Welcome

Welcome to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Montclair State University. We are located in Upper Montclair, New Jersey about 12 miles southwest of New York City. This website is designed to give information about the faculty, staff, facilities, adademics, research, and programs in our department. You can learn about a topic by clicking on an atom in the above graphic. Please look around. The rest of this section briefly describes:
  • The faculty and staff
  • Academic programs
  • Facilities
  • Instrumentation
  • Directions to campus and a campus map
  • Contact information.

General Information

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is certified by the American Chemical Society. The department consists of eleven full time faculty, a secretary and a stockroom supervisor. The department offers programs leading to the following undergraduate degrees:
  • B. Sc.in Chemistry,
  • B. Sc. in Chemistry with ACS certification
  • B. Sc. in Biochemistry.
The following graduate degrees may be earned through the department:
  • M. S. in Chemistry
  • M. S. in Chemistry with a Concentration in Biochemistry (starting Fall 2003)

Facilities

The department occupies modern, well equipped laboratory facilities housed in Richardson Hall within the College of Sciences and Mathematics. A new building, Science Hall, built behind Richardson Hall opened in the fall of 1999. The Department of Biological Sciences offices as well as biology and biochemistry teaching and research laboratories are housed in the new building. The department has teaching laboratories for introductory, general, organic, physical and analytical, and biochemistry courses. There are additional research and instrument labs that are used both for coursework and for faculty and student research.


Instrumentation

Equipment available for both teaching and research includes:
  • High Field FT-NMR
  • Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer
  • Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer
  • FT-IR
  • Single Crystal X-Ray Diffractometer
  • Dedicated HPLC and GC Laboratory
  • Complete Electrochemistry Laboratory
  • Dedicated PC Computer Laboratory
  • Sun Sparc 5 Workstation
  • HP-3000 Visulaize Workstation

Biochemical Instumentation


  • Ultracentrifuge
  • Liquid Scintillation Counter
  • Gamma Counter
  • Thermal Cycler
  • Oligonucleotide Synthesizer
  • Automated DNA Sequencer
  • Capillary Electrophoresis

Directions, Campus Map, and Contact Information

Directions to campus Campus Map (The Department is in Richardson Hall (RI)
to the right of the oval at the lower center of the map)
Deprtment of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Voice: 973-655-5140
Fax: 973-655-7772
E-mail: whitenerm@mail.montclair.edu
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Faculty and Staff

            * - indicates faculty with personal web pages.
other faculty - links to a general information page at the College of Science 
                and Math web page, if available.

Full Time Faculty

Dr. Marc L. Kasner*, Chair

Staff

Carolyn Witte, Department Secretary
Dennis Stachura, Laboratory Supervisor
Kevin Olsen, Instrumental Specialist
Dr. George Pangalos, Adjunct Faculty

Graduate Assistants
Kenny Loo Ganiat Alaka Cari Koblitz Fatoumata Barry

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Other Programs

Programs of interest to students include


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Scholarships and Assistantships

The department has special scholarships for incoming undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry majors. A limited number of graduate assistantships are available for full-time graduate students.

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Research Opportunities

Both undergraduate and graduate students can work with faculty on basic research in a variety of areas of chemistry and biochemistry. Some research is supported with grant funds that provide support for a student researcher either during the academic year or in the summer. A description of current research opportunities is available from the department secretary.

Please visit the Department's Research Page for more information

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Cooperative Education

(Department Contact: Dr. Awadallah)

The University sponsors an active coop education program, through which undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry majors can work in the local chemical industry. Students receive University credits, salary, and valuable professional work experience, while completing their academic course work. Contact the department for details.

Visit the MSU Cooperative Education Office

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Teacher Certification in Physical Science

(Department Contact: Dr. Whitener)

Chemistry Majors can obtain certification in Physical Science. Admission Requirements, the education courses, and the professional sequence for teacher certification is described on the home page of the Teacher Education Program:

Teacher Education Program

In addition to the professional courses required by all majors in the Teacher Education Program, the courses in the acompaning link are required by chemistry majors seeking certification in Physical Science:

Courses Required for Certification in Physical Science

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Chemistry Club

The chemistry club at Montclair is called MSU Elements. Information about the club can be found on a separate page.

Update (2/20/04): The Chemistry club was resurected in the fall semester of 2003 as "MSU Elements". A new web page is coming soon.

MSU Elements Home Page (Revised page coming soon)

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Undergraduate Information

Dr. Jack Isidor, Undergraduate Advisor

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Graduate Information,

Dr. Whitener, Graduate Advisor

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