Jahn Laboratory
With its distinctive glass façade, Jahn Laboratory is the high-tech home for the College’s world-renowned chemistry program. Among its many attributes, the building has a 40-station organic teaching lab, computational chemistry lab, polymer processing lab, a variety of research laboratories, culture rooms, a laser spectroscopy lab and a rooftop atmospheric sampling station.
Formal Name: Edwin C. Jahn Laboratory
Dedication Date: 1997
Gross Area: 82,260 SF
Original Cost: $22,000,000
Primary Use: Teaching; Research; Service
Program Units
Named Facilities:
- Walter P. Smith Laboratory
- William D. Gooden Laboratory
- Niagara Mohawk Laboratory
Program Support Facilities:
- Cold rooms
- constant temperature room
- clean room
Specialized Equipment: Mass spectrometers with liquid gas and chromatography input 300MHZ nuclear magnetic resonance 600 MHZ nuclear magnetic resonance
Origin of Name: Named after Dean Edwin C. Jahn, who held leadership posts at the College beginning in the 1920s. Jahn was the last College CEO with the title dean, and the first College alumnus to serve as its chief executive.
