Recent Departmental Graduates & Positions

A PhD degree from the UC Department of Chemistry prepares you for a variety of opportunities as a professional chemist. Our graduates are employed in industry, government labs, take faculty positions at other institutions and pursue advanced training as postdoctoral researchers.

Recent graduates from the UC Department of Chemistry have obtained employment at Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson, GE Global Research, Albemarle, Baxter Health Care, Battelle, FDA Forensic Toxicology, EPA, NIOSH, Arlon Co, Lexmark, Hexion, Albany Molecular Research, Ilex Oncology, IRIX Pharmaceutical, Abbott and Eli Lilly.

Three of our graduates are instructors or lecturers at Ohio University, Western Kentucky University and Northern Kentucky University. Our PhD graduates are also beginning academic careers as faculty members at Wilmington College, Washington & Jefferson, Shawnee State, Gonzaga, Morehead State, Belmont, University of Texas at Tyler, Austin Peay University, Thomas More College, Benedictine University and Berry College.

Others recent graduates are engaged in postdoctoral research at Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Ohio State, Minnesota, Utah, Southern Mississippi, Pittsburgh, FDA, EPA, Children's Hospital Cincinnati, Rosskamp Institute, Genomic Research Institute, NIH, NCI, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NRL and NRC Canada.