Chemistry Department

A strong, wide-ranging foundation in Chemistry from which to pursue future opportunities in medical, dental, veterinary, and optometry programs, as well as graduate study.

Overview

A strong, wide-ranging foundation in Chemistry from which to pursue future opportunities in medical, dental, veterinary, and optometry programs, as well as graduate study.

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Chemistry Major: Invites students to explore all the parts and particles of matter that make up the world we know, and equips them to continue discovering what we don't yet know.
Chemistry-American Chemical Society Specialization
Chemistry Major with Education Minor: For Chemistry majors interested in teaching, adding a minor in Education offers a path to both elementary and secondary level certification in the state of Maryland.
Biochemistry Major: Apply the study of Chemistry to living systems in Biology. Lab and research opportunities will prepare you for advanced study or a fulfilling career.
Chemistry Minor: Offers an excellent complement to another major, and creates a broad awareness and diversified expertise.

Research in Chemistry

A student demonstrates a chemistry process in the lab.

Finding solutions professors and students uphold equity and inclusion in the chemistry lab

While making compounds and refining solutions, McDaniel students learn to define the role of the chemist — and find it to be limitless. Supported by Chemistry faculty in classrooms and research labs, students prepare for fulfilling careers in the sciences.

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In the lab: students illuminate sunscreen performance

We wear sunscreen to prevent burns, but have you ever wondered if your go-to formula is really blocking the sun? To find out, student researchers are testing the light-blocking abilities and chemical compositions of popular sunscreens as part of the Student-Faculty Collaborative Summer Research Program.

2020 summer research students and professor Dana Ferraris on Eaton Hall steps

McDaniel students join in worldwide research efforts to discover drugs to treat COVID-19

In the face of the deadly global coronavirus pandemic, pharmaceutical data vaults have been unlocked and shared – an unprecedented move in research that McDaniel Chemistry professor Dana Ferraris seized to give his students the opportunity this summer to discover drugs to fight COVID-19.

Dana Ferraris - student faculty research

Chemistry department chair honored for commitment to students with American Chemical Society award

Dana Ferraris, department chair and associate professor of Chemistry, and the John Desmond Kopp Professorship in the Sciences, received the George L. Braude Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS), Maryland section.

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