Dr. Tanski earned his A.B. in chemistry from Vassar College in 1995. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2000, after working in the field of inorganic chemistry with Peter T. Wolczanski. After completing a postdoctoral appointment with Gerard Parkin at Columbia University, Dr. Tanski spent time as a substitute assistant professor at the City University of New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice before returning to Vassar in 2003.
At Vassar, Dr. Tanski is the Chair of the Chemistry Department, Director of the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI), serves as a member of the Pre-Medical Advisory Committee, and is the Principal Investigator on grants from the National Science Foundation supporting a single crystal X-ray diffraction facility.
Dr. Tanski is serving as Science Facilities Project Faculty Coordinator as Vassar revitalizes its science facilities for chemistry, biology, physics & astronomy, computer science, psychology and the science multidisciplinary programs. See the new Integrated Science Center.