Bruce Edward Bursten (March 8, 1954) is an American chemist, professor of chemistry, and was president of the American Chemical Society.
He is provost at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
[1] His research has specialised in inorganic chemistry and metal-containing molecules.
[2] He taught at Ohio State University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Barnard College.
[2] He was AAAS Chemistry Chair and an ACS fellow.