UW Madison - Department of Chemistry

Chemistry Building

About the Building

		Click on room numbers to see information about what is in a section. Click on a name to see information about that person.

Rooms
11xx -- 81xx
Rooms in the Shain wing have numbers with second digit 1.

Floor 1 includes an atrium, departmental administrative offices, and the mail room
Floor 2 includes the graduate admissions and careers office, and parts of the Chemical Instrumentation Center.
Floors 3 and 4 house mechanicals and are not generally accessible.
Floors 5 to 8 have research labs, offices, and seminar rooms.

Due to different floor-to-floor spacing, the Shain and Mathews sections are connected only on floors 1, 2 (a few stairs), and 5.

Rooms
B2xx -- 62xx
Rooms in the Mathews section have numbers with second digit 2.

In the basement are the physical chemistry instructional laboratory and some classrooms and offices
Floor 1 includes the shipping and receiving room and the General Chemistry TA offices
Floor 2 includes the Electronic Shop and part of the Paul Bender Chemical Instrumentation Center.
Floors 3 to 6 have research labs, offices and seminar rooms.

The Mathews and Daniels sections are connected on floors B through 6.

B3xx -- 93xx
Rooms in the Daniels wing have numbers with second digit 3.

In the subbasement is the machine shop
The basement includes the Chemistry Learning Center, instructional laboratories, and classrooms
Floor 1 includes the front lobby, lecture halls, instructional laboratories, and classrooms
Floor 2 includes the Chemistry Library (at the north end), instructional laboratories, and classrooms
Floor 3 includes research labs, offices, and the glass shop
Floors 4--7 have research labs and offices.
Floor 8 includes the Theoretical Chemistry Institute, research labs, and offices.
Floor 9 includes the research computing center, lounge, and offices.

Room 1315 is the seminar hall. Although effectively part of the Daniels section, it was constructed at the time the Shain research tower was added.