Science Division

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Resources

Here, you can find our facilities and contact and visitor information.

Welcome

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UCSC is an inclusive, supportive, and innovative community whose common goal is to create new chemical knowledge and to mentor the best and brightest students who will define the next frontiers of chemical science. As chemistry is central to modern science and is crucial to creating new knowledge and improving human experiences, we are committed to delivering quality education in our undergraduate and graduate degree programs, and to groundbreaking research in biomedical and materials science.

Here you can find our different facilities, the people who make up our department, and contact and visitor information.

Facilities

CSC Acoustic Dispenser.

Chemical Screening Center

The Chemical Screening Center (CSC) is a shared research facility providing instrumentation and chemical collections that aid in the discovery of therapeutic agents and biomedical research tools.

Bacterial Ser-Sec machinery structure from UCSC's Cryo-EM facility.

Biomolecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility

The Biomolecular cryoEM Facility is a leading provider of cutting-edge structural biology solutions using transmission electron microscopy. 

Physical Sciences Building.

Macromolecular Structure Function Core Facility

The Macromolecular Structure Function Core Facility (MSFCF) provides state of the art instrumentation, supplies, and expertise to assist researchers in the structural characterization of biological macromolecules. 

Mass Spectroscopy instrument.

Mass Spectrometry

The Mass Spectrometry Facility provides analytical support for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and others by housing the LC-MSLTQ and LTQ-Orbitrap Velos Pro MS.

Carrie Partch operating NMR instrument.

NMR Facility

The NMR facility brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and manages three high resolution NMR spectrometers.  

Rigaku Smartlab Powder & Thin Film Diffractometer.

X-Ray Laboratory

The X-ray Facility offers advanced diffraction instrumentation for detailed structural analysis of crystals, powders, thin films, polymers, and gels using single crystal, powder, and thin film diffraction techniques.

Faculty and staff

People

Here is where our department staff, faculty, lecturers, researchers and graduate students can be found.

Campus Directory

The campus directory is an helpful tool that allows users to find contact information for all people within the UC Santa Cruz community.

Conference Rooms

Chemistry Department events will take priority for use of our conference rooms however, we are happy to accommodate other groups when we are able.

Last modified: Nov 03, 2025