Nancy Goroff, PhD

Dr. Goroff earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard University in 1990, and Ph.D. in Chemistry from UCLA in 1994. She held a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship in chemistry at Michigan State University and a Research Corporation postdoctoral fellowship in chemical education at the University of Michigan before starting at Stony Brook in 1997. Dr. Goroff’s research focuses on organic materials, and especially carbon-based conductors and semiconductors. In 2013, she was recognized with the American Chemical Society’s Award for Creative Research and Applications of Iodine Chemistry. 

During Dr. Goroff’s tenure at Stony Brook, she has made significant contributions to graduate education, including leading with colleague Kathlyn Parker the Chemistry Department’s efforts in the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate and serving on the President’s Five-Year Plan Task Force on Graduate Education. Dr. Goroff served as Graduate Program Director for the Chemistry Department from 2007 to 2012, for which she was recognized with the 2011 Graduate School Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service. She also served on the University’s Graduate Council from 2011-2013. Dr. Goroff is a member of the American Chemical Society’s Graduate Education Advisory Board and the National Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and she serves on the Steering Committee of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.