Building an Interdisciplinary Research Environment
Researchers in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry occupy superb laboratory and office space in the new BEM complex on the northern side of the campus at Ferst Drive and Atlantic Drive (BEM = Biological, Environmental and Molecules and Materials). This complex includes the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (opened in 1999), the Environmental Science and Technology Building (opened in 2002) and Molecular and Materials Science and Engineering Building (to be opened late 2006). The BEM complex represents an investment of more than $150 million in the chemical and biochemical sciences and allied disciplines. In addition to labs and classrooms, and shared research facilities, the complex include cafés, wide-open atriums and pleasantly landscaped courtyards.
| The Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience houses research groups with interests in biochemistry, molecular biophysics, and bioinorganic and bioorganic chemistry. |
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The Environmental Science and Technology
Building houses research initiatives in analytical, environmental,
and physical chemistry.
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The Molecular and Materials Science and Engineering building is home to research groups involved in physical, inorganic, and materials research.
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