During 1862 Borodin returned to Saint Petersburg to begin a professorship of chemistry at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy and spent the remainder of his scientific career in research, lecturing and overseeing the education of others.
En 1862 Borodin regresou a San Petersburgo para ocupar unha cátedra de química na Academia Imperial Médico-Cirúrxica e pasou o resto da súa carreira científica na investigación, ensinando e supervisando a formación de outros.