Rigoberto Hernandez

Rigoberto Hernandez (born 1967) is an American chemist and academic. He is The Gompf Family Professor at the Johns Hopkins University. Before his appointment at Johns Hopkins, Hernandez spent 20 years as a faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he became a full professor. Hernandez will serve as the President of the American Chemical Society in 2026. He served as a board member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) for three terms (2014-2016,2017-2019, 2025-2027). In addition to his work as a professor, Hernandez is the director of the Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity, a program dedicated to creating more diversity in academia. Provided by Wikipedia