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Prof. Krishna Kumar has been selected to receive the 2025 Rao Makineni Lectureship.

Prof. Charles Mace was featured in a Tufts Now Article.

Prof. Charles Sykes was featured in a Tufts Now Article.

Prof. Kevin Clark has been recognized by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation as a 2024 Beckman Young Investigator Awardee.

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Beginning in Fall 2022, undergraduate students will be able to declare Minors in Chemistry.

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BS in Chemistry BS in Biochemistry BS in Chemical Physics Fifth-Year Master’s Degree Program: BS/MS in Chemistry Minors in Chemistry MS in Chemistry MS in Chemistry/Biotechnology PhD in Chemistry PhD in Chemistry/Biotechnology PhD in Chemical Physics Joint PhD in Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering

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Department of Chemistry News

Dr. Krishna Kumar receives the 2025 Rao Makineni Lectureship

This award recognizes researchers in the field of peptide science

Researchers Discover Potentially Cleaner Way to Make Important Chemical

Team led by Tufts professor discovers process to create “platform chemical” that is used widely for plastics, textiles, and much more

New Paper-based Device Boosts HIV Test Accuracy From Dried Blood Samples

Tufts researchers collaborate with scientists in South Africa to trial a more precise medical device to measure HIV viral loads

Dr. Charlie Sykes is named the 2025 Ipatieff Lecturer at Northwestern

This award honors internationally distinguished researchers in catalysis

The Quest to Make Iron and Steel Production More Sustainable

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Luke Davis looks to use a different chemistry in ironmaking that could produce harmless water and nitrogen byproducts rather than carbon dioxide

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Introduction to Graduate Programs in Chemistry at Tufts University

Learn more about the unique strengths of the graduate programs at Tufts Chemistry.

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