该系的化学系研究计划属于环境化学，绿色化学，化学传感器开发，有机合成，材料化学，天然产物化学和化学教育等主题重点领域。在这些多学科和跨学科的重点领域内，学生可以选择涉及化学，分析，生物化学，无机，有机和物理等传统子学科的研究项目。该部门目前正在进行的研究项目集中在分析化学，药物发现和传递，合成或光敏材料的各个方面，包括聚合物，材料化学和自组装，色谱法，细胞膜化学，环境分析，绿色化学，气候化学变化，光物理化学，天然产物合成，生物物理化学，计算化学和固态NMR。
The department's chemistry faculty research programs fall into the thematic focus areas of environmental chemistry, green chemistry, chemical sensor development, organic synthesis, materials chemistry, natural products chemistry, and chemical education. Within these multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary focus areas, students can select research projects that involve the traditional subdisciplines of chemistry, analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic, and physical. Currently active research projects in the department focus on various aspects of analytical chemistry, drug discover and delivery, synthesis or photoactive materials including polymers, materials chemistry and self assembly, chromatography, the chemistry of cell membranes, environmental analysis, green chemistry, chemistry of climate change, photophysical chemistry, natural products synthesis, biophysical chemistry, computational chemistry, and solid-state NMR<br><br>A doctoral student must earn 90 credits (60 with prior earned M.S. degree). Of that, a minimum of 24 credits are in course work, with the remaining credits in dissertation research. Credits in four of the chemistry core courses (see list below) are required. Three of the 24 credits are seminars. Additional credits are from the elective courses. Examples of elective courses are listed below.