Robyn E. Hannigan

Robyn E. Hannigan
Hannigan in 2019
19th President of Ursinus College
Assumed office
July 1, 2022
Preceded byBrock Blomberg
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
SUNY Buffalo
The College of New Jersey
Scientific career
FieldsEarth Science
Environmental Science
Geology
Biology
InstitutionsUrsinus College
Clarkson University
University of Massachusetts Boston
National Science Foundation
Arkansas State University
ThesisTrace and major elements in sedimentary and igneous processes: REE geochemistry of black shales and MORB and major element chemical variations in plume-generated basalts (1997)
Doctoral advisorAsish Basu

Robyn Ellen Hannigan is an American academic in the field of science, and an inventor and entrepreneur. She is the 19th president of Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., having previously served as the provost of Clarkson University.

Hannigan and her colleagues have developed four patents and technologies, including one which resolved an analytical chemistry instrument communication issue, and another which was a medical application technology.