John Seinfeld PhD

Dr. John H. Seinfeld, Ph.D. is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. He received a BS from the University of Rochester in 1964 and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967. Both degrees are in Chemical Engineering. He joined the faculty of the California Institute of Technology in 1967. In 1973 he was appointed Executive Officer for Chemical Engineering and in 1980 he became Louis E. Nohl Professor. In 1990 he was appointed Chairman of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science. Professor Seinfeld is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.