All tenured and tenure-track faculty in the Department of Chemistry have active research programs in a broad range of subdisciplines including:
- bioanalytical chemistry
- biochemistry
- biophysical chemistry
- biophysics
- chemical physics
- computational chemistry
- geochemistry
- inorganic chemistry
- medicinal chemistry
- organic chemistry and synthesis
- physical chemistry
- polymer chemistry
The department is fully equipped with modern instrumentation that is used to support research-related activities.