Binyomin Abrams is the Director of General Chemistry and Master Lecturer in the Chemistry Department at Boston University. He graduated with his Ph.D. from New York University, and has been a faculty member at BU since 2008.

Dr. Abrams’s primary interests are in teaching chemistry and research in the field of chemical education—developing novel approaches for teaching chemistry and studying how students best learn. He has developed new courses in the Chemistry department, in the Core Curriculum of the College of Arts and Sciences, and interdisciplinary courses with the departments of Biology and the undergraduate program in Neuroscience. In 2010, Dr. Abrams received the Templeton Award for Excellence in student advising from the College of Arts and Sciences; in 2015, Boston University awarded him the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, and he is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology.