Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

News

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five students sit around a table talking and drinking beverages

November 21, 2023

Software in Science

A photo of the Great Smoky Mountains. Forested hills and mountains are seen.

November 16, 2023

Chemists Tackle Formation of Natural Aerosols

A portrait of Zhen-Gang Wang. He wears a dress shirt and appears in front of shelves of books.

November 8, 2023

Zhen-Gang Wang Receives Award From the American Physical Society

David Cagan (top left) poses with the Rising Tide cohort. Top row, from left to right: Cagan, Vincent Vu, Rebecca Ramirez, Chaw Soe. Bottom row: Pablo Romero, Shelli Wang, Seiji Sakamoto.

November 2, 2023

PCC Alumnus Turned Caltech Student Launches Rising Tide Research Training Program

Events

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Ongoing

Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

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December 5, 2023 4:00 pm

Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

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December 6, 2023 8:00 am

Final Examinations for Fall Term

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The chemistry program at Caltech provides depth in the traditional areas of chemistry—organic and inorganic chemistry, chemical physics, theoretical chemistry, and chemical biology. Major initiatives are fostering broad collaborations in energy and environment, molecular medicine, and nanomaterials.

Chemical Engineering

Started as applied chemistry by Arthur Amos Noyes, the department led the famous Project 37 of the American Petroleum Institute that provided much of the basic knowledge on thermodynamics and phase equilibria in hydrocarbon systems.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics has been established as an interdisciplinary program, at the interface of biology, chemistry, and physics, that seeks to understand the basic molecular mechanisms of life.