Bruce E. Bursten

Bruce Edward Bursten is an American chemist, professor of chemistry, and was president of the American Chemical Society. He was the provost of Worcester Polytechnic Institute between 2016 and 2021. His research has specialised in inorganic chemistry and metal-containing molecules.

Life

He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from University of Chicago, and University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied with Richard F. Fenske. He was a postdoc fellow with F. A. Cotton at Texas A&M University.
He taught at Ohio State University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Barnard College.
He was AAAS Chemistry Chair and an ACS fellow.