Cannabis Center of Excellence

• BS Chemistry
• BS Biochemistry
• BS Cannabis Chemistry
• BS Forensic Chemistry
• BS Environmental Science

• CCHM 240  Cannabis Plant Prep Chem Anlys  2 Credit Hours  (1,3)
• CCHM 420  Cannabis Extract/Purifications  2 Credit Hours  (0,4)
• CCHM 440  Cannabis Separations Chemistry  4 Credit Hours  (3,3)
• CHEM 231  Quantitative Analysis  4 Credit Hours  (3,3)
• CHEM 236  Chemistry of Soil  3 Credit Hours  (2,3)
• CHEM 332  Instrumental Analysis  4 Credit Hours  (3,3)
• CHEM 351  Introductory Biochemistry  4 Credit Hours  (3,3)
• CHEM 363  Phy Chem Lab:Kinetic/Reac Dy  1 Credit Hour  (0,3)
• CHEM 410  Molecular Spectroscopy  4 Credit Hours  (3,3)
• CHEM 445  Forensic Sci I: Bio/Trace Evid  3 Credit Hours  (2,3)
• CHEM 446  Forensic Sci II:Drug/Explosive  3 Credit Hours  (2,3)
• EVRN 341  Fate & Transport Environment  4 Credit Hours  (3,3)
• EVRN 389  Environmental Research Methods  3 Credit Hours  (1,5)
• MICR 315  Elect Microscopy/Microanalysis  2 Credit Hours  (1,3)

Undergraduate research is a core part of the educational opportunities we offer at LSSU. Recent and ongoing projects include:

• Heavy Metals in Cannabis from the TRIM study
• PFAS in smelt and whitefish from Bay Mills tribal fishery
• Structural confirmation of novel dihydroquinazolines
• Heavy metals in Cannabis extracts
• Chemical defense compounds in Big Tooth Aspen
• Road salt and heavy metal mobilization within Ashmun Creek watershed
• Optimization of Cannabis metabolite extraction and purification
• Metal Accumulation and fish mortality in closed loop aquaponics systems
• Optimization of nutrient loading in Cannabis hydroponic systems
• Metal uptake in Cannabis for phytoremediation applications
• VOC/petroleum contaminants in Northern Michigan lakes
• Trace element bioaccumulation in freshwater sponges
• Identification of novel cannabinoids
• Atmospheric deposition of trace elements from steel manufacturing
• Uranium in groundwater on Sugar Island, MI