Susan VanderKam

Susan VanderKam holds multiple roles at Princeton University: Manager of Diversity Initiatives, Associate Director of the Undergraduate Program, and Senior Lecturer in Chemistry. She has been affiliated with the Department of Chemistry since 2008, teaching courses from freshman seminars on the history of chemistry to graduate-level inorganic chemistry. Her educational background includes a B.S. in Applied Science (Polymer Chemistry emphasis) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1994) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University (1999).

Her professional experience includes roles as a chemical information specialist and volunteer STEM workshop presenter at local schools and scouting events. Her research and teaching interests span inorganic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and STEM education outreach.