Professor Robert J. Linhardt

Phone : 518-276-3404
Fax : 518-276-3405
Email: linhar@rpi.edu

Mailing Address : RPI, 4005C BioTechnology Bldg, 110 8th St., Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA

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Ann and John Broadbent, Jr. '59, Senior Constellation Chair, Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering,

Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies

Professor of

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Biology

Chemical and Biological Engineering

This is an abbreviated version of RJL's curriculum vitae. See also: Papers and Patents.

EDUCATION

Institution and Location	Degree	Year Conferred	Field of Study
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI	B.S.	1975	Chemistry
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	M.A., Ph.D.	1977, 1979	Organic Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA	Postdoctoral	1979-1982	Biochemical Engineering and Bioorganic Chemistry

Bob's genealogy

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 8/03- Ann and John H. Broadbent Senior Constellation Chair in Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Biology and Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 7/06-8/08-Acting Director, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 7/05-Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, NY
  
• 7/99-8/03- F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry and Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
• 5/96-8/03- F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry and Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
• 5/96-8/03- Professor of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry
• 1/92-9/92 Visiting Professor, University of California, San Diego, Cancer Center and the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation
• 7/86-4/90 Associate Professor of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry
• 7/82-6/86 Assistant Professor of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa
• 1/81- Industrial Consultant in the area of biocatalysis, biopolymers, carbohydrate chemistry and drug delivery.
• 6/79-6/82 Research Associate, Biochemical Engineering, Department of Applied Biological Sciences and Harvard-MIT Joint Program in Biomedical Research at the Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 9/75-5/79 Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Chemical Society, Divisions of Medicinal Chemistry, Biotechnology and Carbohydrate Chemistry
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Society for Glycobiology
• American Society for Matrix Biology

NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• Editorial Boards: The Journal of Biological Chemistry 1995-2000, 2005-; Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry 1995-; Analytical Biochemistry 1991-1997, 2001-; Carbohydrate Research 1990-2002; and Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 1985-; Current Organic Synthesis (regional editor) 2002-; Mini Reviews in Organic Chemistry (regional editor) 2002-, Glycobiology 2006-, Nanotechnology, Science and Applications 2007-, Research Letters in Biochemistry, 2007-, Open Glycoscience (editor-in-chief), 2007-, Organic Synthesis, 2008-, Cell Health and Cytoskeleton, 2008-, International Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry 2008-
• National Institutes of Health, Pharmacology Special Study Section, 1988, Bioorganic and Natural Products Study Section ad hoc member 2003, Thrombosis and Hemostasis Study Section ad hoc member 2004, and Synthetic and Biological Chemistry A Study Section ad hoc member 2006.
  
• FDA Adverse Reactions Working Group, 2008
• USP Advisory Committee on Heparin, 2008-2009
• Presidents Council on Competitiveness (National Initiative on Innovation, Skills subcommittee member) 2004.
  
• National Academy of Sciences Interacademy Exchange Scientist to Russia and the Ukraine, 1987.

ACADEMIC HONORS

• 2009 Scientific American 10 - Recognized for contributions to American science and technology
  
• 2004 Awarded the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Ann and John H. Broadbent Constellation Chair in Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering.
• 2003 Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry from The American Chemical Society
• 1999 Recipient of the AACP Volwiler Research Achievement Award.
• 1996 Awarded the University of Iowa F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professorship
• 1994 Horace S. Isbell Award from the American Chemical Society, Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry - Given for excellence of contributions to carbohydrate chemistry and continuing promise of quality contributions.
• 1992 Iowa Regents Award for Faculty Excellence - Awarded for a sustained record of excellence across the spectrum of faculty endeavors.
• 1989 University of Iowa Excellence in Teaching Award.
• 1981 MIT/Johnson & Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow - A competitive award given for exceptional biomedical research.
• 1979 The Johns Hopkins University/Ernst M. Marks Award - Presented for excellence in teaching and research in organic chemistry.