Education:

• PhD - 1984 Purdue University, Chemistry (Physical)
• MS - 1978 Purdue University, Chemistry (Biochemistry)
• BS - 1976 Wayne State University, Biology.

Professional Experience:

• December 2009 Visiting Professor, COPPE-Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
• February 2009 Visiting Professor, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
• January 2009 Visiting Professor, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
• Winter 2008 Visiting Professor, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (sabbatical leave from U. Del.)
• Fall 2007 Visiting Professor, NanoCenter, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC (sabbatical leave from U. Del.)
• 2005-date University of Delaware, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• 1997-98 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Physics Department, Visiting Scientist (sabbatical leave from U. Del.)
• 1993-2005 University of Delaware, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• 1987-93 University of Delaware, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (also Materials Science Program faculty member)
• 1986-87 Purdue University, Visiting Assistant Professor (Joint appointment in Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Engineering)
• 1984-86 University of Cambridge, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Tutor in Physical Chemistry with Sir John Meurig Thomas
• 1980-84 Purdue University, Research and Teaching Assistant in Physical Chemistry with Jurgen M. Honig – Thesis: “Crystal Growth and Characterization of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Lanthanide Nickelates”