Robert J. Linhardt

Robert J. Linhardt
Linhardt in his RPI lab in 2011.
Fields	Bioengineering Metabolic Engineering Biomolecular Interaction The Interactome Carbohydrate Analysis Structural Biology Glycobiology Glycomics Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry Nanobiotechnology Nano/Micron-scale Devices
Alma mater	MIT The Johns Hopkins University Marquette University
Academic advisors	Robert S. Langer Brown L. Murr
Notable students	Trevor J. Simmons Sayaka Masuko Kemal Solakyildirim Brady Cress Jacob Englaender
Influenced	Jonathan S. Dordick Fuming Zhang
Notable awards	Scientific American 10 American Chemical Society Melville L. Wolfrom American Chemical Society Claude S. Hudson American Chemical Society Horace S. Isbell AAAS Fellow

Robert "Bob" Linhardt is the Ann and John Broadbent, Jr. '59 Senior Constellation Professor Biocatalysis & Metabolic Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His primary appointment at RPI is based in the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, consisting of joint appointments with the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Biology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center. Prior to joining RPI in 2003, he was the a professor for 21 years at the University of Iowa. During his career in Iowa, he spent eight years as the F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and ten years as a member of the Executive Committee of the Center for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing. Since 2008 Dr. Linhardt's group has been working on a collaboration to bioengineer Heparin from E. coli. This is in part a response to the outbreak of adverse heparin reactions in 2007. This work helped earn him a spot in the Scientific American 10, for the 10 people who “demonstrated outstanding commitment to assuring that the benefits of new technologies and knowledge will accrue to humanity.”