Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry -- Southern Illinois University

Faculty

Our faculty members are active in research and have received external support from a variety of agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, NASA, the American Cancer Society, and the Dreyfus Foundation. Our research work covers many areas of experimental and theoretical chemistry, spanning the traditional areas of chemistry. Many of our faculty have research programs with foci on the inderdisciplinary areas of materials and bio-related research.

Graduate and Professional Programs

SIUC offers master's and doctor's degrees in chemistry. Currently, approximately 50 students are enrolled in these programs. The graduate programs of the Department can be generally classified into four areas of emphasis: Analytical, Biochemistry, Materials, Organic, and Physical though there is considerable overlap of faculty research interests among these areas. Detailed description of the faculty can be found listed alphabetically and by research area.

Additional Resources

Facilities. Library facilities are more than adequate and are augmented by an interlibrary loan system. Online searching of literature and citation databases is available via Scifinder (Chem. Abstracts and Medline) and Web of Science. The campus machine shop is available for in-house design and repair of equipment. Excellent NMR and MS facilities are available, as well as excellent optical and electron microscopy facilities at the IMAGE center.

Financial Assistance. Virtually all students who are offered admission to the department are also offered support in the form of a teaching assisstantship or a research assistantship. Exceptional applicants may be eligible for fellowships. The monthly stipend for these appointments is comparable to other universities and is subject to periodic increases. Importanly, tuition is waived for students having assistantships or fellowships.

Students are assessed fees by the University which cover the costs of health insurance, access to campus recreational facilities, reduced admission to athletic and cultural events etc.

The cost of living in Carbondale is low, as is typical throughout the Midwest United States. Housing costs vary with the type of accomodations desired. Local private housing generally begins at about $500 per month for a furnished apartment. On-campus apartment housing is available with prices beginning at approximately $500 per month. Visit University Housing to apply online or for more information

The costs of study (fees, housing, living expenses, no tuition, etc.) are generally comfortably accomodated by the assistantship stipend.

American students who have completed applications may also request funds from the department to cover cost of travel (partial or complete) to visit the campus prior to enrollment. Students can request loans from the department to ease initial financial burdens prior to receiving initial assistantship stipends.

Morris Library. Outside the classroom, students' chief resource is Morris Library, a subject-division library featuring LINKS, a remotely accessible electronic service providing access to library catalogs, abstracting and indexing services, full text databases, and local and national technological resources and services. Students, faculty, and other researchers are able to consult some 2 million volumes, over 2.5 million units of microform, and about 13,000 current periodicals and serials. The library is a depository for federal, state, and United Nations documents and houses the archives for Illinois' southernmost 22 counties as part of the Illinois Regional Depository system. Special Collections contains internationally known manuscript and book collections in American philosophy, first amendment freedoms, and modern American, British, and Irish literature.

The University

Southern Illinois University is a multi-campus institution enrolling over 35,000 students in programs ranging from two-year technical to doctoral and professional curricula. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale offers academic programs leading to associate, bachelor's, master's, doctor's, and professional degrees.

Carbondale has been cited as one of the fifty most desirable places to live in the U.S. The mid-south climate is ideal for year-around outdoor activities, with the Shawnee National Forest, a number of state parks and natural areas, and several recreational lakes in easy driving distance. The University's Student Recreation Center houses an olympic-size pool, weight rooms, and game courts of all kinds, as well as diet and exercise programs and equipment that can be checked out for outdoor recreation.

For further information, please call, write, or e-mail:

     Graduate Admissions Committee Chair
     Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
     Mail Stop 4409
     Southern Illinois University
     Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4409
     Phone 618-453-5721
     Fax 618-453-6408
     E-mail dave@chem.siu.edu

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Last updated: 11-Mar-06 / mem