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Graduate Admission: Formal application is required for admission to the degree programs of the Graduate School. Application materials may be requested by writing to the address given below or visiting the web site at www.chem.unr.edu. The application consists of several parts, including an application form for admission to our graduate school and an application form for graduate fellowship for financial support, instructions for completing these forms, and envelopes for letters of recommendation written by individuals able to comment on one’s qualifications for graduate studies. Completed application forms should then be sent directly to the chemistry department. The department accepts applications at all times of the year; however, most students apply during the winter and spring of their senior year in college for admission in the following fall semester. Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in chemistry or a related field, and should have a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for admission to the Ph.D. program and 2.75 (or 3.0 for the last two years) for the M.S. program. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) general exam scores must be submitted as part of the application. Consideration for admission to the department’s program is based on one’s apparent potential for successful completion of the degree as indicated by undergraduate performance, letters of recommendation, and GRE scores. The department encourages applications from women and minority students. Financial Aid: Financial support for incoming graduate students is provided primarily through teaching fellowships. The amount of the stipend for a ten month appointment is adjusted for cost of living increases each year, and the department should be contacted to learn the current stipend. Students generally receive an additional two month research fellowship during the summer. It should be noted that the actual value of a teaching fellowship appointment for an out of state student is quite a bit higher because tuition and other fees are significantly subsidized. Financial support from research assistantships and fellowships is also available to highly qualified entering students. It is the usual practice of the department to support students during the entire time that they are working toward an advanced degree. Most students are supported during the bulk of their graduate studies on their research director’s research grants. It has been our experience that the stipends we provide to students, coupled with the reasonable cost of living found in Reno, make it possible for students to maintain a comfortable lifestyle. For more information regarding the department’s graduate program and financial assistance, please contact: Chairman, Graduate Admissions Committee Department of Chemistry University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N. Virginia St. Reno, NV 89557-0216 E-mail: grad@chem.unr.edu or to apply on-line please see our web site at: http://www.chem.unr.edu 8 Students load a sample into an ultrahigh vacuum chamber for surface chemical analysis in Dr. Casey’s laboratory.
Chemical Physics The chemical physics program provides an interdisciplinary curriculum for those students whose primary research interests are in atomic and molecular physics and physical chemistry. While requiring the student to complete a rigorous selection of courses that outline the foundations of modern chemical physics, the chemical physics program also offers extreme flexibility in the choice of dissertation topic as the student may choose any of the affiliated faculty in either the chemistry or the physics departments to serve as a research adviser. Graduates of the program have gone on to a variety of outstanding postdoctoral research and teaching positions, with many excellent employment opportunities awaiting them in academics, industry, and government research labs. Several of today’s most exciting new technologies are in the areas of molecular and materials sciences— for example, nanotechnology, molecular devices, and high temperature superconducting materials— and a background in chemical physics is the key to exploring the future in these areas. Curriculum: The curriculum in chemical physics is based on five required, or “core,” courses which should be taken as early as possible in the student’s residency. The core courses are comprised of the following: Mathematical Physics PHYS 701 Quantum Theory I CHEM 757 or PHYS 721 Quantum Theory II PHYS 722 or CHEM 750 Statistical Mechanics CHEM 755 or PHYS 732 Choice of: Classical Mechanics PHYS 702 Chemical Kinetics CHEM 752 Modern Optics and Laser Physics PHYS 730 Additional, or “elective,” courses in areas of particular interest to the student are then used to fill out the curriculum. These courses are typically chosen from the 600- and 700-level courses offered by the physics, chemistry, and mathematics departments. A full listing of the degree requirements for the program can be found on the web page: www.chemphys.unr.edu Associated Faculty: The faculty associated with the chemical physics program are listed below along with a brief indication of their research areas. Frank G. Baglin Chemistry Raman scattering in supercritical fluids Bruno S. Bauer Physics Experimental studies of plasma waves and instabilities Reinhard Bruch Physics Low and high energy ion-atom and ion- molecule collisions Sean M. Casey Chemistry Semiconductor surface science Joseph I. Cline Chemistry Molecular stereodynamics Andrei Derevianko Physics Theoretical physics 9
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