University of SC Science and Technology Building is an education center in Columbia, SC. It houses the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry within the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences. The department offers academic preparation and lab work experience in areas including biochemistry and molecular biology, environmental, forensic, materials, biophysical, polymer, and computational chemistry. It maintains a rating of 4.90 based on 12 reviews.
The department is described as a national leader in teaching, research, and innovation in the chemical and biochemical sciences. It features seven research areas supported by award-winning faculty and facilities. Core facilities include nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, microscopy, and computational clusters. Notable faculty include Wendell Walters, who studies atmospheric chemistry and was named a 2026 McCausland Faculty Fellow. Jie Li uses genome mining to find natural compounds from microbial DNA, work backed by an NIH early career award. Olja Simoska fosters hands-on research for undergraduates and earned the 2025 Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. The department includes 34 tenure-track faculty, 612 undergraduate majors, over 145 Ph.D. graduate students, and 23 support staff. It is housed in the John M. Palms Center for Graduate Science Research, with additional laboratory space in the Horizon I, Jones Physical Science Center, and Sumwalt College buildings.
The building is located at 1112 Greene St, Columbia, SC.
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University of SC Science and Technology Building provides specialized chemistry and biochemistry education and research in Columbia, SC.
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