Chemistry and Biochemistry

The mission of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is to provide our students with a solid foundation in the chemical and biochemical sciences and the skills required for scientific analysis and critical thinking. Upon completing the chemistry or biochemistry major the students will be prepared to attend graduate schools (Ph.D. programs) or professional schools (medical, dental, optometry and others). They will be also ready to study and work at various engineering and academic institutions.  The undergraduate Chemistry program aims to prepare students for entry into graduate and professional programs and to become active and engaged members of the chemical scientific community by providing students with traditional chemical education integrated with modern research.

• Understand chemical principles in order to explain the phenomena of the natural world.
• Apply experimental techniques and chemical principles to investigate and solve problems.
• Effectively communicate technical and scientific information both verbally and in writing.
• Generate research ideas and design theoretical and experimental methods to test these ideas with faculty guidance.

Ephraim Jacobson received the Dr. Samuel Soloveichik Prize for Excellence in the Study of Natural Sciences:

Ezra Rosenbaum received the Rabbi Chaim Danishefsky Z"L Award for a Graduating Student from Yeshiva College for Distinguished Achievement in Chemistry:

March 19th, 2025 - Daniel Tso, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology at SUNY Upstate Medical School; Visiting Lecture Series with SUNY Upstate: "It's a Colorful World"

March 3rd, 2025 - Arie Borenstein, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University; "Recent progress in Laser-induced Graphene for Energy system"

February 12th, 2025 - Open House!

  Assistant Professor of Chemistry
   Ph.D. Utah State University
   B. Eng. University "Politehnica" of Bucharest
   Research Interests: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, RNA Structure and Folding,Regulatory RNAs, Advanced Light Microscopy
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Instructor in Chemistry, Emerita

  Associate Professor & Co-Chair
   PhD The Hebrew University
   Research Interests: Biochemistry, Antifreeze proteins, Microscopy
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   Senior Laboratory Instructional Specialist
   PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1982
   BS, Wayne State University, 1977
   Research Interests: Chemical Education, Biophysical Chemistry
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Senior Laboratory Technician

   Associate Professor of Chemistry
   PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook
   BS, Peking University
   Research Interests: Inorganic Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry

anna.jackowski@yu.edu

Clinical Assistant Professor
PhD, New York Univeristy, 
Honors Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry and Biology ad hoc, with CIS, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, New York, NY
Research Interests:  Computational Modeling and Experimental Validation to Address Real-World Challenges in Chemistry and Biochemistry
 

   Assistant Professor
   PhD, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2010 
   Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2004
   Research Interests: Bioluminescence
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   Associate Professor or Chemistry, Co-Chair
   PhD, Columbia University
   MA, Columbia University
   BA, Columbia University
   Research Interests: Computational Chemistry, Protein Structure and Function
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Laboratory Specialist

   Professor of Chemistry, Co-Chair
   PhD, Oklahoma State University
   MS, BSC, Madras University
   Research Interests: Computational Chemistry, Computational Biology,  Protein-Protein Interactions
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Clinical Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Chemistry) University of Victoria 
M.Sc. (Chemistry) University of Victoria
B.Sc. (1st class Hons, Chemistry) St. Francis Xavier University
B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering) |Changzhou University
Research Interests:  Metal catalysis and organic reaction discovery

• Benchtop Nanalysis 100MHz ¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁹F benchtop NMR spectrometer
• Nicolet 380 FT-IR spectrometer
• Nicolet iS10 FT-IR spectrometer
• Biotage Initiator microwave reactor
• Biotage Isolera One chromatography station
• Glass Contours solvent purification system
• CH Instruments 630D electrochemical analyzer
• MBraun Unilab 2000 double glovebox
• Mettler-Toledo XS105 analytical balance
• Cary 3500 UV-VIS spectrometer with temperature controller
• Agilent 7820A GC with autosampler and FID detector
• Shimadzu 2010/QP2010 GC-MS
• Waters 1525/2487 HPLC system
• Buchi R200 rotovaps
• Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 300 atomic absorption spectrometer
• PTI 2798 fluorimeter
• Hettich Rotana 460R refrigerated centrifuge
• Various analytical balances and Schlenk lines
• Oxford Nanopore MinION Mk1B with dedicated laptop

• Perkin Elmer DSC 4000 differential scanning calorimeter
• Perkin Elmer Enspire multimore plate reader
• (3) Erlab portable fume hoods
• Anasazi EFT-60 NMR spectrometer
• SI Analytics Trito Line automatic titrator
• LabSynergy automatic titrator
• Rudolph Autopol II polarimiter
• Perkin Elmer LS50B luminescence spectrometer
• Perkin Elmer Lambda 2 UV-Vis spectrometer with Peltier controller
• Perkin Elmer Lambda 40 UV-Vis spectrometer
• Perkin Elmer Spectrum 100 infrared spectrometer
• Eppendorf 5414 centrifuge
• Sorval RC5C+ centrifuge
• rotavaps and various analytical balances

Information and applications for undergraduate research programs may be found in the following sites:

• NSF 
• YSER 
• Weizmann Institute 
• YU Career Center
• SURP/ROTH  
• Women in Science Fellowships 

American Chemical Society's Careers Page

Biochemical Society's Education and Careers Page

Royal Society of Chemistry's Careers Website

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center's  Career Planning Resources in Chemistry 

US Bureau of Labor Statistics Chemist and Material Scientist Jobs Outlook