Background
Linhardt, Robert John was born on October 18, 1953 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Robert J. and Barbara A. Linhardt.
Linhardt, Robert John was born on October 18, 1953 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Robert J. and Barbara A. Linhardt.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Marquette University, 1975. Master of Arts in Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 1979.
Postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982.
Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1979-1982. Assistant professor University Iowa, Iowa City, 1982-1986, associate professor, 1986-1990, professor medicinal and natural products chemistry, 1990—2003, professor chemical and biochemistry engineering, 1996—2003, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished professor, 1996—2003, professor chemistry, since 1999. Constellation chair in biocatalysis and metabolic engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.
Consultant in field. Interacad. exchange scientist to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics National Academy of Sciences, 1988.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, AACP (Volwiler award 1999), American Chemical Society (Horace S. Isbell award Carbohydrate Chemistry 1994, Claude S. Hudson award in carbohydrate chemistry 2003), Society Glycobiology.
Married Kathryn F. Burns, May 31, 1975. Children: Kelley, Barbara.