Our goal is to prepare students to be contributing members of the scientific community and society at large. We believe this is essential to each student’s success in his/her professional career. We believe in rigorous, employment-based learning. It is also important to the students’ potential employers and graduate faculty and to society in general as well as to Rowan University and the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. We strive to accomplish this goal using a wide variety of techniques that include modern, strong coursework, state-of-the-art instrumentation, hands-on activities, teamwork, and the requirement of research and seminar capstone experiences. In addition, our students participate fully in the general education plan at Rowan.

Students are invited to learn more detailed information about the Department and Programs by visiting the following website: www.rowan.edu/chemistry.

Chemistry & Biochemistry graduates will be able to:

Demonstrate contemporary skills and knowledge for entry-level positions in the field, or for admission to graduate or professional school
Ask questions, design experiments, analyze data, and interpret results
Obtain and use data from the chemical literature
Effectively communicate orally and in writing
Work effectively as a member of a team
Make accurate and precise measurements and observations using scientific instrumentation
Work safely and with a safety-conscious attitude
Exhibit ethical scientific conduct
Behave and think in patterns leading to innovation
Demonstrate scientific curiosity
Demonstrate leadership
Become a lifelong learner

Subash C. Jonnalagadda
Department Head
Science Hall 130C
856.256.5452
jonnalagadda@rowan.edu