Academia

Joseph Chiang, a professor of chemistry in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at SUNY Oneonta, has been named a distinguished visiting professor at both Shanghai University and Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He was a visiting professor in the College of Materials Science & Engineering at Tsinghua University, in Beijing, while on sabbatical last year.

Terri Goss Kinzy, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and of pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has been appointed associate vice president for research administration in the Office of Research & Economic Development at Rutgers University. She is now responsible for the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, corporate contracts, and research operations. Kinzy also continues to oversee a lab conducting research on the mechanism and regulation of protein synthesis along with projects in drug development. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is part of Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences, which was formed in July 2013 with the integration of Rutgers and the former University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey.