Facilities & equipment
Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

Get hands-on learning with facilities and equipment 

The Chemistry Hall offers over 6,500 square feet of teaching labs and 7,500 square feet of research labs, providing ample space for discovery. Our faculty prioritize laboratory learning, ensuring students have access to well-equipped spaces for undergraduate research and instruction.

With small class sizes and state-of-the-art instrumentation, our Chemistry & Biochemistry Department offers students the chance to work with advanced equipment typically reserved for graduate students at larger institutions. Our facilities rival those of institutions several times our size!

Explore Chemistry Hall facilities

• General facilities:
  • 100-seat Natural Sciences Auditorium for events.
  • Central storeroom with a chemical vault.
  • 450 sq. ft. study room, public study areas, 12 faculty offices, and a conference room.
• Teaching labs:
  • Two 1,300 sq. ft. general chemistry labs with flexible workstations and computer stations.
  • 1,600 sq. ft. organic chemistry lab with individual fume hoods, ventilated instrument stations.
  • 1,300 sq. ft. biochemistry teaching lab, updated with NIH and Howard Hughes funding, plus an attached prep room.
  • 1,200 sq. ft. analytical chemistry lab with advanced spectrochemical and chromatographic tools.
• Research and specialized labs:
  • 2,500 sq. ft. chemical synthesis suite for organic/inorganic research, including a 400 MHz NMR lab, IR, chromatography, and more.
  • 1,000 sq. ft. biochemistry research lab with facilities for cold storage, cell culture, and crystallography.
  • 2,200 sq. ft. chemical analysis suite with FTIR, atomic absorption, and chromatography.
  • Physical measurements suite with lasers and optical setups for advanced spectroscopy.