RPI Chemistry & Chemical Biology: Faculty




	With 24 faculty members and chemistry major class sizes typically 12-15, Rensselaer students have excellent opportunity for personal interaction with faculty. Contact Us: Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 120 Cogswell 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 276-6456 Fax: (518) 276-4887

Department Faculty

Rensselaer’s faculty members are a collaborative community working in an atmosphere of increasing interdisciplinarity.

RPI faculty take pride in their dedication to teaching — demonstrating a commitment to excellence in teaching that always has been a hallmark of Rensselaer’s teacher-scholars.

Bailey, Ronald A.	Professor	Inorganic Chemistry
Barquera, Blanca*	Assistant Professor	Biochemistry
Breneman, Curt M.	Professor; Acting Department Head	Physical, Organic, Computational Chemistry
Colón, Wilfredo	Associate Professor	Biochemistry, Biophysical Chemistry
Crivello, James V.	Professor	Organic, Polymer Chemistry
Cutler, Alan R.	Professor	Organometallic Chemistry
Dinolfo, Peter	Assistant Professor	Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
Ferris, James P.	Research Professor	Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry
Interrante, Leonard V.	Professor	Inorganic, Materials Chemistry
Kempf, James G.	Assistant Professor	Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry
Korenowski, Gerald M.	Professor	Physical, Analytical Chemistry
Lakshmi, K.V.	Assistant Professor	Biophysical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
Linhardt, Robert J.	Professor	Biochemistry, Biophysics
Makhatadze, George*	Professor	Biophysical Chemistry, Structural Biology
McGown, Linda B.	Professor	Analytical Chemistry, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Environmental Analysis, Biotechnology
Moore, James A.	Professor	Organic, Polymer Chemistry
Nyman, Marianne**	Associate Professor	Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Sediment Remediation, Fate and Transport of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds in Natural and Engineered Systems, Aquatic Chemistry
Platt, Mark	Assistant Professor	Analytical Chemistry, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Biochemistry
Ryu, Chang	Associate Professor	Physical, Analytical Chemistry; Polymers, Materials Chemistry
Wait, Samuel C., Jr.	Professor; Associate Dean, School of Science	Physical Chemistry
Wang, Chunyu*	Assistant Professor	Protein NMR
Warden, Joseph T.	Professor	Physical Chemistry
Wentland, Mark P.	Professor	Medicinal, Organic Chemistry
Wiedemeier, Heribert A.	Research Professor	Inorganic, Physical Chemistry

* Primary Appointment in the Biology Department.
** Primary Appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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