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Chemistry and Biochemistry

Bailey College students and faculty in French Polynesia
College Highlights

Deep Learning in South Pacific Shallows

Chemistry Professor Ashley McDonald smiles in an outdoor portrait with green foliage in the background.
Awards

New Fellowship Inspires Computational Science Research and Discovery

Student using a Color Spectrophotometer.
Innovation

Cool Walls and Green Buildings

Three researchers in lab coats and safety glasses observe a laboratory instrument inside a protective enclosure, with small tubes of colored liquid samples positioned on the device.
Innovation

More with Less for Point-of-Care Testing

Biochemistry student and professor doing research on pigments.
Innovation

Better Pigments Through Chemistry

Members of the Costanzo Lab research team stand together in a laboratory wearing matching T-shirts while participating in a Cal Poly chemistry research project.
Innovation

The Search for Biodegradable Glue

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Awards

Polymers and Coatings Students Win Research Presentations

Tim Geistlinger
Alumni

Are You Thinking Big Enough?

Tim Geistlinger (Biochemistry, ‘92), wearing a black cap and smiling while standing in a retail space with bottles displayed on shelves behind him.
Alumni

Honored Alumnus Counts Beyond Burger, Cancer Therapeutics Among Innovations

Matt Zoerb and Cal Poly students collecting air samples
Research

Cal Poly Research Measures Effects of Wildfires on Air Quality