Welcome to the Department of Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry has a proud history of excellent research and teaching, being established as a foundation Department of the University. The Department is a member of the School of Molecular Sciences and Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering.
Chemistry is taught at all year levels in undergraduate Bachelors degrees through to Honours. The Department offers postgraduate degrees by research at Masters and PhD level as well as a Masters of Chemical Science coursework degree.
Excellent facilities are available for research across a wide range of chemistry. All academic staff offer projects for qualified research applicants. The Honours projects are indicative of the particular research interests of each staff member. There are more than 25 postgraduate students in the Department.
News and Events Highlights
- 02/2010 PhD scholarship available in radiopharmaceutical chemistry
- 12/2009 AINSE Grant Success for Peter Barnard
- 12/2009 3 ARC LIEF Grants totalling $905,000 for Chemistry
- 11/2009 ARC Discovery Project Grant Success for Dr Conor Hogan
- 10/2009 6 Top-up PhD Scholarships ($5K per annum)
- 10/2009 2009 Max O'Connor Lecture awarded to Ian McKelvie
- 09/2009 La Trobe Chemistry hosts Intersect09 conference
- 08/2009 ACS articles for Department of Chemistry
- 08/2009 Chemistry highlighted at Open Day 2009
- 05/2009 $64M funding for new La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences
- 03/2009 New 500MHz NMR
- 03/2009 La Trobe Chemistry book donation to Thailand
- 01/2009 The Department of Chemistry has appointed four new academics in 2009