Chemistry & Biochemistry
Faculty of Science


Undergraduate Laboratories
Newly renovated undergraduate laboratories were opened in September 2003 and September 2005.
The development of practical, hands-on laboratory skills is essential in the training of chemists and biochemists.

Our new labs ensure that the students work in an efficient, modern and very safe environment.


Visit the photo galleries of our new laboratories below!

The following courses have lab sections that run in our new laboratories:

59-110Topics in General Chemistry
59-140Introductory Chemistry I
59-141Introductory Chemistry II
59-230Introductory Organic Chemistry I
59-235Introductory Organic Chemistry II
59-240Introductory Physical Chemistry I
59-241Introductory Physical Chemistry II
59-251Introductory Inorganic Chemistry II
59-261Organic Chemistry of Biomolecules
59-320Analytical Chemistry
59-321Principles of Instrumental Analysis
59-330Spectroscopic Characterization of Molecules
59-331Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry II
59-350Organometallic Chemistry
59-380Biotechnology Laboratory

Photo Galleries of the New Undergraduate Laboratories
(click on pictures for a closer view)


Newly renovated laboratories include brand new state-of-the-art six foot fumehoods and elephant trunks.

Elephant trunks are used like miniature fumehoods for conducting reactions on the benchtop without exposure to noxious fumes.

A multi-purpose instrumentation laboratory is used for analytical and physical chemistry.

Here are some second and third year students in action in the analytical chemistry lab.

First year laboratories are also newly renovated

A few of the older laboratories still exist, shown here for contrast.

Old fumehoods were in pretty bad shape, and are pretty badly scarred from years of use.

New fumehoods come with taps for all services and alarms which indicate if the height of the fumehood window is properly set.

Students in the inorganic laboratory do much of their synthetic work in the fumehoods.

This includes the use of vacuum lines in their preparations.

Upper year laboratories are manned by senior graduate students.

Here are students in the second year biochemistry laboratory.

We consider laboratory experience to be an important part of chemical education.

We also hope that the students enjoy the laboratory component of their studies!
Direct all general inquiries regarding our undergraduate laboratories to bkickham@uwindsor.ca