Graduate Program Overview
Graduate students enrolled in the field of chemistry and chemical biology select a major research concentration in one of the following subfields: analytical, chemical biology, inorganic, organic, organometallic, bioorganic, physical, biophysical, polymer, theoretical, or chemical physics. Students must also choose a minor concentration from these subfields or a related graduate field such as materials science or biochemistry. Once major and minor concentrations have been selected, students choose permanent special committees consisting of the research adviser and two additional faculty members.
To help students select a research adviser the faculty present research orientation seminars in which first-year students are introduced to the research of each professor. The research adviser and other members of the special committee are usually chosen by the end of the fall semester.
Contact Information
Graduate Studies Office
Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
Baker Laboratory
Ithaca, NY 14853-1301
chemgrad@cornell.edu
607-255-4139
Graduate Program Coordinator
Pat Hine
pah3@cornell.edu
607-255-5287
Director of Graduate Studies
Brian Crane
bc69@cornell.edu