Analytical Chemistry
Purdue University’s analytical chemistry program is
widely held to be the top graduate program in the United States. With
fourteen faculty members and over 110 graduate and undergraduate students,
our program is one of the largest in the world. Research areas include
(but are not limited to):
- mass spectrometry
- vibrational and NMR spectroscopic of surface species
- small molecule metabolism
- separation of biological macromolecules
- aqueous and gas phase reactions of environmental importance
- non-metal redox reactions
- analytical immunology, non-linear molecular spectroscopy
- proteomics
- instrumentation development for atmospheric measurements
- nanotechnology
Purdue’s analytical chemistry program is especially
well known for its development of new instrumentation and measurement
strategies
for over 60 years. Students and faculty involved with instrument design
and development have strong departmental support. The
Jonathan Amy Facility for Chemical Instrumentation assists these efforts. Facility personnel
have diverse backgrounds from chemistry, through electrical engineering,
to systems programming.
Analytical chemistry has been influential in a variety of ways both on and off campus. Faculty and students have been involved in Discovery Park, the Indiana Proteomics Consortium, the Chemobile, Bioanalytical Systems, Griffin Analytical Technologies, and Endocyte.
Our campus has rich traditions in analytical chemistry that spans many schools and departments. These include biomedical engineering, biology, pharmacy, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, foods and nutrition, geology and computer and electrical engineering. There are opportunities for students to interact broadly across campus where doing so can fit their special interests. Purdue has a long tradition of breaking down barriers between disciplines and this has been enhanced even further with the development of the Discovery Park initiative on campus and the Purdue Research Park off campus, but only 5 minutes away.
Placement of students recently completing graduate degrees:
One of the joys of academia is seeing bright young people become productive scientists and managers as they advance their careers after their time at Purdue. This is the primary reward of a teaching carrier. Here are some of the institutions our graduates and postdocs have recently joined:
| Amgen Argonne Nat’l Laboratory BASF Bayer Battelle Columbus Beyond Genomics Bioanalytical Systems Dow Chemical Gilead Laboratories Griffin Analytical Technologies GSK Eli Lilly Endocyte Environment Canada Exxon |
Intel Iowa State University Lawrence Livermore Max Planck Institute Merck & Co. MDS Sciex Novartis Ohio State Univ. Pfizer Proctor and Gamble Roche Sandia Nat’l Laboratory Schering Plough ThermoFinnigan Waters Wyeth |
Progressive Community:
The Lafayette-West Lafayette community is not a limited
to being a “university
town” but rather is a well balanced community of over 100,000 with
an excellent complement of museums, arts groups, ethnic restaurants,
year round festivals, good schools and easy access to the major cities
of Indianapolis and Chicago. We have the plenty of opportunity for spouse
employment in our varied commercial sector, including the Purdue Research
Park as well as other major employers such as Caterpillar, Subaru Automotive,
Eli Lilly and Co., State Farm Insurance, Lafayette Life Insurance and
many others. More information about our community can be found at the
following links:
Information About Lafayette
Information About West Lafayette
Greater
Lafayette Progress
Lafayette-West Lafayette Convention
and Visitors Bureau
