Chemistry & Biochemistry
Faculty-led research with student collaborators is the distinctive focus of our program and the distinguishing feature of our highly competitive graduates.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers the education, personal attention and mentoring our students require for careers in “the central science.”
Faculty-led research with student collaborators is the distinctive focus of our program and the distinguishing feature of our highly competitive graduates. This immersive, one-on-one experience creates opportunities for professional networking and publication in peer-reviewed journals, and helps open the doors to graduate education and careers as researchers, physicians, dentists, pharmaceutical representatives, educators, pharmacists and lawyers.
“I have had the opportunity to work as both a tutor and teaching assistant during my time at Samford, and I love sharing my passion for chemistry with others. As a professor, I hope to inspire the next generation of chemists as the faculty in Samford's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have inspired me.”—Sydney Bottcher, Goldwater Scholar, 2021
Academic Programs
Undergraduate Majors
Biochemistry
The biochemistry major is an outstanding foundation for graduate study, professional school and careers in biotechnology and health care. Immersive, one-on-one research experience with faculty creates opportunities for professional networking and publication in peer-reviewed journals, and helps open the doors to graduate education and careers at the cutting edge of science and technology.
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Chemistry
Chemistry is the central science, offering knowledge and skills that can be applied to problems from the subatomic scale to those found in the farthest reaches of the universe. Immersive, one-on-one research experience with faculty creates opportunities for professional networking and publication in peer-reviewed journals, and helps open the doors to graduate education and careers at the cutting edge of science and technology. Our graduates are researchers, physicians, dentists, pharmaceutical representatives, educators, lawyers and pharmacists.
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Undergraduate Minors
Chemistry
With its emphasis on the foundational knowledge and skills of a discipline that affects almost every aspect of life, a minor in chemistry is an ideal complement to majors in business, health care, biology and other STEM fields.
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Chemistry & Biochemistry Scholarships
DeLoach Scholarship
Dr. Will DeLoach, the Samford alumnus for whom this scholarship is named, was a chemistry professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Lovin Scholarship
This scholarship is named for John Lovin, an adjunct instructor in the School of Pharmacy in the 1960s and 1970s.
Pilcher Scholarship
The Pilcher Scholarship honors Dr. Robert Pilcher, a chemistry professor from 1959 to 1966.
Wilcox Scholarship
Dr. Harold Wilcox, chemistry professor from 1939 to 1947, is honored with this scholarship.
Xan Scholarship
This scholarship bears the name of Dr. John Xan, chemistry professor from 1930 to 1954.