Richard Gross
Department of Chemistry and Biology, Professor, Constellation Chair
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
SUNY Albany Chemistry B.S. 1979
Polytechnic University (Prof. Mark Green) Chemistry Ph.D. 1986
UMASS Amherst (Prof. Robert Lenz) BioMacromolecules 1986-1988
APPOINTMENTS
2013-present Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Professor: Department of Chemistry and Biology,
Department of Biomedical Engineering; Constellation Chair of Biocatalysis & Metabolic Engineering appointed in Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies
2008-present Chief Technical Officer, SyntheZyme
2011-present Chair, Presidential Green Chemistry Award Panel, ACS
1998-present Herman F. Mark Chair, NYU-POLY
2000-present Director – NSF Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing of Macromolecules
2001-2007 Founder and Director – NYU-POLY Biomedical Engineering Program
2003-2006 Director: Polymer Research Institute (PRI)
2002-2005 Engineering Conferences Foundation, Board of Directors
1999 President – Biodegradable Polymer Society
1993-1998 Co-Director: NSF Center for Biodegradable Polymer Research
1988-1998 University of Massachusetts Lowell (Assistant Professor, 88-91;
Associate Professor, 92-95; Full Professor, 96-98)
HONERS
NSF: Presidential Young Investigator Award (1990-1995)
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William H. Rauscher Lectureship (2000)
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NSF-EPA: Presidential Award in Green Chemistry (2003)
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Sesquicentennial Medal Winner (2005): Awarded to outstanding Polytechnic University Alumni
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Turner Alfrey Visiting Professorship (2010)
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Johnson and Johnson: Focused Giving Award (2000-2002)
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Distinguished Polymer Lecture Series – First Honoree, (Pittsburgh State University, September 26, 2014)
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2015 Polymer Fellow Awardee
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2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society
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2019 ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry
2022 Appointed Editor in Chief of the journal Industrial Biotechnology
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Editorial Board Member: J. Bioactive and Biocompatible Polymers (2001-present);Biomacromolecules (2000-present); Industrial Biotechnology (2005 to present); Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic (2005-present); Enzyme and Microbial Technology (EMT) (2005-present); ACS Catalysis (September 2011 to present); Biocatalysis (De Gruyter, ISSN 2353-1746) (2017-present)
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