Biochemistry

Major

BA

Meet Our Faculty

Department Chair

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

Full-Time Faculty

Monika L. Eckenberg

Assistant Professor of Practice in Chemistry
- Vordiplom, MS, PhD, Georg August University (Germany)
monika.eckenberg@purchase.edu
Elizabeth Rose Middleton

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- BA, Dartmouth College
- MS, PhD, Yale University
elizabeth.middleton@purchase.edu
Joseph Skrivanek

(on leave: Fall 2025)

Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry
- BS, MS, University of Scranton
- PhD, Pennsylvania State University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
joe.skrivanek@purchase.edu

Part-Time Faculty

Zhanna Glazenburg

Lecturer of Physics

BS at New York University
MA Teachers College, Columbia University

Contributing Faculty

James G. Daly

Associate Professor of Biology
- BS, PhD, University of Guelph (Canada)
james.daly@purchase.edu

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
Lee Ehrman
Distinguished Professor Emerita of Biology
- BS, Queens College, City University of New York
- MS, PhD, Columbia University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
lee.ehrman@purchase.edu

In Memoriam

Taina Chao, Professor Emerita Chemistry