Robert J. Linhardt is the Ann and John Broadbent, Jr. '59 Senior Constellation Professor Biocatalysis & Metabolic Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

[1] Prior to joining RPI in 2003, he was then a professor for 21 years at the University of Iowa.

[2] Since 2008 Linhardt's group has been working on a collaboration to bioengineer Heparin from E. coli.

[3] This work helped earn him a spot in the Scientific American 10, for the 10 people who “demonstrated outstanding commitment to assuring that the benefits of new technologies and knowledge will accrue to humanity.”[4][5] He was the 2010 recipient of the Melville L. Wolfrom Award of the American Chemical Society.

[6] Professor Robert Linhardt died at his NYC home on January 5, 2025.