If I had only known, I
would have been a locksmith. -Albert Einstein
Academic Record:
University of Texas, Austin, B.S. in
Chemistry (Honors), 1977
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.,
1983.
Honors:
Purdue University, Herbert Newby McCoy Award, 2007
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientist, 2001
AAAS Fellow, 2001
American Physical Society Fellow, 1998
Sigma Xi
National Lecturer, 1995-97
NOBCChE Percy L. Julian Award for Pure and
Applied Research, 1995
AAAS Mentor Award, 1994
Guggenheim Fellow, 1993
Sloan Research Fellow, 1990-92
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Award, 1990-95
National Science Foundation Presidential Young
Investigator, 1988-93
Provost Postdoc Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1985
Research Fellow, Cambridge University (England),
1983-85
Professional Positions (for past ten years):
Purdue
University, William E. Moore Distinguished Professor, 2006 to date
Purdue University, Professor 1995-06
Universita di Bologna, Italy, Visiting Senior Fellow,
Institute of Advanced Studies, 2003
Williams College, Sterling A. Brown
Visiting Professor, 1998
Member:
ACS Division: Physical Chemistry American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society
Sigma Xi
National Organization for the
Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)