Rigoberto Hernandez

Rigoberto Hernandez
Born1967 (age 56–57)[1]
Havana, Cuba
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Princeton University
Known forTheoretical and Computational Nonequilibrium Chemical Dynamics
AwardsNSF CAREER Award
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Cottrell Scholar Award
ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
Research Corporation TREE Award
Herty Medal
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Websiterh.jhu.edu

Rigoberto Hernandez (born 1967) is an American chemist and academic. He is The Gompf Family Professor at the Johns Hopkins University and was formerly a board member of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Before his appointment at Johns Hopkins, Hernandez spent 20 years as a faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he became a full professor. In addition to his work as a professor, Hernandez is the director of the Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity, a program dedicated to creating more diversity in academia.[2] Hernandez will serve at the President of the American Chemical Society in 2026.

  1. ^ "ACS Directory of Graduate Research" (PDF). American Chemical Society. 2009. p. 4.
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