History- The Department of Chemistry was established in 1994.

 Since 2010 the Department of Chemistry has offered an undergraduate program in Mathematics and Computer Education. The Bachelor Degree Program in Chemistry and Biology Education is an interdepartmental program offered jointly by the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biology. 

 

 

The Department conducts research and delivers courses in the following fields of study:

 

· General, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry (Chemistry I)

· Physical Chemistry (Chemistry II)

· Oil Chemistry

· Environmental Chemistry

 

Chemistry is also offered as an elective course for the General Education Requirements for students of other schools of the university.

 

The department has a laboratory for experimental and research works.

 

The department also offers opportunities to combine traditional disciplines with other sciences to explore basic and applied research problems.

 

Research interests of the department are:

 

· Oil chemistry

· Polymer chemistry, i.e. chemistry of high-molecular compounds

· Colloidal chemistry

· Chemical technology

· Other

 

Research work done by the Department is mainly focused on synthesis, study and application of novel efficient surfactants, especially for implementation in the oil industry. These chemicals are obtained on the basis of higher aliphatic alcohols, higher aliphatic carboxylic acids and their natural fractions, epoxy compounds and ethanolamines. Polymeric surfactants are also synthesized, which are based on unsaturated carboxylic acids, epoxides and (in)organic bases. Spheres of the intended application of these synthesized surfactants are petroleum enhanced recovery, isolation of drilled zones, stabilizers of drilling muds, liquidation of oil slicks and so on.