Andrew Zydney, Ph.D.

Bayard D. Kunkle Chair, Chemical Engineering at Penn State University

Dr. Andrew L. Zydney is the Bayard D. Kunkle Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He also serves as Director of the Penn State site in the Membrane Science, Engineering, and Technology (MAST) Center. Professor Zydney's research is focused on the application of membranes in bioprocessing, including the purification of monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, and gene therapy agents. He was Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology at Penn State, and he is a past recent recipient of the ACS Separations Science and Technology Award and the Alan S. Michaels Award for the Recovery of Biological Products.