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Lab Skills

Building Lab Confidence
Through Experience

Valpo’s chemistry program graduates can be immediately productive in a professional or academic laboratory setting. Nearly all chemistry courses at Valpo include a laboratory component, and students are also encouraged to conduct research under the supervision of faculty members.

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Lab Skill Development Areas

Hands-on learning

In Valpo’s laboratory classes, such as Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory, students learn through independent and team-based projects and research experiences.
Laboratory experiences allow students to master specific lab techniques, and deepen their understanding of:

  • Chemical synthesis, analysis, and problem-solving
  • Technical scientific writing and record-keeping
  • Professional written and oral communication
  • Modern biochemistry and molecular biology techniques
  • Safe laboratory practices, chemical handling and disposal
  • Ethical conduct and laboratory practices

State Of The Art Instrumentation

Through laboratory classes and research projects, students get extensive hands-on training with research-grade instrumentation. This knowledge distinguishes Valpo’s chemistry students and opens opportunities for them, both before and after graduation.

In the Center for the Sciences, students have access to an arsenal of modern instrumentation including:

  • Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer (FT-NMR)
  • Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-Vis) and Infrared (IR) Spectrometers
  • Gas Chromatograph – Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS)
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatographs (HPLC)
  • Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Instrument
  • Electrochemical Workstation

Learn more about Valpo’s chemistry facilities!

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Contact the Department

Valpo welcomes inquiries from prospective students, fellow researchers, and community members.

Department Chair: Kevin Jantzi, Ph.D.

Chemistry Department

Center for the Sciences
1710 Chapel Drive
Valparaiso, IN 46383

219.464.6454

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