Kiser, a UB faculty member since 1964, served as acting chair of chemical engineering from 1977-78. A recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1974, he was honored with the Tau Beta Pi Teacher of the Year Award in 1973. He has been a member of numerous university and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences committees, and chaired the Faculty Senate's Committee for Admissions and Retention.

Kiser has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in transport processes, fluid mechanics, design, reactor theory, rheology and biomedical engineering.

Before joining UB, he taught in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Engineering Science Program and was a researcher at General Electric Co. He earned a bachelor's degree from Lawrence Technology University, a master's from the University of Cincinnati and a doctorate from The John Hopkins University.