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Education:
- B.S. in Chemistry: Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky; 1963
- Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry: University of Illinois (September, 1967).
Thesis title: Kinetic Studies of Some Organolithium Reactions
under the direction of Professor Theodore L. Brown.
Professional Background:
- Professor of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 1982 - present
- Assistant, Associate and Professor, Tulane University, 1971 - 1982
- Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1969 - 1971
- Assistant Professor, Vassar College, 1967 - 1969
- Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Fall 1999
Editorial Boards:
- Inorganic Syntheses , 1982- present
- President of Inorganic Synthesis Corporation, 2000-2003
- Accounts of Chemical Research, 1997-2000
- Chemical Communications 2003-2005; 2005-2007; 2007-2009
- Inorganic Chemistry (ACS Journal) 1990-1994; 2006-2009
- Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 2005-2008
- Organometallics , (ACS Journal) 1982-1985
Research publications: >185 refereed papers.
Honors and Awards:
- The Robert A. Welch Lectureship Program (2007-2008)
- American Chemical Society Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry sponsored by the Mallinckrodt Specialty Chemicals Company (1995)
- Texas A&M Association of Former Students Faculty Distinguished Achievement Awards in Teaching (College-Level, 2006)
- Texas A&M Association of Former Students Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Research (University-Level, 1995)
- American Chemical Society Southwest Region Award (1998)
- Plenary Lecturer: 3 rd International Symposium on Bioorganometallic Chemistry, Milan , Italy (July 2006)
- Invited Lecturer: International Symposium on Materials Issues in Hydrogen Production and Storage, University of California , Santa Barbara (August 2006)
- Plenary Lecturer: XXXVI th Int'l Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Merída , Mexico (July 2004)
- Plenary Lecturer: 7 th Int'l Hydrogenase Conference, The University of Reading , U.K. (August 2004)
- Plenary Lecturer: SFB(Sonderforschungsberich 583)-Symposium on Redoxactive Metal Complexes-Control of Reactivity via Molecular Architecture, Nürnberg , Germany (March 2003)
- Lecturer: Dalton Discussion 6, Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, University of York , UK , (Sept. 2003)Plenary Lecturer: 37 th Inorganic Discussion Weekend, Queen's
- University, Kingston , Canada (Nov. 2004)
- Foreign Lecturer: 21 st Reunial Anual da Sociedad Brasileira de Quimica, Pocos de Caldas, Brazil, (May 1998)
- National ACS Student Affiliates "Eminent Scientist" Lecturer, (1998)
- Committee on Science: American Chemical Society, Inorganic Divisional Representative to the ACS
- Joint Board-Council Committee on Science (1991-96).
- American Chemical Society, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Chair (1989)
- Texas A&M Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching (University Level, 1986)
- American Chemical Society, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Subdivision, Chair (1984)
- Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award of the Iota Sigma Pi (1981)
Symposia organized:
- Hydrogenase International Conference, 2007, Breckinridge , CO
- Co-organizer, Coordination Chemistry: Designed Ligands and Binding Constants, ACS National Meeting – San Diego , CA , Spring 2005.
- Co-organizer, F.A. Cotton Award in Synthetic Chemistry, ACS National Meeting – Anaheim , CA , Spring 2004.
- Women in Chemistry, ACS National Meeting, Orlando , FL , Spring 2002.
- Reactivity at Transition Metal-S, -N, and -P Bonds, ACS National Meeting - New Orleans , Spring 1996.
- Strategies in Inorganic Synthesis, PACIFICHEM, Honolulu , December 1989.
- Anionic Organometallics, ACS National Meeting - Chicago, Fall 1985.
- Heterobimetallic Complexes, Regional ACS Meeting, New Orleans , November 1980.
Advisory and Other National Committees:
- National Academy of Sciences Review of Department of Energy Basic Sciences Catalysis Program. (2008)
- Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society (2007-2010)
- Chemical Bonding Center for Solar Fuels, CalTech, Pasadena , CA (2008)
- Recent Departmental Reviews: University of Nevada, Reno (2006) University of Arizona (2004), Louisiana State University (2004), University of Georgia (2002), Purdue University (2000)
- NSF, Chemistry Division, Chemical Bonding Center Review Panel (Jan., 2004)
- National Institutes of Health Panel, Metallobiochemistry Study Section, (June 2003)
- Department of Energy , U.S. DOE Catalysis Science Review (May, 2003)
- Department of Energy, Hydrogen Storage Think Tank (March, 2003)
- National Science Foundation, Division's Committee on Visitors (2001)
- National Academy of Science, Chemical Sciences Roundtable (1999-2001)
- Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation: Beckman Scholars Program Advisory Panel (1997-98; 1998-99)
- National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division Advisory Panel (1990-1993)
- National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division Review/Special Program Panel (1988-1990)
- Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society (1984-1988)
- National Institutes of Health, Bioanalytical and Metallobiochemistry Study Section (1979-1983)
- Fulbright-Hayes Award Advisory Screening Committee (1978-1981)
- National Science Foundation Organometallic Workshop (1984-1985; 1989-1990; 2006)
- Committee of Examiners, GRE Chemistry Test, Educational Testing Service (1990-1994)
