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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.

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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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Research in Chemistry

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.

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.

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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Michael Polen

Lecturer of Chemistry and Department Chair