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The chemistry program at Lycoming College is constantly growing and changing to meet the demands of the field and to best prepare students for careers in chemistry and related professions.

The department is approved by the American Chemical Society and is located in the Heim Biology and Chemistry Building - one of the most state-of-the-art facilities in the East. Outstanding features of the building include: individual fume hood and bench space for each student in advanced labs, computer software for modeling of molecular systems, a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer, and a 300-MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer.

A professionally active faculty of four full-time professors and two part-time instructors matches the excellent facilities. Areas of specialized interest within the faculty range from inorganic and analytical chemistry, to organic chemistry and spectroscopy, to organometallic chemistry and crystallography. One advantage of attending a small liberal arts institution is that you have the opportunity to work side-by-side with your professors on laboratory research projects. The department also sponsors on-campus summer research with paid student research teams under faculty supervision. These 10-week experiences have led to research publications and presentations by students at area and national science conferences.

Many chemistry majors at Lycoming continue their education at either graduate or professional schools. Recent choices include Bucknell, Buffalo, Clemson, Hershey Medical, Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Miami, Michigan, Penn State, Virginia, and Wharton. Those chemistry students who decide to enter the workforce upon graduation find employment relating to their major ranging from research chemists to product development engineers and from sales executives to teachers. Among the many employers of Lycoming graduates are American Cyanamid, DuPont, Lonza, Merck, IBM, International Paper, Litton, National Starch, and the United States Department of Agriculture.

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