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Education:
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Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biochemical Engineering
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M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biochemical Engineering
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B.A., Brandeis University
Biochemistry and Chemistry
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Professional Background:
Dordick joined the Rensselaer faculty as the chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1998 and is also the Howard P. Isermann Professor. He spent nine years at the University of Iowa. He joined their staff in 1987 as a member of the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and was promoted to associate professor in 1991 and to full professor in 1994. He served as department chair from 1995 to 1998. He also served as associate director of the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing at the University of Iowa and held a joint position in the university's Department of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy. Dordick is the associate editor for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1996 to present), and is a member of the editorial boards for several publications, including Enzyme and Microbial Technology (1993 to present); the Journal of Industrial Microbiology (1996 to 2000); the Journal of Environmental Polymer Degradation (1996 to present); Metabolic Engineering (2000 to present); and Biocatalysis and Biotransformations (1996 to present). He was the editor, patents and literature section, for applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (1990 to 1993), and the associate editor, Biocatalysis and Biotransformations (1992 to 1995). Dordick served as chairman of the division of biochemical technology of the ACS in 1992, and presently he serves on the scientific advisory boards for several biotechnology companies. He is a co-founder of EnzyMed, Inc., a pharmaceutical and agrochemical company; has published over 195 papers; and holds 28 patents.
Awards:
- Fellow, American Chemical Society
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
In addition, Dordick was awarded the American Chemical Society Iowa Section Award in 1998. He won a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1989 and a Faculty Scholar Award from the University of Iowa in 1989. He also received the International Enzyme Engineering Award in 2003. Received the Elmer Gaden Award and the Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology from the American Chemical Society
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