CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal
Birthdate: September 5, 1956 Citizenship: U.S.A.
Birthplace: Cincinnati,OH Family Status: Married, 2 children
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1983
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, 1978
Research Experience
1997-present Professor in Chemistry; University of Pittsburgh
1991-1997 Associate Professor in Chemistry; University of Pittsburgh
1985-1997 Assistant Professor in Chemistry; University of Pittsburgh
1983-1985 Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemistry; University of California, Berkeley
1978-1983 Research Assistant in Chemistry; University of Chicago
Research Interests
Condensed phase dynamics; unimolecular reactions, electron transfer (heterogeneous and homogeneous); nanotechnology; electron tunneling; solvation; binding and cooperativity; molecular information transfer, fluorescent sensors
Awards and Honors
Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2005
Belkin Visiting Professor, Weizmann Institute, 1998
Chancellors Distinguished Research Award, 1994
IBM Postdoctoral Fellowship 1983 - 1985
Marc Perry Galler Prize 1983
Exxon Predoctoral Fellowship 1980
Affiliations
American Chemical Society, Physical Chemistry Division
American Physical Society
Optical Society of America
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh