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At IUP we understand that not every university’s degree are created equal. We focus on student opportunities such as an integrated leadership minor, undergraduate research, internships, and guaranteed graduate school admissions to achieve a near 100 percent employment and graduate school placement rate.

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Chemistry and Biochemistry Programs

Biochemistry, BS

Chemistry, BS

Chemistry Education, Chemistry, BS

Pre-Medical, Chemistry, BS

Pre-Pharmacy, Chemistry, BS

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Chemistry Minor

Certified Degrees: The department undergoes a rigorous review by the American Chemical Society to have certified degrees offered, the gold standard for biochemistry and chemistry programs.

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Physics Programs

Pre-Engineering, BS, with Dual Physics Degree

Physics, BS

Applied Physics, Physics BS

Physics Education, Physics BS

Nanomanufacturing Technology, Physics BS

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CBP Students Spend Summer Break Pushing Boundaries in Research and Technology

CBP Students Spend Summer Break Pushing Boundaries in Research and Technology

A broad range of research opportunities is available to Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics students, from national laboratories and medical research centers to academic conferences and industry-level training programs. Collectively, their accomplishments underscore the department’s commitment to preparing undergraduates for graduate study, professional careers, and meaningful contributions to science and society.

  • 02 September 2025
Maicaneanu Publishes Trio of Research Papers

Maicaneanu Publishes Trio of Research Papers

Sanda Andrada Maicaneanu recently published three collaborative research papers exploring the environmental and electrochemical applications of natural materials like clays and zeolites, advancing sustainable solutions in water treatment and sensing technologies.

  • 08 May 2025
Advanced Chemistry Lab Analyzes Students’ Blood for Toxins

Advanced Chemistry Lab Analyzes Students’ Blood for Toxins

Students in an advanced chemistry lab experienced a unique opportunity to sample and analyze their own blood for numerous persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The results, while surprising to the students, are more common than most realize.

  • 05 May 2025
57th Annual Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics Academic Achievement Awards

57th Annual Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics Academic Achievement Awards

On Friday, April 25, the Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics hosted the fifty-seventh annual Academic Achievement Awards ceremony in Kopchick Hall.

  • 30 April 2025
Alumna Rost Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award for Pioneering Research in Materials Science

Alumna Rost Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award for Pioneering Research in Materials Science

Christina “Tina” Rost ’09, M’12, has been awarded the prestigious NSF CAREER Award for her groundbreaking research on high-entropy oxide spinels—innovative materials with tunable magnetic and electronic properties.

  • 21 April 2025
IUP Scholars Forum Showcases Innovative Research of CBP Students

IUP Scholars Forum Showcases Innovative Research of CBP Students

IUP’s twentieth annual Scholars Forum celebrated two decades of student-led research and innovation, highlighting standout projects from the Media Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics—including an award-winning medicinal chemistry study by Justin Fair’s research group.

  • 17 April 2025
CBP Undergraduate Students Earn Top Honors at CPUB Research Conference

CBP Undergraduate Students Earn Top Honors at CPUB Research Conference

Chemistry majors Nicholas Wright and Camryn Roche received top honors for their exceptional undergraduate research at the fifty-sixth annual Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists Research Conference, held April 5, 2025, at Bloomsburg University.

  • 09 April 2025
Two IUP Students Selected for Undergraduate Research at the Capitol Event

Two IUP Students Selected for Undergraduate Research at the Capitol Event

Two standout undergraduate student researchers at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Parker Bradley and Symia Taimuty-Loomis, were selected to participate in the 2025 Undergraduate Research at the Capitol event.

  • 04 April 2025
Undergraduate Student Bradley Presents Research at Pennsylvania State Capitol

Undergraduate Student Bradley Presents Research at Pennsylvania State Capitol

Chemistry junior Parker Bradley presented his research on anticancer ruthenium-platinum bimetallic complexes at the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol – Pennsylvania event on March 25, 2025, engaging with legislators and showcasing his work conducted under Avijita Jain in the Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics.

  • 03 April 2025
Alumnus Baker to Discuss the Future of Clean-Tech and AI in Energy Transition

Alumnus Baker to Discuss the Future of Clean-Tech and AI in Energy Transition

The Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics will host a seminar by Thomas A. Baker ’05 from Boston Consulting Group, titled “The Future of the Energy Transition: Renewables, AI, and the Next Generation of Clean-Tech,” on Friday, April 4, at 2:30 p.m. in Kopchick 102.

  • 01 April 2025
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John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • Madia Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics
  • Kopchick Hall, Room 118
    421 North Walk
     Indiana, PA 15705-1076
  • Phone: 724-357-2440

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