Metallurgy and Nanoscience

I’m so glad to hear you are interested in metallurgy!  There is a lot of research happening right now using nanomaterials to help cure all kinds of diseases, I’m sure it’s an exciting time to be in that line of work and research.  I would definitely recommend a materials science undergraduate program.  There was a professor at the college I went to (Missouri S&T) that studied the use of nanomaterials for fighting cancer and his field of research was ceramics.  However, metallic glass is becoming a more prominent field of study that I believe could eventually be used to help cure diseases in the human body, but I am not so familiar with them.  I would definitely recommend starting with materials science as your undergraduate program of study; you’ll get exposure to all kinds of different materials (ceramics, polymers, and metals) which should help you choose an area to specialize in that better fits your overall goal of nanomaterials as medication.  I also recommend taking classes that interest you, so if metals-centric classes sound fascinating, take those as well!