Regents Professor
University of Arizona
EDUCATION
1962 St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, B.A. (Chemistry)
1964 Harvard University, A.M., (Chemistry), R. H. Holm, thesis director
1966 Harvard University, Ph.D., (Chemistry), W. N. Lipscomb, Jr., thesis director
EMPLOYMENT
1966-68 Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor J.A. Ibers, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
1968-72 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Arizona
1972-77 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Arizona
1977-98 Professor of Chemistry, University of Arizona
SABBATICAL AND RESEARCH LEAVES
1974-75 Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry, Research with Professor R.F. Fenske (theoretical inorganic chemistry), University of Wisconsin, Madison
1974-75 Research with Professor W. H. Orme-Johnson, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1981 Senior Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Bielefeld, Germany
1989, '95 Sabbatical Leave Research with Professor E.I. Solomon, Stanford University
1989 Fulbright Senior Scholar, La Trobe University and University of Sydney, Australia
1992 Senior Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Technical University of Munich, Germany
1995 Visiting Associate in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
2002 Collaborative research with Prof. Fraser Armstrong, Oxford University, U.K. and Prof. R. Mendel, University of Braunschweig, Germany
HONORS AND AWARDS
1961 Phi Beta Kappa
1963-65 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
1965-66 National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellow
1966-67 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
1981 Senior Alexander von Humboldt Award
1987 Faculty of Science Innovation in Teaching Award
1988 University Teaching Center Fellow
1989 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award
1991 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
1992 Senior Alexander von Humboldt Award (Reinvitation)
1994 El Paso Natural Gas Foundation Faculty Achievement Award
2002 Mortar Board Citation Award, University of Arizona Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society
2002 University of Arizona Graduate College and Professional Education Teaching/Mentoring Award
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Board of Editors, Inorganic Chemistry, 1994-1996, 1999-2000
ACS Nominations and Symposia Planning Committee of the Inorganic Division (1995)
AD Hoc Member, NIH Metallobiochemistry Study Section (1995)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Association of University Professors; American Chemical Society; American Crystallographic Association; Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group; International EPR (ESR) Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Bioinorganic chemistry, molybdenum-containing enzymes, pulsed EPR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography.
PUBLICATIONS
Over 200 papers published in journals or books.