The department is host to four major areas of research. Biological Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry and Structural Biology is coordinated by Gerhard Gröbner. At Inorganic, Biogeochemistry, Environmental, Analytical, Multivariate Chemistry: IBEAM; Jean-François Boily is in charge. Fredrik Almqvist leads Organic Chemistry, while Industrial Chemistry is coordinated by Leif Jönsson.