Graduate Support and Facilities
The Department of Chemistry at The Ohio State University ranks
as one of the strongest graduate programs in the country. The graduate
curriculum in Inorganic Chemistry at OSU is designed to train students to be
independent and innovative research scientists. Our Ph.D. graduates enjoy
careers in academia, industry, and at government laboratories, and we are
proud of their many accomplishments.
The Department of Chemistry at OSU provides financial support to
all graduate students throughout their education. When accepted into the
Graduate Program, a student receives a teaching associateship (TA), research
associateship (RA), or a fellowship. Entering graduate students are
typically awarded a teaching associateship, serving as laboratory and/or
recitation instructors. Later in their graduate career, students can devote
all their energy to their research projects as RAs. Research associateships
are awarded during the student's first summer and may continue throughout the
following years.
In addition to the state-of-the-art instrumentation available in
each researcher's group, the Department of Chemistry houses shared
instruments and skilled technical support. Some of these include:
- NMR spectrometers (seven 600 MHz to 200 MHz and an 800 MHz)
- Three ESR spectrometers
- CG/MS, FAB, and MALDI/TOF mass spectrometers
- Four X-ray diffractometers
- FTIR, Fluorimeters, and UV/vis absorption instruments
- Eight cw and pulsed lasers, and a laser Raman setup
- ESCA/Auger spectrometer
- Computer facility with several Windows machines, Macs, and powerful
workstations for molecular modeling, computation, and visualization.
Additional technical support in the department is found in the
machine shop, electronics shop, glassblowing, and the shared instrument
laboratory.
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