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Research Priorities and Departments

Discovery and innovation at the heart of Temple University.

The College of Science and Technology (CST) empowers extraordinary researchers to explore, to discover and to reach into the unknown. Undergraduates gain real-world research experience working with world-class researchers. And graduate students have opportunities to lead investigations, to publish in scientific journals and to make immediate impacts in their fields.

Research that enhances our lives.

Across disciplines, top CST scientists—National Academy members and authors of some of the most-cited scientific publications in history—are advancing research on materials, energy, genomics, molecular science, data science and biodiversity. They helped power Temple University’s rise to R1 status and increased scientific impact as measured by Google Scholar citations.

With six departments, a dozen research centers, multiple undergraduate research opportunities, a growing funded-research budget, technology transfer to today’s marketplace and powerful partnerships across Philadelphia and around the world, CST is a potent engine for discoveries that dramatically improve millions of lives around the world.

Department research priorities

Department of Biology

At its core, the Department of Biology consists of research-active faculty dedicated to providing the best educational experiences for CST students while maintaining the highest levels of excellence in research, including developing new technologies for studying protein-protein interactions; novel therapeutics for the treatment of HIV infection; ecology of specialized deep-sea habitats; plant evolutionary ecology and more. Learn more

Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry is one of the most dynamic chemistry programs in the nation, with external research funding increasing dramatically over the past decade. Faculty and students conduct extensive research in both core and interdisciplinary chemistry, including synthetic chemistry, biochemistry, ultra-fast laser chemistry, spectroscopy and smart detectors. Learn more

Department of Computer & Information Sciences

Department of Computer & Information Sciences faculty and students are heavily involved in research and scholarly activities, with department research undergoing an extraordinary expansion focused primarily in two research centers. The Center for Data Analytics and Biomedical Informatics focuses on data mining, machine learning, knowledge discovery, pattern recognition and computer vision. Research at the Center for Networked Computing involves solving challenging problems in computer networks and systems, and cyberspace security. Learn more

Department of Earth & Environmental Science

Department of Earth & Environmental Science faculty, as well as undergraduate and graduate students, are actively engaged in research, presenting results at regional, national and international scientific symposia. Current specialties within the department include coastal dynamics, environmental geophysics, hydrogeology and groundwater contamination; nanomaterials; paleontology-fossil provenance; and planetary and structural geology. Learn more

Department of Mathematics

Active research areas within the Department of Mathematics include complex analysis, partial differential equations, low dimensional topology, geometric group theory, applied mathematics, noncommutative algebra, probability, number theory, differential geometry, algebraic quantization, algebraic invariant theory, scientific computing, harmonic analysis, mathematics of materials science, and mathematical biology. Learn more

Department of Physics

The department’s principal areas of research are theoretical and experimental elementary particle physics, condensed matter physics, atomic, molecular and optical physics, and statistical mechanics. Much of this research is conducted locally using excellent facilities within the department. Several research groups use outside laboratories such as the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, and Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility. Learn more