Todd Pagano
Exec Director, NTID Professional and Student Scholar Development
Todd Pagano
Exec Director, NTID Professional and Student Scholar Development
Education
BA, State University College at Oswego; MS, Ph.D., Tufts University
Bio
Bio: Dr. Todd Pagano, Professor of Chemistry, is the Executive Director of Professional and Student Scholar Development at RIT/NTID and was the founding Director of NTID's Laboratory Science Technology program.
Dr. Pagano has been honored as a recipient of several awards, including: RIT’s Richard & Virginia Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dawan L. Albritton Faculty Humanitarian Award, RIT's Faculty Mentoring Award, Rochester Section American Chemical Society (ACS) Volunteerism Award, Dreyfus Foundation/ACS National Award: Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into the Chemical Sciences, Society for College Science Teachers' Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher Award, and other local and national awards. He has been named a Fellow of both the ACS the Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.). He was listed on the Rochester Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” list and was also recognized as United States Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Dr. Pagano has worked on several analytical/physical chemistry and pedagogical research projects. He conducts research in fluorescence spectroscopy, natural products, and analytical chemistry in archaeology. He has been a visiting scholar for the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry program in Sweden and as a Fulbright specialist in Estonia. He also leads initiatives in pedagogical approaches to teaching science. In his current role, he leads undergraduate research programming and oversees faculty professional development efforts.
Dr. Pagano has been a technical advisor to the National Research Council/National Academy of Science and serves on the ACS's International Activities Committee.
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In the News
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August 16, 2022
Open@RIT receives Sloan Foundation grant to continue supporting open work
RIT’s open programs office has received a nearly $500,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to build external partnerships and continue supporting those doing work in the open community.
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October 4, 2021
RIT researchers part of $15 million NSF grant aimed at reducing food waste
A $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation will be used to establish the first national academic research network on wasted food in the United States. Under the grant, researchers from American University will lead 13 other institutions, including RIT, in a five-year project.