The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you.
In between, the leader is a servant
-Max De Pree
  • Board of Directors, Council of Chemical Research, 2009-2013.
  • U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, National Research Council, Vice Chair, 2007 to date
  • National Science Foundation, Geosciences Advisory Committee, 2007 to date
  • National Science Foundation, Committee of Visitors for Chemistry Division, 2007
  • Council for Chemical Research, Organizing Committee, 2007-08
  • National Science Foundation, Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, 2006 to date
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Molecular Structure-Theochem, 2004-10
  • President, National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), 2005-07
  • Committee of Visitors for Chemical Sciences Geosciences and Biosciences, Department of Energy, 2004-05
 
 
  • Board of Directors, NOBCChE, 2003-05
  • Chemical Sciences Roundtable, National Research Council 2001-03
  • Atmospheric  and Ocean Science Editor, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1998-01
  • Army Research Science Board, Department of Army, 1997-99
  • Senior Science Advisory Committee (NRAC), Department of Navy, 1994-96
  • California Institute of Technology, Research Associate, 1991
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Spectrochimica Acta, Part A., 1990 to date
  • Published more than 400 peer-reviewed journal articles, nine book chapters, co-author of the textbook “Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics”