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What's News:

New Tenure-Track Professor: Kathryn Splan
Kathryn Splan Kathryn Splan is an inorganic and bio- chemist with a background in porphyrin chemistry and medicinal biochemistry. She arrived at Macalester in the Fall of 2007 and teaches in both the biochemistry and introductory chemistry sequences. Her current research focuses on Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins (IAPs), which play a key role in the control of programmed cell death. Specifically, her current work focuses on the development and characterization multivalent peptide inhibitors that target IAPs and explores the metal binding properties of IAPs from a bioinorganic and biophysical perspective. Prof. Splan is excited to pursue her varied research interests alongside Macalester students with interests at the interface of Chemistry and Biology.

After Chemistry at Macalester

Students graduating from Macalester's Chemistry Department since 1998 have gone on to a wide variety of pursuits:

45%
Have gone on to graduate school in chemistry (including bio-, physical, organic, analytical, and geochemistry).
14%
Have gone on to further education in engineering (including chemical, civil, and nuclear engineering, as well as materials science)
10%
Have gone on to medical school or MD/PhD programs
10%
Have gone on to work in industry (including Pace Analytical,
Microsoft, Northwestern Hospital, and Medtronic)
8%
Have gone on to graduate school in another science (including forensic science, microbiology, viticulture, molecular biology, and biophysics)
5%
Have gone on to work in public health (including epidemiology, nursing, and women's health)
5%
Have gone into non-college teaching (mostly at the high school level)
1%
Have gone on to non-science graduate education (Environmental Policy)


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