Syracuse,
NY,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
This specialization emphasizes a chemistry-based perspective on challenges in life and health sciences. Students enroll in advanced coursework covering natural product chemistry, analytical chemistry, and biochemistry. Electives in botany, chemical ecology, genetics, and molecular biology enhance interdisciplinary ties to life and health sciences. Research focuses include deciphering chemical communication between organisms, investigating trace metals' role in microbial growth, studying bioactive natural compounds' origins and functions, and applying synthetic biology with metabolic engineering to create valuable products and antimicrobial agents.