Faculty in the Department are actively engaged in research, contracts and consulting with many industrial firms and government research labs. There is extensive private external support for a number of ongoing projects in the department. Some of the partners with which faculty are currently interacting include:

Rohm & Haas, Dionex Corp., Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Wyeth Laboratories, Martin-Marietta Inc., Novozymes of America, Becton Dickinson & Co., Genzyme Corp., Chiron Corp., Pfizer Inc., Eli Lilly Co., MedImmune Inc., Bioanalytical Systems Inc., Cygnus Therapeutics, Columbia Technologies LLC, W.R. Grace & Co., WestVaco, ITT Industries, ChemImage Corporation, , Novadaq Technologies. The National Institutes of Standards and Technology, Applied Physics Lab (Johns Hopkins University), Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry (NIH), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (U.S. DOE), Army Research Laboratory (U.S. DOD), Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (U.S. DOD), Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (USDA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (U.S. DOD), Army Research Office (U.S. DOD), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Science for Peace Program).

All faculty are happy to entertain informal inquiries to which they might provide assistance. If you are interested in seeking assistance, consulting or a collaboration, either contact individual faculty members whose research profiles seem appropriate, or the Acting Chair, Professor Bill LaCourse can assist you in locating the appropriate individual:

William R. LaCourse
Acting Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
410-455-2505
LaCourse@umbc.edu