2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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In addition to satisfying the university requirements
for the Doctor of Philosophy degree, a
candidate must satisfactorily complete a program of
courses (established by the candidate’s committee)
and write a doctoral dissertation. The doctoral
dissertation is considered the candidate’s major task.
It must represent a significant contribution to the
field and contain material worthy of publication in
a recognized professional journal.
For more detailed information, please visit the
website http://engineering.tufts.edu/chbe.
Chemical Physics
(FOR DEGREE REQUIREMENTS, SEE CHEMISTRY
OR PHYSICS.)
Chemistry
Professor Krishna Kumar, Chair; Organic and bioorganic
chemistry
Professor Terry E. Haas, Physical inorganic and materials
chemistry
Professor Jonathan E. Kenny, Physical and environmental
chemistry
Professor Samuel P. Kounaves, Analytical, environmental,
and planetary chemistry
Professor Elena Rybak-Akimova, Inorganic and bioinorganic
chemistry
Professor Mary Jane Shultz, Surface chemistry, environmental
and materials chemistry
Professor Robert D. Stolow, Organic chemistry, conformational
studies
Professor E. Charles Sykes, Physical chemistry
Professor David R. Walt, Robinson Professorship in
Chemistry; Bioorganic and materials chemistry
Associate Professor Albert Robbat Jr., Analytical chemistry
Associate Professor Arthur L. Utz, Physical and materials
chemistry
Assistant Professor Clay Bennett, Bioorganic, chemical
biology and synthetic chemistry
Assistant Professor Joshua A. Kritzer, Bioorganic and
chemical biology chemistry
Assistant Professor Yu-Shan Lin, Theoretical and
biophysical chemistry
Assistant Professor Charles R. Mace, Bioanalytical and
materials chemistry
Assistant Professor Rebecca A. Scheck, Bioorganic
chemistry and chemical biology
Assistant Professor Samuel W. Thomas, III, Organic
chemistry
Senior Lecturer Sergiy Kryatov, Inorganic chemistry and
chemical education
Lecturer Lynne S. Batchelder, Physical chemistry
Chemistry, the central science, offers exciting
challenges to professionals who seek a fundamental
understanding of the world we live in, and creative
solutions to the problems confronting the global
community. Chemistry offers more than hope in
our attempts to feed, clothe, and house our
burgeoning populations: It offers possibilities. In
the search for renewable substitutes for scarce
energy sources and minerals, chemistry provides the
basic framework for materials scientists. As the
medical community fights to conquer new and old
diseases and improve the health of our populations,
chemical principles guide the paths of investigators,
suggesting correlations in results, and pointing the
way toward ultimate solutions.
On a national level, chemistry provides the key
to the future. In monitoring, cleaning up, and
protecting our environment, chemistry can and
must be wisely applied. The U.S. chemical industry
remains one of the healthiest branches of the
national economy: it employs almost a million
people in high-paying manufacturing jobs. Chemicals
are one of the few commodity groups in which
the U.S. has maintained a good international trade
balance during the past decade. From community
health to economic well-being, chemistry can be
expected to maintain its preeminent role in shaping
and protecting our nation’s future.
The study of chemistry is appropriate to many
different career goals, including medicine, law,
physical and social sciences, engineering, and public
policy. The Department of Chemistry at Tufts is
well equipped to provide basic and advanced
chemistry education to undergraduates. It offers a
wide variety of courses, newly expanded and
improved facilities, an active teaching and research
faculty, and a favorable faculty-to-student ratio.
Students who participate in research receive a great
deal of personal attention from their faculty advisor,
and have excellent opportunities for undertaking
senior projects and honors theses. They may choose
from a broad range of research projects, because the
faculty is involved in all the traditional areas of
chemical research, as well as many of the exciting
new interdisciplinary endeavors.
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