D. J. Darensbourg - Research Laboratories
Prof. Donald J. Darensbourg
djdarens@mail.chem.tamu.edu
979.845.2983
Education:
- B.S. in Chemistry: California State University at Los Angeles (June, 1964).
- Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry: University of Illinois (June, 1968).
Thesis title: Infrared Intensities in Substituted Metal Carbonyls
under the direction of Professor Theodore L. Brown.
Professional Background:
- Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
(2010 - present) - Professor of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
(July, 1982 - 2010) - Assistant-Full Professor of Chemistry, Tulane University,
(January 1973 to July, 1982) - Assistant Professor of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo
(September, 1969 to January, 1973) - Research Chemist (Infrared Spectra of Absorbed Molecules with Dr. R. P. Eischens)
Texaco Research Center, Beacon, New York
(September, 1968 to June, 1969) - Teaching/Research Assistant in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
(June, 1964 to June 1968), NIH Fellowship recipient (1967)
Professional Appointments:
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of the American Chemical Society (2019-Present)
- SEC Faculty Achievement Award (2023)
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Organometallics (2006-2009)
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Advances in Inorganic Chemistry (2003-present)
- Member, International Scientific Committee International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (1998-present)
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Inorganic Chemistry (1994-1997 and 2001-2003)
- Treasurer, American Chemical Society (Inorganic Division) (1990-1993)
- Panelist, NSF Graduate Fellowship Selection (1984-1988)
- Member, NSF Advisory Committee for Chemistry (1983-1986)
- Oversight Review Team (Chemical Dynamics) (1983)
- Chemical Sciences Review Committee Member, Ames Laboratory (USDOE) (1982-1984)
Awards:
- SEC Faculty Achievement Award (2023)
- Michele Aresta Prize in CO2 Utilization Research Award (ICCDU) 2022
- Member, National Academy of Sciences (2022)
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences Fellow (2019)
- ACS Inorganic Award for Undergraduate Researcher (2018) - Tucker Folsom (student) and DJD (preceptor)
- American Chemical Society Fellow (2017)
- Texas A&M University, College of Science Mentoring Award (2016)
- George A. Abbott Lecturer (University of North Dakota, 2015)
- Richard F. Heck Award/Lecture (University of Delaware, 2014)
- John C. Bailar, Jr. Medalist (University of Illinois, 2013)
- Hans B. Jonassen Lectureship (Tulane University, 2013)
- American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry (2010)
- 2010 ACS Inorganic Award Lecturer (Northwestern University)
- Case Western Reserve Frontiers in Chemistry (2007)
- Lloyd N. Ferguson Distinguished Lecturer (California State University, Los Angeles, 2006)
- Texas A&M University, Faculty Award for Distinguished Research (1990)
- Texas A&M University, Distinguished Teaching Award (1988)
- Two NSF Creativity Extension Awards (1993 and 2009)
Principal Areas of Interest:
- Organometallic/Inorganic Chemistry of transition/main group metals, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis(including polymerization and biphasic processes), and applications of infrared spectroscopy.
Recent Invited Lectures
- John C. Bailar, Jr. Medalist Lecture Series, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
- Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
- Brown University, Providence, RI
- Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
- NOBCChE Annual Seminar Series, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- TAMUQ Research and Industry: Fostering Synergy, Doha, Qatar
- Hans B. Jonassen Lecture Series, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, CO
- 11th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Dijon, France
- Mettler Toledo Polymer Information Sharing Symposium, College Station,TX
- Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME) 2011 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
- Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
- Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China
- 2011 Material Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
- Gordon Research Conference — Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, RI
- 14th Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, DC
- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Seminar Series, Singapore
- National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Polymer Technology Center Consortium, Texas A&M University
- 239th ACS National Meeting, Invited Speaker, San Francisco, California
- Inorganic/Bioinorganic Reaction Mechanisms (IRMG), Kloster Banz, Germany
- Gordon Research Conference, Invited Speaker in Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Galveston, Texas
- Eastman Chemical Company, Longview, Texas
- Symposium in Sustainable Polymers, Georgia Institute of Technology
- University of Oregon
- Baylor University
- QAFCO-TAMUQ Chemistry Conference, Doha, Qatar
- French Federation for Chemical Sciences Symposium on Carbon Dioxide,Toulouse, France
- 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Case Western Reserve University, Frontiers in Chemistry Speaker, Cleveland, Ohio
- Lyondell Symposium, Invited Speaker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts
- Gordon Research Conference, Invited Speaker in Inorganic, Newport, Rhode Island
- QAFCO-TAMUQ Chemistry Conference 2007, Doha, Qatar
- Tulane University
- Vanderbilt University
- College of Science Distinguished Multicultural Lecture Series, Purdue University
- Lloyd N. Ferguson Distinguished Lecture, California State University, Los Angeles
- University of Kentucky
- 8th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Oslo, Norway
- University of Nevada-Reno
- 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California