Rob Whitnell has been at Guilford College since 1994 and is currently Professor of Chemistry and Chair of Computing Technology and Information Systems.

The courses he teaches include chemical principles, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, computer programming, and web design and development. His research interests are in several areas of computational chemistry and chemical education. Most recently, he has been a co-PI on the National Science Foundation-funded POGIL-PCL project to develop process oriented guided inquiry experiments for the physical chemistry laboratory course.