{"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. 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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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