All spectroscopic services are run and maintained by Ph. D. scientists at very modest costs to research groups. The new Center for Combinatorial Synthesis , housed in the Chemistry Department, is a collaboration of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Medical School, and the Cancer Institute. This Center represents the University's commitment to remain at the forefront of chemical research and the Department's mission of shaping the future of analytical chemistry. We obtain an extraordinary level of support and commitment from the University's administration. Our senior administrators understand the needs of an outstanding chemistry department.
Grant dollars go far.
The expense of supporting a graduate student researcher is quite low. Combine that with the low cost of using our shop and support services and you can see that there are few barriers to achieving your research goals. Local industry contributes in ways other than collaborations. There is a strong concentration of chemically related industries in the Pittsburgh area. The list of companies includes Alcoa , Aristech , Bayer , Callery Chemical , Goldschmidt Industrial Chemicals , Lubrizol , PPG , Pressure Chemical , Valspar , and Westinghouse .