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Welcome
The George Washington University, founded in 1821, is located in downtown Washington,
DC, the center of the federal government and one of the leading cultural centers
of the country. Located in Corcoran Hall, the Chemistry Department offers Ph.D.
and M.S. programs in analytical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry and
materials science. Research fields include: combustion chemistry; environmental
chemistry; analytical and molecular spectroscopy; catalysis; chemical instrumentation;
electrochemistry; inorganic and organometallic synthesis; organic synthesis/natural
products; structure and reactivity studies; surface, interface and materials science;
trace analysis; polymer chemistry; theoretical chemistry; transition metal complexes;
nanostructured materials; and forensic chemistry (in cooperation with the Department
of Forensic Sciences). Collaborative research is also conducted with faculty from
the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the School of Medicine and
Health Sciences.  The department is relatively small with 13 Professors, and about 30 graduate students.
Thus, there is significant interaction between students and their dissertation
advisors. Research is supported by all of the standard instrumentation including
atomic absorption, infrared, ultraviolet/visible, nuclear magnetic resonance,
and inductively-coupled plasma emission spectrometers, gas and liquid chromatographs,
and mass spectrometers, including an ICP-MS system. Specialized equipment includes
ultra-high vacuum systems, Auger spectrometers, LED, a thin film deposition apparatus,
scanning tunneling microscope, atomic force microscope, laser desorption time-of-flight
mass spectrometer (MALDI-MS), and a well equipped laser spectroscopy laboratory suite. In
addition, the majority of the faculty have cooperative research efforts with one
or more of the well equipped local government laboratories. The department also
maintains several workstations
for computational research. The university has three major libraries with an excellent collection of monographs and all of the essential science and engineering journals. Additional library capacities are available through the local university consortium and the many government research institutions. The University has an excellent computer center. Prestigious government facilities of direct relevance to chemistry in the Washington metropolitan area include
Because of this unique scientific environment, educational opportunities
are available in the Washington area which cannot be found elsewhere.
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