The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee provides an affordable, world-class education to 27,500 students from 91 countries. Its 15 schools and colleges include Wisconsin’s only schools of architecture, freshwater sciences and public health. As one of the nation’s top research universities, UWM partners with leading companies in Wisconsin and beyond to advance knowledge, bring new discoveries to market and prepare students for work in a global economy. Eighty percent of our 185,000 alumni live and work in Wisconsin, further contributing the state’s health, vibrancy and economic growth.

Department(s)

• Chemistry and Biochemistry

  Address:

  College of Letters and Science
  University of Wisconsin-Milwauke
  P.O. Box 413
  Milwaukee WI 53201-0413

  Website:

  http://uwm.edu/chemistry/

  The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee provides a thorough education for students planning careers as research scientists, industrial chemists, and in areas such as crime labs, environmental sustainability and government. The Chemistry Major also prepares students for careers in medicine, genetic engineering, toxicology, pharmaceutics, chemical education, nanoscience, and more.

  College of Letters and Science University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413

  Associated SEPA Project(s)

  • 
    Empowering Pre-service Teachers and Students with Environmental Health Research
    R25OD021871-01 : 05/01/2016 - 01/31/2021
  • Biology-Environmental Health Science Nexus: Inquiry, Content, and Communication
    R25RR026299 : 08/01/2009 - 07/31/2014
  • 
    Middle School Life Science Education Partnership – Phase II
    R25RR014267-2 : 09/30/2005 - 08/31/2007
  • Middle School Life Science Education Partnership — Phase I
    R25RR014267-1 : 09/30/2000 - 08/31/2005
  • Learning and Discovery in Experimental Environmental Health Science: On the Path from Data to Knowledge
    R25GM142031-01 : 05/01/2021 - 02/28/2026

  Associated SEPA Publication(s)

  • Meeting the COVID Challenge to a Research-Intensive Pre-college Science Education Program
    Journal of STEM Outreach
    Berg C, Carvan M, Hesselbach R, Luo Z, Petering D, Pickart M, Tomasiewicz H, Weber D, Shukla R, and Goldberg B

  Department Contact(s)

  David Petering PhD Phone: 414-229-5853 Fax: 414-229-5530

  Email: petering@uwm.edu

  Craig Berg PhD Phone: 414-229-4047 Fax: 414-229-4705

  Email: caberg@uwm.edu

  Renee Hesselbach MS Phone: 414-229-4092

  Email: hesselba@uwm.edu