Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Joseph Skrivanek
Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry- BS, MS, University of Scranton
- PhD, Pennsylvania State University
joe.skrivanek@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
Full-Time Faculty
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Stephen A. Cooke
(on leave: Fall 2024)Professor of Chemistry- BSc, PhD, University of Exeter (England)
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
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Monika L. Eckenberg
Assistant Professor of Practice in Chemistry- Vordiplom, MS, PhD, Georg August University (Germany)
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Elizabeth Rose Middleton
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry- BA, Dartmouth College
- MS, PhD, Yale University
Part-Time Faculty
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Frank Bellevue
Lecturer, Chemistry, Winter Session Instructor- BS, Chemistry and Mathematics, Bates College
- MS, PhD, Organic Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Helen Dwyer
Lecturer of PhysicsBEng (Bachelor of Engineering) at Manhattan College
MSEd at Fordham University -
Janice Fung
Lecturer of Chemistry- BS, Rochester Institute of Technology
- PhD, New York Medical College (in-progress)
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Zhanna Glazenburg
Lecturer of PhysicsBS at New York University
MA Teachers College, Columbia University
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Adiya Katseff
Lecturer of Chemistry- BA, Johns Hopkins University
- PhD (in progress), New York Medical College
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Michelle McCaffrey
Lecturer of ChemistryMaster of Chemical and Life Sciences, University of Maryland
Masters of Professional Studies, SUNY New Paltz
BA, CUNY Lehman College
Faculty Emeriti
Taina Chao
Associate Professor Emerita of ChemistryIn Memoriam, November 2022- BS, Tunghai University (Taiwan)
- MA, Oberlin College
- PhD, Texas A&M University
taina.chao@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching