There are certain criteria for Undergraduate Research (CHEM-499), students not meeting these criteria should enroll in Senior Laboratory (CHEM-498). Students should complete an undergraduate research application when you have an idea about your responsibilities and have the following qualifications:
- Be a Chemistry or Biochemistry major
- Complete General Chemistry I & II (CHEM120 & CHEM121), Organic Chemistry I & II (CHEM230 & CHEM231) and Experimental Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 232)
- Research students should have earned a grade of C or better in all chemistry classes attempted
- Upon completion of CHEM-499, all students are required to prepare a formal research report
- Students that completed CHEM-499 are permitted to take an additional 1 semester hour of CHEM-499 in another semester
These are general criteria and exceptions can be made for outstanding students.
When conducting research in any of the lab facilities it is important to know the safety protocols.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry highly encourages our students to participate in faculty mentored research projects. If you’re interested, view the faculty interests below.
Faculty Research Interests
![Magnus Bebbington profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/9821/user/img32821.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-5301
- bebbingtonm@montclair.edu
![Jaclyn Catalano profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/7407/user/jaclyn-catalano.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-7118
- catalanoja@montclair.edu
Science of Art Deterioration: Understanding the structure and mechanisms of lead soaps formation in traditional oil paintings.
Associate Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-7165
- dyerj@montclair.edu
Techniques include: bioinformatics, cloning, expression, purification, biochemical characterization
Collaborations with other groups involve work on elucidating structure and function relationships with these proteins.
![Hendrik Eshuis profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/5005/user/phpAkz7gVPM.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-7099
- eshuish@montclair.edu
![Jinshan Gao profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/6474/user/img8860crop2.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-5136
- gaoj@montclair.edu
![Yvonne Gindt profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/5000/user/gindt.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-3469
- gindty@montclair.edu
![Nina Goodey profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/1949/user/ninagoodey.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-3410
- goodeyn@montclair.edu
![Nathanael Hirscher profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/12332/user/natehirscherheadshot.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Assistant Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-5219
- hirschern@montclair.edu
Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-5156
- konasd@montclair.edu
![Eli Lee profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/10514/user/elilee.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Assistant Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-7131
- leei@montclair.edu
Bottom up reconstitution of synthetic lipid membrane - protein interaction.
Fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy. Computer-assisted data and image analysis.
![Wanlu Li profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/13226/user/wanluliheadshot.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Assistant Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-5144
- liwa@montclair.edu
![Glen O'Neil profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/8191/user/gdophoto.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
![David Rotella profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/4304/user/rotella2_sept_2009_photo.JPG.0.1x.generic.jpg)
![Amrita Sarkar profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/11092/user/img1982.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Assistant Professor
(2) Green solvent exploration in Li ion battery recycling
![Johannes Schelvis profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/1878/user/thumbnail-1.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-3301
- schelvisj@montclair.edu
Repair of UV-damaged DNA by DNA photolyase and cryptochrome (single-strand DNA photolyase).
Substrate effects on active-site properties of and catalysis in heme-containing enzymes.
![John Siekierka profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/1953/user/siekierka.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-3411
- siekierkaj@montclair.edu
![David Talaga profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/3210/user/30589_426362145902_736165902_5813330_1585419_n.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-7167
- talagad@montclair.edu
Approaches include: Single molecule fluorescence lifetime, Solid state nanopores, Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, Interfacial effects on proteins, Novel methods of global data analysis
![Mark Whitener profile photo](/responsive-media/cache/profilepages/media/290/user/mawwhitworth.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg)
Associate Professor
- Phone
- 973-655-7166
- whitenerm@montclair.edu
Characterization of quasiracemates containing transition metal complexes.