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Meet Our Faculty

Department Chair

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    Stephen A. Cooke

    Professor of Chemistry
    Department Chair of Chemistry and Bio Chemistry
    • BSc, PhD, University of Exeter (England)
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
    stephen.cooke@purchase.edu

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



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