Chemistry Careers & Graduate Study

Alumni careers

Some of the locations where our graduates are working:

• Research technologist in biophysics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 
• Lab technician, Manchester Environmental Laboratory, Yakima, Washington 
• Research technician, Leprino Foods, Denver, Colorado 
• Research technologist, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
• Quality control scientist, Zoetis, Charles City, Iowa 
• Biocatalyst technician, Gevo, Centennial, Colorado 
• Applications specialist, Genecor, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 
• Medical laboratory scientist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 
• Forensic scientist and chemist, Nebraska State Patrol Crime Laboratory, Lincoln, Nebraska 
• Principal chemist, Ecolab, Ames, Iowa 
• Senior program analyst, United States Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska 
• Assistant professor of chemistry, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa 

Graduate schools attended

• Ph.D. in chemistry, Columbia University, New York City 
• Ph.D. in chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle 
• Ph.D. in chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene 
• Ph.D. in pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 
• Ph.D. in chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 
• Ph.D., chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 
• Ph.D., chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 
• Postdoctoral fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 
• Ph.D., chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California