Profile Type:
Joint Appointment:
Professor Emeritus
Mark Wentland began his career in medicinal chemistry in 1970 at Sterling Winthrop Inc. In 1971, he joined the chemistry faculty at Rensselaer as Adjunct Professor of Chemistry teaching evening graduate-level courses. In 1994, he left Sterling-Winthrop to become Professor of Chemistry at Rensselaer. He held the concurrent position of Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Albany Medical College during 1997-2015. Following his retirement from Rensselaer at the end of 2015, he was appointed to the position of Professor Emeritus.