As a WSU biochemistry field major, you'll expand your knowledge of biology and chemistry—and put it to use through research and internships—to prepare you for professional careers and graduate school. You'll learn from faculty who are active in their fields. And you'll have access to modern, well-equipped research laboratories.
Learn how biochemistry is the right fit for you.


As a biochemistry student, you have the opportunity to work with faculty who are on the cutting edge of research.
Moriah Beck, assistant professor of chemistry at Wichita State, focuses much of her research on how cancer spreads.
In her lab, which includes nine undergraduate and graduate students, she researches the human protein called palladin, a key regulator of our cells' most abundant protein actin.