Chemistry Research Opportunities

Clarkson combines two distinctive strengths that benefit students: personalized teaching and high-powered research.

As a small, undergraduate-centered university, our professors get to know students as individuals. These faculty members are also inspired explorers on the very frontiers of knowledge. They conduct world-class research in areas of vital importance — and involve undergraduates in the process.

To truly learn chemistry, you have to "do" chemistry, which means performing research and hands-on experiments. Through this work you gain direct experience in the thinking processes needed to tackle real-world problems that have not been solved before. And at Clarkson you will be engaged by chemistry professors who are not only teachers, but also active researchers. Three-quarters of our undergraduates in chemistry pursue sponsored research on faculty teams. Recent research projects pursued by Clarkson undergraduates include:

• Modeling analysis to determine air particle source locations
• Fuel spill identification using gas chromatography
• Antibacterial effects of silver doped titanium particles
• Characterization of a liposome system
• Surface modification for improving chemical-mechanical polishing

Clarkson is a small school in terms of student population, but it is one of the major research institutions in the Northeast. In the Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) alone, there are 70 state-of-the-art research labs.