Born: Denbigh, Wales, December 23rd, 1946.
Citizenship: USA/UK
Education and Professional Experience
1967 | B.Sc.(Honors) UMIST (UK) |
1972 | Ph.D. University of Toronto |
1973-75 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bristol |
1975-76 | Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University |
1976-82 | Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College |
1982-86 | Associate Professor, Dartmouth College |
1986-99 | Professor, Dartmouth College |
1991–94 | Chair of Chemistry, Dartmouth College |
1999-2015 | The Frank R. Mori Professor, Dartmouth College |
2015-present | The Frank R. Mori Professor Emeritus, Dartmouth College |
Honors and Awards
1969-72 | National Research Council of Canada Graduate Fellow |
1986-89 | Editorial Advisory Board of Organometallics |
1987 | Honorary M.A. Degree, Dartmouth College |
1990 | D.Sc. University of Manchester |
1993 | Chairman; Gordon Research Conference (Organometallic Chemistry) |
1993 | Chairman; Organometallic Subdivision of the ACS |
2001-04 | Executive Committee, Fluorine Division of the ACS |
2002 | Student Assembly’s “Profiles in Excellence” Teaching Award |
2005 | Geoffrey Coates Lecturer, University of Wyoming |
2006- | Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry |
2007 | Charles Pedersen Lecturer, E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. |
2010 | ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry |
2015 | Elizabeth Howland Hand - Otis Norton Pierce Award for Outstanding Teaching of Undergraduate Students at Dartmouth College |
Memberships and Fellowships
Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Chartered Chemist (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, Inorganic, Organic, and Fluorine Divisions of the ACS