Taylor Science Center

Launch Experience

The Taylor Science Center is the largest academic building on campus. It was designed for collaborative learning among faculty and students, with teaching labs for hands on-research.

Science Center tour video — Join sophomore Jade Joyce as she takes you through the largest academic building on Hamilton's campus, the Taylor Science Center.

Since the opening of the Taylor Science Center in 2005, Hamilton College has seen a 33% increase in STEM majors — a rate nearly twice the national average.

About the Taylor Science Center

At 200,000 GSF, the four floors of the Taylor Science Center are home to high-tech classrooms, teaching and research labs, support spaces, seminar rooms, student lounges, and study rooms, as well as the Science Stockroom, Greenhouse, Electron Microscopy Suite, and Wood & Electrical Shops.
The complex also contains an auditorium, coffeehouse, and a large atrium gathering space.
Students are supported in their research by a state-of-the-art 500 MHZ nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, five mass spectrometer; prep and semi-prep HPLC with fraction collectors; scanning microscopes, and an X-ray diffractometer and fluorescence spectrometer.
The building also features a chemistry super computer, a laboratory for bioinformatics research, and a psychology statistics laboratory.

Begin Virtual Tour

Explore the Space

Students in Max Majireck's chemistry lab — Joe Kubofcik ’24 freezing one of the bioactive peptides he made in liquid nitrogen. Read about his research.

Poster Session in the atrium — Students present summer research projects during the Family Weekend poster session.

Max Majireck teaches in the Taylor Science Center

Milinda Ajawara, left, and Weilin Tang right, work in Wei-Jen Chang’s biology lab.

stairway in Taylor Science Center — There are four floors, G-3, in the Taylor Science Center.

Biology professor Peter Guiden is working in the greenhouse with Maddie Vavra and Becky Rosen to better understand the biology of trees that are native to Central New York.

David Bailey — Dave Bailey Winslow Chair of Modern Science and Professor of Geosciences

Equipment

Students are supported in their research by a state-of-the-art 500 MHZ nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, five mass spectrometer; prep and semi-prep HPLC with fraction collectors; scanning microscopes, and an X-ray diffractometer and fluorescence spectrometer.

Assistant Professor of Instruction in Biology and Director of Microscopy Kyle Martin uses the biology department's Nikon AXR microscope. “This kind of machine would be available to undergraduates of large (R1) institutions for sure, but it is uncommon for schools of our size to have one (especially one of this caliber).”

Robert Welch ’20 — Behind the protective gear is Robert Welch, who examines a tray of cooling beads for rejects after removing them from the muffle furnace.

Chemical physics student Chris Whiting tests a sample from a 500-MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer.

lab crawl — Take a quick tour of a few of the labs that students and faculty members use to conduct research.

Kalvin Nash '18 — Kalvin Nash in a chemistry research lab

Associate Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe uses the super computer to run simulations in quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics.

Research & Discovery

Study What You Love

Whether it’s during the academic year or the summer, Hamilton students collaborate with professors on original research. Often their work results in articles published in peer-reviewed journals or in presentations at national conferences.

Student Research

Austin Tubia ’27 and Alden Duserick ’27 collect samples from green frogs.

When the Frogs Start Calling, the Research Begins

For most people, the sound of croaking frogs signals a summer evening. For a small group of Hamilton researchers, it’s a sign that the workday is just beginning.

Senior Fellow Afsar-Keshmiri ’26 Dives Deep into Neurodegenerative Diseases

As a senior fellow, Julia Afsar-Keshmiri ’26 has amassed a network of scientists to further unravel the mysteries of brain development and neurodegenerative diseases. Through her fellowship, Afsar-Keshmiri has the opportunity to devote her entire senior year to her project, giving her a taste of life as a professional researcher.