Welcome to the Department of Chemistry
Commitment to excellence
The Department of Chemistry offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Forensic Chemistry. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to the mission of providing both a nationally competitive curriculum and a variety of exciting undergraduate research opportunities.
We pride ourselves on our commitment to our students and their success. Our facilities house an impressive array of instrumentation used directly by undergraduates in both teaching and research laboratories. As a result of our commitment to excellence, our department has experienced dramatic growth over the past decade and our graduates are being accepted into prestigious graduate and medical programs across the country.
student Successes
ACS student chapter receives honorable mention award
The chapter will be featured alongside other winners in Chemical & Engineering News and inChemistry, the student member magazine. In addition, the chapter will be honored at the 243rd ACS national meeting in San Diego, Calif., in March.
faculty Successes
Professor's research group studies hydrogen bonding, geochemistry
Dr. Lynn Koplitz's undergraduate research group studies in a number of areas of physical chemistry, especially spectroscopy, with applications to materials science, environmental studies, geochemistry, and photochemistry.
alumni Successes
Chemistry alumnus wins American Chemical Society’s Helen M. Free Award for Public Service
William F. “Bill” Trammell ’54, 2011 winner of the American Chemical Society’s Helen M. Free Award for Public Service, began volunteering with the National Science Center’s Fort Discovery museum in Augusta, Ga., in 1997.
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Chemistry lab demo at Ashe
Chemistry department demonstrates experiments for middle school students GO »
Contact Chemistry
Loyola University New Orleans
Department of Chemistry
6363 St. Charles Avenue
Campus Box 05
New Orleans, LA 70118
Office: Monroe Hall, Room 113
Phone: 504-865-2267
Fax: 504-865-3269
Chair: Thomas Spence, Ph.D.
E-mail: tgspence@loyno.edu