Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Stephen A. Cooke
Professor of ChemistryDepartment Chair of Biochemistry and Chemistry- BSc, PhD, University of Exeter (England)
stephen.cooke@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
Full-Time Faculty
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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
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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
Part-Time Faculty
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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
Contributing Faculty
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James G. Daly
Associate Professor of Biology- BS, PhD, University of Guelph (Canada)
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
Lee Ehrman
Distinguished Professor Emerita of Biology- BS, Queens College, City University of New York
- MS, PhD, Columbia University
lee.ehrman@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
In Memoriam
Taina Chao, Professor Emerita Chemistry