Environmental Science & Chemistry Building (McGowan) (CSH-003)
Environmental Science & Chemistry Building (McGowan) is documented in the DePaul Resource Map as shared research or teaching infrastructure at DePaul University, College of Science and Health, Chemistry + Environmental Science, Lincoln Park. Documentation is partial or indirect, so the listing is treated as likely current. Andrew J. McGowan Building for Environmental Science and Chemistry (Gold LEED, opened January 2009). Houses teaching labs, faculty research labs, core instrumentation, machine shop, printing services, and a soundproof focus group recording room (CSH-010). Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation.
Summary 🟡 ~
- College / school: College of Science and Health
- Sub-unit: Chemistry + Environmental Science
- 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
Andrew J. McGowan Building for Environmental Science and Chemistry (Gold LEED, opened January 2009). Houses teaching labs, faculty research labs, core instrumentation, machine shop, printing services, and a soundproof focus group recording room (CSH-010).
Access status
- Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
- Rationale: McGowan building/facilities pages describe shared CSH infrastructure; room-level access and specialized spaces are managed through departments without a single open-access policy on the building page.
- Access URL: csh.depaul.edu/academics/departments-schools/chemistry/facilities
- Contact name: CSH front desk
- Contact email: CSHFrontDesk@depaul.edu
- Verification date: 2026-05-30
- Source URLs:
- csh.depaul.edu/academics/departments-schools/chemistry/facilities
Verification
- Status: ~ Likely current
- Rationale: McGowan building/facilities pages active; no closure indicators for Environmental Science & Chemistry building.
- Last verified: 2026-05-30
- Evidence:
- Chemistry facilities (McGowan) pages current
- Cross-links to CSH-001/008
Equipment
Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search by instrument or lab name.
| Category | Specific equipment |
|---|---|
| Spectrometers | Building-wide UV/Vis, FTIR, fluorescence spectrometers; Potentiometers for teaching and research |
| Chromatography | GC and HPLC systems (shared core labs) |
| NMR | 300 MHz NMR (McGowan-South) |
| Milling (machine shop) | Full department machine shop (shared with chemistry) — see CSH-001 for tool list |
Related equipment categories
Taxonomy bridges to related capability elsewhere on campus (search these terms or open the catalog anchors):
Source: McGowan Environmental Science and Chemistry building (May 2026). Last verified: July 29, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
- Website: Chemistry facilities (McGowan)
- Website: Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Email: CSH front desk
Last verified: May 30, 2026.
People & contacts
Named contacts when publicly documented.
- Bernhard Beck-Winchatz (Affiliated faculty) — bbeckwin@depaul.edu · Profile
- Justin J. Maresh (Affiliated faculty) — Profile
- Kyle A. Grice (Affiliated faculty) — kgrice1@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
Co-locates multiple CSH science domains and shared instrumentation.
Related listings
- CSH-001 - Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop
- CSH-002 - Chemistry Teaching Laboratories
- CSH-008 - Chemistry Large-Format Printing (McGowan-South 303A)
- CSH-010 - McGowan Focus Group & Recording Room
- CSH-009 - STEM Center Hub
- CSH-011 - Potosnak Lab
- CSH-014 - Maresh Research Group
- CSH-016 - Grice Laboratory
- CSH-017 - Karver Laboratory
- CSH-018 - Southern Laboratory
- CSH-019 - Aguirre Laboratory
Related courses (documented)
ICE 100
- Catalog course page: CUR-282
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 104
- Catalog course page: CUR-283
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 202
- Catalog course page: CUR-284
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 239
- Catalog course page: CUR-285
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 296
- Catalog course page: CUR-286
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 301
- Catalog course page: CUR-287
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 302
- Catalog course page: CUR-288
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 311
- Catalog course page: CUR-289
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 317
- Catalog course page: CUR-290
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 320
- Catalog course page: CUR-291
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 322
- Catalog course page: CUR-292
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 324
- Catalog course page: CUR-293
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 326
- Catalog course page: CUR-294
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 328
- Catalog course page: CUR-295
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 330
- Catalog course page: CUR-296
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 332
- Catalog course page: CUR-297
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 334
- Catalog course page: CUR-298
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 336
- Catalog course page: CUR-299
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 338
- Catalog course page: CUR-300
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 351
- Catalog course page: CUR-301
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 352
- Catalog course page: CUR-302
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
ICE 397
- Catalog course page: CUR-303
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul–IIT joint chemical engineering pathway; ICE subject courses and McGowan South chemistry facilities are documented DePaul-side anchors.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/ice
- www.iit.edu/ugaa/joint-programs/depaul-university/chemical-engineering
Documented facility links
- EXT-016 — Illinois Institute of Technology
- Relationship: joint_degree_program
- Rationale: DePaul Chemistry and IIT Chemical Engineering joint program; ICE-subject courses bridge DePaul chemistry curriculum with IIT chemical engineering degree requirements.
- Source URLs:
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
- Synthesis and Evaluation of Unnatural HPAA, Norcoclaurine, and Tyramine Analogue (2013) — supporting, mentions1
- UV-Vis and Fluorescence Studies of Zinc Enzyme Active Site Mimics and Their Bind (2017) — supporting, mentions2
Sources
- Named in a published article. 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
Building-level resource.