Welcome to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.  

Chemists and biochemists study molecules. Molecules make up practically everything around us and in us. So, in a way, chemists and biochemists study everything. And at Loyola, we undertake those studies with our undergraduate students by our sides.

Where do our graduating students go?

This is not an exhaustive list of alumni from the Chemistry Department at Loyola University New Orleans, but is meant to give students a general idea of the different programs or employment into which our students have been accepted.

Class of 2025

Copes, Jenna (CHEB '25) Tulane University School of Medicine

Hoyuela, Andre (CHEM '25) Doctoral program in Chemistry, Tulane University

Moreau, Simone (CHEB '25) VCom Carolinas Med School, anesthesiology 

As a student Loyola University New Orleans, you have the opportunity to work alongside our talented professors to partner in collaborative research as part of your undergraduate experience.

Learn more about some recent research and projects currently underway in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Loyola's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry provides access to online resources, engagement opportunities, and campus services to help students achieve their goals inside and outside of the classroom. 

About Kurt R. Birdwhistell, Ph.D.

Chemistry faculty and students at Loyola University New Orleans have access to a wide array of state-of-the-art instrumentation.

This sophisticated equipment is used not only in coursework but also during collaborative undergraduate research activities to characterize materials or to quantify analytes by a variety of spectroscopic, chromatographic, thermometric and electrochemical methods. Through the university library, students have access to online chemical databases and major chemistry journals.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers two minors:

Chemistry

The minor in chemistry consists of 22 hours of chemistry which includes General Chemistry with lab (eight hours), Organic Chemistry with lab (eight hours), and six additional hours in chemistry at or above the 300 level. CHEM A486 credits will not count toward the minor. 

So you’ve figured it out. Deduced it. You’ve found your inner Sherlock, your inner Abby, and you’re compelled to discover the truth…with science.

The world is full of questions. We turn to scientists for answers to many of them.