Ronald L. Christensen is the program officer for Special Projects Office and Experimental Physical Chemistry Program in the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation. He is also a professor of chemistry at Bowdoin College.

In addition to serving as a program officer in experimental physical chemistry, he has been involved with several NSF programs involving undergraduate research, including Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI), REU, and URC. In 2003 Christensen received the American Chemical Society Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution. He has served as chair of the Department of Chemistry and as associate dean for the sciences at Bowdoin College.

Christensen has an A.B. from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Harvard University.

• Undergraduate Research Collaboratives: Turning Undergraduates into Investigators (June 29, 2006)