Department Chair

Full-Time Faculty

Part-Time Faculty

  • Frank Bellevue

    Lecturer, Chemistry, Winter Session Instructor
    • BS, Chemistry and Mathematics, Bates College
    • MS, PhD, Organic Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
  • Helen Dwyer

    Lecturer of Physics

    BEng (Bachelor of Engineering) at Manhattan College
    MSEd at Fordham University

  • Janice Fung

    Janice Fung

    Lecturer of Chemistry
    • BS, Rochester Institute of Technology
    • PhD, New York Medical College (in-progress)
  • Zhanna Glazenburg

    Zhanna Glazenburg

    Lecturer of Physics

    BS at New York University
    MA Teachers College, Columbia University



  • Adiya Katseff

    Adiya Katseff

    Lecturer of Chemistry
    • BA, Johns Hopkins University
    • PhD (in progress), New York Medical College
  • Michelle McCaffrey

    Lecturer of Chemistry

    Master 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 Chemistry
    In Memoriam, November 2022
    • BS, Tunghai University (Taiwan)
    • MA, Oberlin College
    • PhD, Texas A&M University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    taina.chao@purchase.edu