Bruce E. Bursten

{{Short description|Past President of the American Chemical Society}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|8}}

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| nationality = American

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| occupation = Provost

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AAAS Chemistry Chair

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| sub_discipline = Inorganic chemistry

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| alma_mater = University of Chicago
University of Wisconsin–Madison

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| doctoral_advisor = Richard F. Fenske

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| workplaces = The Ohio State University,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Barnard College,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Bruce Edward Bursten (March 8, 1954) is an American chemist, professor of chemistry, and was president of the American Chemical Society. He was the provost of Worcester Polytechnic Institute between 2016 and 2021.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wpi.edu/news/20145/bursten-provost.html|title=WPI Appoints Internationally Recognized Scholar as Provost - WPI|website=www.wpi.edu|access-date=2016-08-24|archive-date=2016-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812204953/http://www.wpi.edu/news/20145/bursten-provost.html|url-status=dead}} His research has specialised in inorganic chemistry and metal-containing molecules.