Chemistry Department
Randall Hicks, Elita Pastra-Landis, Thandi Buthelezi, Chris Kalberg, Jani Benoit, Laura Muller, Matthew Evans
Our program centers on helping students acquire both the knowledge and the skills needed to understand our chemical world and to investigate its complexities. We are committed to fostering students' creativity and to channeling their interest toward productive research. We hope that emerging scientists grow, learn and discover. Our small class size and hands-on teaching style is uniquely suited to this goal.
The Department of Chemistry offers a Chemistry major which is accredited by the American Chemical Society. A Biochemistry major, in conjunction with the Wheaton Biology Department is also available. We are also a part of the Wheaton Environmental Science major and the Environmental Studies minor.
For more information, contact Laura Muller, department chair.
Rossetti '09 to conduct stem cell research as Fulbright Scholar
Biochemistry major Blair Rossetti will pursue research in stem cell biology as a 2009 Fulbright Scholar in the Netherlands.
Professor Kalberg has a hand in molecule exploration
In a third-floor Science Center chemistry lab, the smell of oranges perfumes the afternoon air.
Research experiences lead to Fulbright award
Senior chemistry major Ashlan Musante has won a Fulbright Scholarship that will allow her to join the research of Dr. Tanja Weil at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany.
Wheaton junior wins Goldwater Scholarship for excellence in the sciences
Blair Rossetti '09, a biochemistry major from Plymouth, Mass., has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for 2008.
Life in Heavy Metal
Chemistry Professor Jani Benoit picks up the mercury trail
From Molecules to Masterpieces
Chemistry Professor Laura Muller connects chemistry and art