Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop (CSH-001)

Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop is documented in the DePaul Resource Map as shared research or teaching infrastructure at DePaul University, College of Science and Health, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Lincoln Park. Documentation is partial or indirect, so the listing is treated as likely current. Core analytical instrumentation on McGowan-South third floor, including NMR spectrometers (Bruker 300 MHz and a Nanalysis benchtop), chromatography, and other shared core instruments; specialized instruments sit in faculty research labs. A department machine shop (Bridgeport mill, Clausing/Jet lathes, DoAll/Wilton saws, drill press, grinders) supports custom apparatus fabrication and repair. Free in-house consultation for the DePaul community (rniedzie@depaul.edu). Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation.

Summary 🟡 ~

College / school: College of Science and Health
Sub-unit: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Campus/Location: Lincoln Park
Last Verified: May 30, 2026

Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified

Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived

Description & capabilities

Core analytical instrumentation on McGowan-South third floor, including NMR spectrometers (Bruker 300 MHz and a Nanalysis benchtop), chromatography, and other shared core instruments; specialized instruments sit in faculty research labs. A department machine shop (Bridgeport mill, Clausing/Jet lathes, DoAll/Wilton saws, drill press, grinders) supports custom apparatus fabrication and repair. Free in-house consultation for the DePaul community (rniedzie@depaul.edu).

Access status

Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
Rationale: Chemistry instrumentation page states research students may use research-grade instruments, with general core labs and specialized equipment in faculty labs; no public self-service booking policy for all DePaul users.
Access URL: csh.depaul.edu/academics/departments-schools/chemistry…
Contact name: CSH front desk
Contact email: CSHFrontDesk@depaul.edu
Verification date: 2026-05-30
Source URLs:
csh.depaul.edu/academics/departments-schools/chemistry…
csh.depaul.edu/academics/departments-schools/chemistry/facilities

Verification

Status: ~ Likely current
Rationale: CSH chemistry/biology/physics department and facilities pages on csh.depaul.edu remain active with instrumentation and teaching-lab descriptions.
Last verified: 2026-05-30
Evidence:
Official CSH facilities and instrumentation pages (May 2026)
CSHFrontDesk@depaul.edu published on department pages
McGowan complex referenced as active teaching/research space
Core instrumentation inventory page lists active equipment classes

Equipment

Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search by instrument or lab name.

Category	Specific equipment
Spectrometers	Varian AA240FS Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Varian SPECTR AA-200 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Cary Eclipse fluorescence spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Thermo Fisher NanoDrop 3300 (McGowan-South 310); ABB FT-IR FTLA 2000 (McGowan-South 324); ABB FT-IR MB 3000 (McGowan-South 328); ABB FT-IR MB 160D (McGowan-South 315); Bomem DA3.02 high-resolution FT-IR (McGowan-South 315); Varian Cary 50 UV-Vis Spectrometer (McGowan-South 220 and 311); Beckman Coulter DU 730 UV-Vis (McGowan-South 220); Thermo Fisher NanoDrop 1000 (McGowan-South 310); Thermo Fisher NanoDrop Lite (McGowan-South 220)
NMR	Bruker 300 MHz NMR spectrometer (McGowan-South 329); Nanalysis NMReady 60P benchtop NMR (McGowan-South 329); Bruker Avance / Neo 400 MHz NMR (named in chemistry thesis methods; public instrumentation page still lists 300 MHz + NMReady 60P — verify current console)
Chromatography	Teledyne Isco CombiFlash Rf flash chromatography (McGowan-South 324); Agilent 7820A gas chromatograph (McGowan-South 324); Varian CP-3800 gas chromatograph (McGowan-South 324); Agilent 7820A / 5977E GC–mass spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Agilent 6890 / 5975 GC–mass spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Waters Acquity UPLC (McGowan-South 309B); Rainin Dynamax preparative HPLC (McGowan-South 309B)
Mass spectrometry	Agilent 7820A / 5977E GC–mass spectrometer (McGowan-South 324); Agilent 6890 / 5975 GC–mass spectrometer (McGowan-South 324)
Lab sample processing	Fisher 500 cell dismembrator (McGowan-South 324); Labconco Freezone 1 freeze dryer (McGowan-South 324); Fisher Scientific FS110 sonicator (McGowan-South 324)
Gloveboxes	MBraun gloveboxes (2) (McGowan-South 324)
Tissue culture and environmental chambers	New Brunswick Scientific Innova 44 incubator (McGowan-South 324); New Brunswick Scientific Innova E24 incubator (McGowan-South 324); Cold room, 4 °C (McGowan-South 318B); Warm room, 37 °C (McGowan-South 318A)
Materials mechanical testing	MTS Qtest FLS 210 mechanical tester (McGowan-South 324)
Sterilization	Harvey Sterilemax ST75925 sterilizer (McGowan-South 324)
Thin-film deposition	Spelco SC-7 sputterer (McGowan-South 324)
PCR and thermal cycling	Eppendorf Mastercycler Pro S (McGowan-South 324)
Lab ovens	Fisher Isotemp 675 oven (McGowan-South 324); Labline Model 3510 oven (McGowan-South 324)
Drill presses (machine shop)	Clausing Series 16VC drill press
Grinding and sanding (machine shop)	Baldor wheel grinder; Jet belt sander
Lathes (machine shop)	Clausing Colchester 15 engine lathe; Jet BD 920W bench lathe
Milling (machine shop)	Bridgeport vertical mill
Saws (machine shop)	DoAll DBW-15M vertical bandsaw; Wilton horizontal bandsaw

Source: CSH chemistry instrumentation + machine-shop page; VIA thesis methods for 400 MHz note (Oct 2026). Last verified: July 29, 2026.

Contacts (resource-level)

Website: Chemistry facilities
Website: Core instrumentation
Website: Chemistry machine shop
Website: Chemistry & Biochemistry department
Email: CSH front desk
Machine shop consultation: rniedzie@depaul.edu; outside parties chemistry@depaul.edu

Last verified: October 5, 2026.

People & contacts

Named contacts when publicly documented.

Carey Southern (Affiliated faculty) — CSOUTHE2@depaul.edu · Profile
Justin J. Maresh (Affiliated faculty) — Profile
Kyle A. Grice (Affiliated faculty) — kgrice1@depaul.edu · Profile
Margaret Bell (Affiliated faculty) — margaret.bell@depaul.edu · Profile
Mark J. Potosnak (Affiliated faculty) — mpotosnak@depaul.edu · Profile
Richard F. Niedziela (Affiliated faculty) — rniedzie@depaul.edu · Profile

Source URL

Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.

Documented Relationships

Shared instrumentation utility for chemistry (CSH-002), physics, environmental science, and adjacent engineering workflows in the McGowan complex ([CSH-003](../CSH/CSH-003.md)).

CHE 261

Catalog course page: CUR-031
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

CHE 300

Catalog course page: CUR-199
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

CHE 302

Catalog course page: CUR-200
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

CHE 303

Catalog course page: CUR-201
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

CHE 305

Catalog course page: CUR-203
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

CHE 318

Catalog course page: CUR-206
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

CHE 378

Catalog course page: CUR-207
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

CHE 474

Catalog course page: CUR-209
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

CHE 480

Catalog course page: CUR-210
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

CHE 488

Catalog course page: CUR-211
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che

PHY 350

Catalog course page: CUR-433
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/phy

PHY 366

Catalog course page: CUR-438
Relationship: uses_facility
Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references Core chemistry instrumentation. Catalog text matches Core chemistry instrumentation.
Source URLs:
catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/phy

Documented connections

Generated from documented publication and people connections. Superscript numbers open Sources below. Multiple sources on one claim are grouped as ^1,4. Grant links are listed on publication and grant pages.

Publications

Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Investigations of the Structure of the Immunoglobulin G Antigen-Binding Fragment (2013) — documented, uses¹
Synthesis and Analysis of Novel Copolymers of Ring-Substituted 2-Phenyl-1, 1-dicyanoethylenes and Styrene (2012) — documented, uses²
Synthesis and Evaluation of Unnatural HPAA, Norcoclaurine, and Tyramine Analogues (2013) — documented, uses³
Synthesis and Analysis of Novel Copolymers of Methyl 2-Cyano-3-Phenyl-2-Propenoates with Styrene (2014) — documented, uses⁴
UV-Vis and Fluorescence Studies of Zinc Enzyme Active Site Mimics and Their Binding of Inhibitor Compounds (2017) — documented, uses⁵
Synthesis and Styrene Copolymerization of Chloro and Fluoro Ring-substituted Isopropyl 2-cyano-3-phenyl-2-propenoates (2020) — documented, uses⁶
Electrochemical Studies of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in the Pursuit of Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction (2021) — documented, uses⁷
SYNTHESIS AND STYRENE COPOLYMERIZATION OF OCTYL 2-CYANO-3-(R-PHENYL)-2-PROPENOATES (2021) — documented, uses⁸
Elucidating the Solution-Phase Structure and Behavior of 8-Hydroxyquinoline Zinc (2018) — supporting, mentions · DOI⁹

People on linked publications

Kyle A. Grice (coauthor; PUB-051)⁹

Sources

Biochemistry lab McGowan South room 220; Thermocycler Pro S in the prep room. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
using Bruker Avance 300 MHz spectrometer. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
1H and 19F NMR spectroscopy were performed using a Bruker Avance 300 MHz NMR spectrometer. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
spectra were obtained from a Bruker Avance 300 MHz spectrometer. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
All NMR spectra were collected using a Bruker Avance 300 MHz NMR. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
analyzed using a Bruker Avance 300 MHz spectrometer. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
Bruker Ascend 400 MHz NMR with an Avance Neo console and Bruker TopSpin 4.0.7 software. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
ambient temperature with a Bruker Avance 400 MHz spectrometer. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
Named in a published article. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source

Notes

OA thesis PUB-129 names McGowan South 220 and a Thermocycler Pro S. Chemistry theses PUB-130–PUB-134 name the Bruker Avance 300 MHz NMR; PUB-135 and PUB-136 name a 400 MHz Bruker (public equipment row still lists 300 MHz plus NMReady 60P). The 667-PDF OA scan did not find the words “machine shop.” NSF GRA-975 (Scholars project page) funded incorporating high-field NMR throughout the undergraduate chemistry curriculum; PI Dintzner has no PER-*.

Facility entry.