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About the Chemistry Program at TROY

A bachelor’s degree in chemistry opens many avenues and provides many career options. Nationwide, about 60 percent of graduates enter the workforce in the chemical, food and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries. Others enter graduate school to get a Ph.D. in chemistry or work in higher education and scientific research and development. Still, others enter a medical profession such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine and chiropractic. Chemistry majors can also find jobs teaching high school chemistry. Chemistry majors are respected for their ability to analyze and solve problems. This ability also makes chemistry majors desirable in sales and management positions.

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Research Opportunities

Both graduate schools and industries like to see undergraduate experience in research. TROY’s chemistry faculty members are active in research in which students can often participate. Summer research opportunities are also available at national laboratories and graduate schools around the country. This is part of the nation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.
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Hands on Experience

Students studying chemistry at ϱ will receive training in the theoretical underpinnings of the subject as well as hands-on experience in laboratory skills. The small class sizes allow faculty members and students to interact frequently and on personal levels. The faculty in chemistry routinely offer research experiences to students in areas such as organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, computational chemistry, biochemistry, and drug discovery.

Chemistry Curriculum

While courses may vary from year to year, your coursework may include:
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Careers in Chemistry

Our chemistry majors and minors find diverse career opportunities in academia, industry, and government.

Faculty Profiles

Dr. James Cho

Dr. James Cho

Dr. James Cho has received his Bachelor’s in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Kansas (Lawrence, main campus) and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Oklahoma (Norman, main campus). After graduation, he worked as a post-doctoral affiliate researcher and an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma before he joined ϱ in August 2019. His research interests include synthesis of biomedical hydrogels for various types of cancer treatments, desired stem cell differentiations and also constructions of biological templates for inorganic/organic nanomaterial synthesis.
Dr. Erfan Dashtimoghadam

Dr. Erfan Dashtimoghadam

Dr. Erfan Dashtimoghadam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at ϱ. He has received his master’s and Ph.D. in polymer engineering from the Amirkabir University of Technology. His educational background, graduate and postgraduate training and research represents interdisciplinary efforts to bridge soft matter and advanced technologies. In 2017, Dr. Dashtimoghadam joined University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) as a postdoctoral research associate. His research at UNC was focused on design, synthesis, and development of bottlebrush polymers and networks for biomedical applications. Currently, Dr. Dashtimoghadam’s research in the Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences (CMMS) at ϱ seeks to develop new methods for recycling/upcycling of plastic materials and useful solutions to challenges in sustainability.
Dr. Mojtaba Enayati

Dr. Mojtaba Enayati

Dr. Enayati received his Master's and Ph.D. in polymer chemistry from the University of Tehran. After graduation, he worked for 5 years as an assistant professor. He then joined the University of Pennsylvania as a postdoctoral research associate (2015-2017), followed by another postdoc and a senior research associate position at Cornell University (2017-2020). His research was focused on controlled (living) radical polymerizations, surface-initiated Cu(0)-mediated reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (Cu(0)-RDRP), synthesis and characterization of polymer beads as ion-exchange resins, microencapsulation of active ingredients, and waste to value-added products. By joining ϱ in 2021, his research will be focused on “polymer recycling”.
 Dr. Arun Ghosh

Dr. Arun Ghosh

Dr Ghosh has received his Bachelor and Master in Chemistry from the University of North Bengal (India) and PhD in Polymer science from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. After graduation he worked as post-doctoral researcher and scientist in various universities and R&D labs in North America and New Zealand. Dr Ghosh joined the ϱ in August 2019. His research interests include processing, characterization and application of different synthetic and natural polymers and their composites.
Dr. Shaoyang Liu

Dr. Shaoyang Liu

Dr. Liu received his B.S. in Applied Chemistry and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). After graduation, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher and Research Fellow at Auburn University. Then, he joined ϱ in 2012. His current research interest is to apply advanced analytical instruments in recycled plastic, renewable energy and food science areas.
Dr. Suzanne Farver Lukjan

Dr. Suzanne Farver Lukjan

Suzanne Farver Lukjan received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Florida in 2011. Dr. Suzanne Farver Lukjan joined the faculty at ϱ in 2013. Her research interests include membrane protein structure, lipid dynamics, and applying biophysical techniques, such as NMR, to study complex lipid membrane systems. She currently teaches general chemistry I (lecture\ lab) and Biochemistry (lecture\ lab).

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