Dr. Dawn E. Riegner, PhD

Dr. Riegner has been teaching at West Point since 1994. She earned a B.S. in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988, and as an undergraduate, she was involved in analytical chemistry research and taught general chemistry labs as a teaching assistant during her senior year. She received a DuPont Summer Resident Research Fellowship and graduated with honors in chemistry. 

At the University of Texas in Austin, Dr. Riegner focused on the development of mass spectrometry and various new types of ionization and detection. While at UT, she received a Monsanto Graduate Fellowship, the H.R. Henze Teaching Excellence Award, and a Professional Development Award. Upon completion of her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1993, she conducted post-doctoral research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she designed and built ionization sources for research using ion trap mass spectrometry detection. 

As a faculty member in the Chemistry Program, Dr. Riegner is continuously involved in curriculum development, assessment of the Chemistry Major student outcomes, and maintaining American Chemical Society Certification of the Chemistry Program. Dr. Riegner is a member of and the faculty advisor for Gamma Sigma Epsilon, the National Chemistry Honor Society. She is also a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and she and her research cadets annually present their work at the local and national ACS meetings. At the academy level, she serves as the Department representative to the Civilian Faculty Advisory Committee and is a member of the Dean’s Credentials and Promotions Committee. She serves as a Department Academic Counselor and as a mentor for the incoming junior faculty during the faculty development Workshops.