{"id":3809,"date":"2019-07-01T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=3809"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:14:29","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<nav class=\"sections-menu-wrapper\" aria-label=\"Page section navigation\" style=\"min-height: 60px;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-light bg-primary sections-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"navbar-toggler collapsed ml-auto\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#sections-menu\" aria-controls=\"#sections-menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-text\">Skip to Section<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar-collapse collapse\" id=\"sections-menu\" data-autoselect=\"true\" data-selector=\".auto-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"nav navbar-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\n\t\t\t<section id=\"welcome\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-home-welcome auto-section pt-0 pb-0\" data-section-link-title=\"Welcome\" aria-label=\"Welcome\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0 pb-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"lead\">Welcome to the UCF Department of Chemistry in beautiful and exciting Central Florida! We have a growing and diverse population of faculty and students carrying out research in five broad areas of study: materials, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, forensic chemistry, and chemistry education research. Our faculty collaborate with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ncfs.ucf.edu\">National Center of Forensic Science<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nanoscience.ucf.edu\/\">Nanoscience and Technology Center<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/\">College of Optics and Photonics<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/engineering-computer-science\/\">College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ccie.ucf.edu\/\">College of Community Innovation and Education<\/a>, thus preparing our students for complex problem solving in an interdisciplinary world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<section id=\"research\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-home-research auto-section pt-0 pb-0\" data-section-link-title=\"Research\" aria-label=\"Research\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron mb-0 lazyload\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background:inherit; background-size:cover!important;\"\t\t\t data-bg=\"url(&#039;https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Section-BG-Home-Research-v3.jpg&#039;) no-repeat top left\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" col-12\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"h1 heading-underline-secondary\">Research<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">UCF has 200,000 alumni stay in Florida to work in business, sales, or in research areas like nanotechnology, engineering, biomedical sciences or pharmaceuticals. At UCF, we practice what we teach. That\u2019s why we are America\u2019s Partnership University.<\/p>\n<p>Our chemistry faculty members are actively engaged in collaborative, cutting-edge research. Our faculty members are involved in several\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/research\/research-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">research areas<\/a> and joint collaborations with university partners.\u00a0 Our undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged\u00a0to engage and participate with the resources available to them at the department and university level.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-secondary\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/research\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tMore Information\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<section id=\"positions\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-home-faculty-positions auto-section pt-0 pb-0\" data-section-link-title=\"Available Faculty Positions\" aria-label=\"Available Faculty Positions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-background-container pt-5 pb-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"506\" class=\"img-fluid alignnone wp-image-6925 size-full media-background object-fit-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Faculty-Positions-BG-v5.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with curly hair, wearing a green top, stands outdoors with arms crossed, smiling at the camera.\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/506;object-position: top center;\" data-object-position=\"top center\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Faculty-Positions-BG-v5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Faculty-Positions-BG-v5-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Faculty-Positions-BG-v5-1024x270.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Faculty-Positions-BG-v5-768x202.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Faculty-Positions-BG-v5-1536x405.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row text-inverse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-12 col-sm-10 col-md-8\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"heading-underline\">Available Faculty Positions<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">The Department of Chemistry is hiring! 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