California State University, Dominguez Hills recently announced that its Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has received a grant to buy biotechnology equipment. The $275,000 funding is expected to promote research that attracts more students to major in chemistry and prepares them for work in the biotech industry.
“We are excited and grateful to have the support of the W.M. Keck Foundation,” said CSUDH Assistant Professor of Chemistry Patrick Still in the statement. Still co-wrote the grant with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Arumugam Thangavel and Associate Professor of Chemistry and Department Chair Kenneth Rodriguez.
With the new equipment, CSUDH’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty will integrate biotechnology-relevant laboratory experiments for students into its programs.
“Having the opportunity for students to work with this technology will not only increase their knowledge of chemical instrumentation within our three chemistry programs but will give our students a significant head start,” said Still. “By the time they graduate, they will have the skillset needed for employment at any number of biotech companies in California.”
The CSUDH statement also said the college has the largest population of African American students in the California State University system, and one of the largest numbers of Latinx students.
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