Chemistry Department

A spirit of collaboration led to SUNY Oswego’s creative writing, chemistry and cinema and screen studies programs working together to create a series of short films on laboratory safety.

SUNY Oswego chemistry faculty member Dr. Vadoud Niri recently was named recipient of the 2018 Provost's Award for Mentoring in Scholarly and Creative Activity.

Biochemistry majors Kaitlyn McCue and Christina Li will present at the college's annual Quest symposium Wednesday, April 4, their research on a correlation of mosquito-borne diseases -- dengue, chikungunya and zika -- and patient markers for stress preceding illness.

The 2017 SUNY Oswego President's Award for Teaching Excellence will honor chemistry faculty member Dr. Casey Raymond, who garnered praise in more than a dozen letters of support from colleagues and alumni for his 14 years of challenging, supporting and inspiring his students.

Biochemistry major Tatiana Gregory was 1 of 4 Oswego students earning 2017 Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence, the highest such honor in the SUNY system.

Vadoud Niri of the SUNY Oswego chemistry faculty and his undergraduate assistants worked steadily—and quietly—for three years researching five common houseplants as agents for removing potentially hazardous chemicals such as acetone from the air.

SUNY Oswego chemistry professor Dr. Kestas Bendinskas and his student researchers recently shared in a grant for a preliminary study of stress markers and related effects among workers who take paid vacation time and those who leave some or all of it on the table.

Dr. Fehmi Damkaci, a SUNY Oswego chemistry faculty member long active with his students in lab research, journal publications, conference presentations and career guidance, will receive the 2015 Provost’s Award for Mentoring in Scholarly and Creative Activity.