Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. CHEMICAL BIOLOGY School of Engineering DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL BIOLOGY and Science

PH.D.

Develop expertise in both chemistry and biology by working with renowned faculty on interdisciplinary research projects. The chemical biology Ph.D. program blends advanced study in biology, RESEARCH AREAS chemistry, biochemistry, life sciences, medicine, and clinical applications. ƒ Cancer Biology Students will investigate biological problems, use statistical methods to interpret biological data, and determine and interpret the kinetic parameters ƒ Drug Discovery and of biological reactions. Development This interdisciplinary program maintains a strong focus on independent ƒ Genetics research in areas such as cancer biology (ovarian and breast, in addition to other forms of cancer), drug discovery and development, genetics, cell and ƒ Cell and Molecular molecular biology, physiology, organic chemistry, and computational Biology chemistry. ƒ Physiology The chemical biology Ph.D. program offers advanced courses in medicinal chemistry, drug discovery and development, and cancer biology where ƒ Organic Chemistry students gain an in-depth understanding of all core disciplines in ƒ Computational biochemistry, molecular genetics, cell biology, physiology, and advanced Chemistry chemistry. Our graduates often go to work at healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life sciences companies and hold positions as research scientists, managers, biochemists, medicinal chemists, pharmaceutical chemists, and materials scientists. THE STEVENS ADVANTAGE Stevens prime location next to New York City and within the New Jersey research corridor attracts chemical biology students from across the country and around the world to benefit from the university's collaborative relationships with industry and academic partners throughout the region. PROGRAM FEATURES ƒ A wide range of biology and chemistry course offerings ƒ Unique courses such as Molecular Biology Laboratory Techniques and Biochemical Laboratory Techniques, as well as electives like Computational Biology ƒ Hands-on involvement in a biology lab, using a variety of analytical techniques and instrumentation, gaining ability in computational skills ƒ Research using real data sets ƒ Collaboration with other universities and adjunct faculty who work in the pharmaceutical industry for companies such as Merck ƒ Opportunities to work closely with experts in cancer biology, drug discovery, genetics, and cellular and microbiology ƒ Experience working in or with national research centers ƒ An independent research project spanning several years stevens.edu/ses RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SHARED FACILITIES CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY ƒ SES Machine and Electronic Shop: Enables design ideas While the pioneering Department of Chemistry and Chemical and engineering solutions. Biology (CCB) established the nation's first undergraduate program in chemical biology in the 1970s, department ƒ High Performance Computing researchers today remain at the forefront of drug discovery Cluster: Provides advanced exploration. computing infrastructure and services for research. RESEARCH PILLARS ƒ Laboratory for Multiscale ƒ Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare & Life Sciences Imaging: Provides imaging capabilities to study both RESEARCH CENTERS synthetic and biological materials from macroscopic ƒ Center for Healthcare Innovation: Addresses gaps and issues related to advancing biomedical technology and healthcare to microscopic length scale. delivery, and also serves as a focal point for integration of ƒ MicroDevice Laboratory: external strategic partnerships. Explores military systems applications of emerging RESEARCH LABORATORIES nanotechnologies. ƒ Attygalle Lab: Run by Athula Attygale, the lab has six mass ƒ Mass Spectrometry analyzers incorporating time-of-flight and quadrupolar Laboratory: Utilizes six mass techniques, and a variety of inlets such as electrospray, analyzers that incorporate MALDI, ApCI, EI and CI and is one of the most well-equipped academic facilities in the U.S. time-of-flight and quadrupolar techniques, and ƒ Iwanicki Lab: Run by Marcin Iwanicki, the lab use a a variety of inlets such as combination of state-of-the-art microscopy, organoid cultures, and CRISPR/CAS9 gene editing to gain mechanistic insights electrospray, MALDI, ApCI, into ovarian cancer dissemination. EI and CI. ƒ Sharma Lab: Run by Abhishek Sharma, the lab designs and ƒ Prototype Object Fabrication develops novel-molecular reactivity and molecular function to Laboratory: Enables rapid ultimately accelerate the discovery of new therapeutics. prototyping of ideas and ƒ Tolias Lab: Run by Peter Tolias, the lab focuses on provides know-how for multidisciplinary research efforts in personalized medicine, creating parts, assemblies, focused on patient specific genomic analysis of disease and mechatronic and IOT enabled subsequent selection of therapeutic options based on the systems, and programming unique genetic make-up of an individual. for devices/robots. ƒ Zhang Lab: Run by Yong Zhang, the lab utilized and develops computational methods to provide accurate information of molecules and biomolecules.

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