David Haas received his BA in Physics and PhD in Biophysics in protein crystallography and molecular biology at the State University of NY at Buffalo.  For the next five years, he performed basic research in protein crystallography at several institution

Dr. Eric Scerri is a UCLA chemist, author and leading historian and philosopher of science, specializing in the periodic table of the chemical elements.  He received all his education in the UK at the universities of London, Southampton and Cambridge.  He

Bill Mattson has extensive experience and has given numerous lectures on Creative Problem Solving and Creative Problem Solving in Chemical Research. In each case, the audience response has been positive, reflecting both their improved insights and abiliti

Professor Blossey received his baccalaureate degree was received at the Ohio State University in 1957, working on undergraduate research with Professor Michael Cava. Graduate chemistry studies were pursued with Professor Ernest Wenkert at Iowa State Unive

Education: I was born in Durban South Africa and graduated with a BSc Hons degree from the University of Natal in Durban. I worked as a chemist in the pigmented polymer industry for a few years before deciding to further my education. At that stage I move

My name is Cathy Cobb, and I am a chemist. I received my undergraduate degree from Reed College and my graduate training at UC Santa Barbara. I taught at California State University, Los Angeles, before moving to South Carolina with my husband and our fir

A native of Lebanon, Al received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the American University in Cairo in 1968. He also holds an M.S. degree in Chemistry (1972) from Youngstown State University in Ohio and a doctorate in Science Education (1997) from the Unive

Since 2010, Dr. Donna J. Dean has focused on leadership and talent development, career enhancement, and mentoring strategies for organizations and individuals. Prior to her current activities, she was Senior Science Advisor and a registered lobbyist for

For 28 years Dr. Frank Settle was a professor of chemistry at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA.  During this time he received several local and state awards for teaching and undergraduate research in analytical chemistry.  Since that time he has

James L. Marshall gained his B.S. in chemistry at Indiana University in 1962, and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Ohio State University in 1966. The following year Dr. Marshall joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Texas. At UNT

"Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr. holds a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. He is currently Vice President, Industry Issues for Occidental Chemical Corporation and also Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Indiana.

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Mr. Butler received his B.S. in Chemistry from Union University in 1983 and his M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Memphis in 1987. He is the Chief Chemist for the Milan Army Ammunition Plant in Milan, Tennessee. He has over 20 years exper

Ariel Fenster teaches at McGill University, where he is a founding member of the Office for Science and Society, an organization dedicated to disseminating up-to-date information in the areas of food, food issues, medications, and the environment and heal

Professional activities: President, American Chemical Society (Washington, DC), 1994; director, American Chemical Society (Washington, DC), 1985-1996; director; Council for Chemical Research, 1995-1999; Board Member, IUPAC-USA, 1995-2001; Board Member, Ch

David R. Tyler is part of the pioneering green chemistry group at the University of Oregon. He received Bachelor of Science degrees (in chemistry and mathematics) with Highest Distinction from Purdue University in 1975. While an undergraduate at Purdue, h

Dr. David Reingold was an undergraduate at Dartmouth College, where he worked for Tom Spencer, and obtained his PhD with Virgil Boekelheide at the University of Oregon in 1976. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta, working with bot

I received my Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Sydney (Australia) in 1972 and my D.Sc. degree from the same University in 1998. I then spent one and a half years as a post-doctoral fellow with Professor G. Eglinton at the University of Br

Lynn Hogue was a high school science teacher for 27 years before joining Miami University's Center for Chemical Education as Associate Director in 1994. She has served as teacher programs director and lead instructor for more than 50 funded National Scien

John Fortman received the 2007 Helen M. Free Award for Public Outreach. He is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Wright State University where he retired in 2001 after 36 years of teaching freshman and inorganic chemistry. In 1998 he was appointed the Rob

Sister Mary Virginia Orna, O.S.U. (Order of Saint Ursula) is professor of chemistry at the College of New Rochelle and Editor-at-Large, Chemical Heritage magazine. She has lectured and published widely in the areas of color chemistry and archaeological ch

Robert Finkel is a theoretical physicist (Ph.D., New York University, 1966) and has been Professor and Chairman of the Physics Department at St. John’s University in New York for nearly thirty years. Bob publishes research papers in quantum theory, physic

Jim O'Brien was born in Philadelphia on the 4th of July. He received a BS in Chemistry from Villanova University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota. Following postdoctoral work at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico,

Helen M. Free holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the College of Wooster, a master's degree in management in the health care field from Central Michigan University, and honorary doctorates of science from both schools. She joined Miles Laboratorie

Lee Marek taught Chem 101, 472 and presents chemical demonstrations and teacher programs at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) for 12 years. He taught AP & Honors Chemistry at Naperville North High School for almost thirty years. His students hav

Pete Ludovice received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois and MIT respectively. After postdoctoral studies at IBM, NASA and the Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule in Zürich, he learned many useful things in

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Robert Peoples, Ph.D., is Director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute®. In this capacity, he drives the implementation of the principles of green chemistry across the global chemical enterprise. Dr. Peoples spent 23 years in the chemical industry before

Mickey Sarquis, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director of the Center for Chemistry Education at Miami University, is an internationally recognized leader in chemistry and science education whose pioneering chemistry-based teacher enhancement

James Postma is a professor of Chemistry at Cal State University,Chico. He received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of California, Davis and then returned to CSU, Chico to join the faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistr

Attila E. Pavlath received his education at the Technical University of Budapest in Hungary, where he became assistant professor. In 1956, he left Hungary first for Montreal, Canada (McGill University), then in 1958, he joined Stauffer Chemical Company in