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Employment: Chemistry B.S. Degrees

Industry 61%

Teaching 28%

Government

3%

Other 13%

Employment: Chemistry Ph.D. Degrees

Bureau of Labor and Statistics

Sherwin-Williams

GOJO

Schneller

Alpha Micron

Americhem

Akrochem

VDM Biochemicals

Parker Hannifin

Procter and Gamble (Cincinnati)

JJI Technologies

Ben Venue:

Hikma Pharmaceuticals: Xellia Pharmaceuticals (planning to reopen mfg; 11/25/15)

Ohio and Other Regional4. PPG Industries (Pittsburgh and Cleveland)

14. Lubrizol (Wickliffe)

19. Momentive Specialty Chemicals (Columbus)

35. Ferro Corp (Mayfield Heights)

44. Koppers (Pittsburgh)

45. PolyOne (Avon Lake)

48. Goodyear (Akron)

49. Omnova (Beachwood)

Local Operations of Larger Firms:

St. Gobain

Sigma-Aldrich: SAFC

GE

BASF

Bayer (Pittsburgh)

Abbott Laboratories (Columbus)

Bechtel (Columbus)

Others:

Kent State

-Undergraduate Students-

Katy: L’Oreal Group

Ray: UCLA Chemistry Ph.D. program

Holly: MP Biomedicals (Solon, OH)

John: PharmD program at NEOMED

Matt: Gojo Industries

Brian, Michael, & Jonathan: U. of Illinois Chemistry Ph.D. program

Brian and Ivy: Columbia U. Dental School

Kelly: Yale University Chemistry Ph.D. program

Daniel: Ohio State U. Medical School

Nardos: Merck & Company

Jacob: Dover Chemical Corporation (Dover, OH)

Adrianne: Alpha Micron Inc. (Kent, OH)

Kent State

-Graduate Students-

Dr. Andrew Conrad and Dr. Yasmin Blaih

(Ph.D.’s August 2011)

Graduates employed at:

Sherwin-Williams, General Electric, National Institutes of Standards and Technology,

Eglin AFB, PPG Industries, Promega Bioscience, University of Charleston,

Eli Lilly & Co, Color Matrix, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S. Patent Office,

Merck & Co, Oak Ridge NL, Ben Venue Laboratories, NASA Glenn

Prestigious awards and fellowships:

National Science Foundation Awards

National Defense Education Program

Landau Nobel Laureates Conference

University Fellows

Kent State UniversityDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry