Compound research results in one-of-a-kind substance
Research helps prepare you for future graduate work in science, or work in the allied health fields, teaching, or other science-related fields.
Research helps prepare you for future graduate work in science, or work in the allied health fields, teaching, or other science-related fields.
The Honors Programs in chemistry and biochemistry and molecular biology (BCMB) and the ACS-certified track in Chemistry require students to pursue research.
However, even if you are not involved in honors or the ACS track, we still strongly encourage you to pursue an original research project.
Research provides you with the opportunity to:
We encourage you to be involved in research for at least two semesters. That will allow you sufficient time and experience to become an author on a scientific paper published by your research director in a nationally or internationally recognized journal.
You may become involved in research in a variety of ways, including:
You may conduct research with faculty in chemistry, or biochemistry and molecular biology.
A few steps:
Many faculty have individual research grants they may use to support students; research work. In addition, the Chemistry Department offers a number of summer research fellowships to conduct full-time, paid research. These include:
Arthur E. Martell – Thomas T. Sugihara Summer Science Internship:
Teodora-Maria Uglean
Donald J. Nelson Research Fellowship:
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Frederick M. and Alice Murdock Summer Science Internship:
Conor Milson
James ’39 and Ada Bickman Summer Science Research Internship:
Amanda Brown (Chemistry)
Lise Anne and Leo Beavers II Research Fellowship:
Kim Nguyen
Marimo Oka
Vanessa Tischofer
Maurine H. Milburn Summer Research Fellowship:
Luke Mazur
Caroline Wang
PCI Synthesis Chemistry Fellowship:
Lyra Macek
Arthur E. Martell – Thomas T. Sugihara Summer Science Internship:
Nicholas Mathieu
Donald J. Nelson Research Fellowship:
Chi Nguyen
Frederick M. and Alice Murdock Summer Science Internship:
Callista Carns
Colin Farrington
James ’39 and Ada Bickman Summer Science Research Internship:
Conor Milson
Thuy-Mi Le
Lise Anne and Leo Beavers II Research Fellowship:
Kimberly Le
Maurine H. Milburn Summer Research Fellowship:
Jue Chen
Wentao Li
Johanna Schafer
PCI Synthesis Chemistry Fellowship:
Benjamin Mukda
Lise Anne and Leo Beavers II Summer Research Fellowship:
Nicolina Braccio
Anh-Vy Le
Bethany Lee
Kimberly Lee
Isabella Teixeria
Jay Verchin
Arthur E. Martell – Thomas T. Sugihara Summer Science Internship:
Colin Farrington
Maurine H. Milburn Summer Research Fellowship:
Samuel Hartley
Nathan Huynh
Madison Latendre
Iryna Onasenko
Frederick M. and Alice Murdock Summer Science Fellowship:
Muhammed Zuhayr Chowdhury
Emma Kirkman-Davis
Donald J. Nelson Research Fellowship:
Emma Narkewicz
PCI Synthesis Chemistry Summer Fellowship:
Alma Araujo Martinez
Abbvie-labs Summer Research Scholarship:
Diana Argiles-Castillo (5th year)
Lise Anne and Leo Beavers II Summer Research Fellowship:
Saadman Islam ‘19
Liliana Wurfl ‘19
James ‘39 and Ada Bickman Summer Science Research Fellowship:
Ailin Fu ’19 (BCMB)
Bethany Lee ’20 (Chemistry)
Maurine H. Milburn Summer Research Fellowship:
Justine Bohl ‘19
Emily Ladda ‘19
Young Sun Lee ‘19
PCI Synthesis Chemistry Summer Fellowship:
Faith Witkos ‘20
LEEP Fellowship:
Anh Nhu ’19 (Larochelle)
Sherman Fairchild Fellowship:
Anh-Vy Le ‘20
Zaza Gelashvili ‘19
Nikita Kupko ‘20
Chloe Kellum ‘19
Rylee Simons ‘19
Luke Barrows ‘19
Molly McAuliffe ‘19
Kayla Rich ‘19
Dylan (Samuel) Gillespie ‘19
Abbvie Labs Summer Research Scholarship:
Jeremy Abdulla ‘18
Lise Anne and Leo Beavers II Summer Research Fellowship:
Ann Kim ‘18 (Biology)
Jenna Libera ’19 (Biology)
James ‘39 and Ada Bickman Summer Science Research Fellowship:
Chloe Kellum ’19 (BCMB)
Nikita Kupko ‘19 (Chemistry)
PCI Synthesis Chemistry Summer Fellowship:
Luke Barrows ’19 (BCMB)
Joseph McElwee ’19 (BCMB)
Michael Kebede ‘18 (BCMB) – Industry Internship
Carlson or Traina Summer Fellowship:
Rebecca Meservier ‘18 (Traina)
LEEP Fellowship:
Joseph McElwee ‘19
Luke Barrows ‘19
Young Sun Lee ‘19
Lara Prosterman ‘17
Emilie Ogisu ‘17
Noah Schwaegerle ‘17
Sherman Fairchild Fellowship:
Jonathan Chellali ’17 (Chemistry)
Yana Zubarev ‘19 (Chemistry)
Diana Argiles-Castillo ‘18 (BCMB)
Aaron Bogle ‘18 (BCMB)
Global Scholar:
Saadman Islam ‘19
Interested in advanced study and research? Aiming for medical or graduate school? If you are driven, make sure to consider our honors program.
At Fall Fest and, in the spring, Academic Spree Day, undergraduate students from throughout the university display and talk about their research and creative work.
If you excel in our undergraduate program, you may qualify for Clark’s Accelerated B.A./M.S. Program in chemistry or biochemistry and molecular biology. This experience allows you to continue your undergraduate research, resulting in a master’s thesis.
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