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TCNJ Chemistry Department
Class of 2021
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Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Tenure Track Faculty Position The College of New Jersey, Ewing NJ The Department of Chemistry at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) invites outstanding applicants for a tenure-track position starting August 2021. TCNJ has a strong commitment to inclusive excellence in our community and to supporting a healthy work-life balance for our faculty of teacher-scholars. TCNJ… Continue Reading
Teaching during COVID-19: How an experimentalist teacher mindset helped to navigate disruption
The College of New Jersey’s Chemistry Department and School of Science have been strategically transforming our teaching, learning, and mentoring environments for over a decade through programs that are targeted toward “new majority” students: low-income, first generation, and historically marginalized races and ethnicities. Recently, we shifted from programs that target a small number of students… Continue Reading
Dr. Joseph Baker studies the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein using TCNJ’s supercomputer
Dr. Joseph Baker, Associate Professor of Chemistry at TCNJ, is collaborating with an international team to study the spike protein from the novel coronavirus, SARS CoV-2. In our first paper our team reports on the novel observation about the gain in nanomechanical stability of the SARS-CoV-2 (CoV2) spike (S) protein in comparison with SARS-CoV from 2002 (CoV1). Our… Continue Reading
Senior Sendoff and Celebration 2020!
A viewing party was hosted by the Chemistry department on May 21st for our seniors. Students, faculty, and staff contributed to the video, making it a memorable sendoff for our graduates. There’s a Lion in all of us! Congratulations Class of 2020! View the video: Low Resolution High Resolution Continue Reading
Welcome Class of 2022
Class of 2022 Chemistry Majors on their first day of their TCNJ careers. Continue Reading
Kitchen Chemistry
A new chemistry course has turned up the heat and transformed a campus kitchen into a lab that analyzes one of the oldest applications of chemistry and chemical research: Cooking. Dr. Benny Chan’s “Kitchen Chemistry” course is a hands-on, experimental class that has senior chemistry students donning aprons instead of lab coats, as a way… Continue Reading
2016 TCNJ Chemistry Thanksgiving Potluck
TCNJ Chemistry students and faculty gathered together on the evening of 11/17 for the annual Chemistry Department Thanksgiving Potluck. The event was organized by the TCNJ Student Chemists Association, and was attended by many students from freshmen to seniors. The food included green bean casserole, hot wings, pulled pork, mac and cheese, butternut squash, among many… Continue Reading
TCNJ PERSIST Program Highlighted in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Several TCNJ Chemistry undergraduates were recently interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer about their participation in the TCNJ PERSIST Program, which supports students from low-income families to pursue careers in the sciences. Read the article here. Continue Reading
Homecoming 2016
Students and faculty of the Chemistry Department celebrated Homecoming 2016 in style! Continue Reading