Professional Employment:
2004 Member, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Experimental Therapeutics Program
1999-2004 Executive Officer, Chemical Engineering (CIT)
1993 Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering (CIT)
1991 Professor of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
1990 Charles O. Gordon Professor of Chemical Engineering (VPI & SU)
1990 Visiting Professor – Stanford University
1989 Professor of Chemical Engineering (VPI & SU)
1985 Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering (VPI & SU)
1981 Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
1976 (Summer) Research Associate, Monsanto Chemical Company
Education:
1981 Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Chemical Engineering
1978 M.S., University of Kentucky, Chemical Engineering
1977 B.S., University of Kentucky, Chemical Engineering
Awards:
| 2011 |
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Instituite of Medicine of the National Academies |
| 2010 |
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University of Kentucky – Hall of Distinguished Alumni |
| 2009 |
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American Chemical Society – Elmer Gaden Award |
| 2009 |
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Honorary Doctor of Engineering, University of Kentucky |
| 2008 |
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AIChE – 100th Anniversary: named one of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era” |
| 2008 |
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Elected into the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering (Real Academia de Ingenieria) |
| 2006 |
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National Academy of Sciences |
| 2005 |
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American Chemical Society – E.V. Murphree Award |
| 1999 |
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AIChE – Professional Progress Award |
| 1999 |
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University of Kentucky – Engineering Hall of Distinction |
| 1997 |
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National Academy of Engineering |
| 1995 |
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Paul H. Emmett Award – North American Catalysis Society |
| 1992 |
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American Chemical Society – Ipatieff Prize |
| 1990 |
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NSF – Alan T. Waterman Award (first engineer to win the award) |
| 1989 |
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International Zeolite Association – Donald Breck Award for the Most Significant Contribution to Molecular Sieve Science, 1986-1988 |
| 1989 |
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AIChE – Allan P. Colburn Award |
| 1989, 90, 91 |
Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award for Academic Achievements in Catalysis |
| 1985 |
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NSF – Presidential Young Investigator |
| 1985 |
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ASEE – Dow Outstanding Young Faculty |
Lectures:
| 2011 |
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Kavli Lecture, Materials Research Society |
| 2011 |
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Kendall-Mattox Lecture, Mayo Clinic |
| 2011 |
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John R. and Donna S. Hall Lecture, Vanderbilt University |
| 2011 |
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Ashton Carey Lecture, Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2010 |
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ACS – Stieglitz Lecture, University of Chicago |
| 2010 |
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Fralin-MII Visiting Scholar Lectures, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
| 2010 |
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Alumni Lectures, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| 2010 |
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Ginn Distinguished Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Auburn University |
| 2009 |
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Britton Chance Distinguished Lecture in Engineering & Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2009 |
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Edward Noble Kramer Distinguished Interdisciplinary Lecture, University of Wisconsin |
| 2009 |
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Robert L. Pigford Memorial Lecture, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware |
| 2009 |
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Donald L. Katz Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan |
| 2008 |
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AIChE – 60th AIChE Institute Lecture |
| 2008 |
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Frederickson Lecture, Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota |
| 2008 |
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R. H. Wilhelm Lectureship, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University |
| 2007 |
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Elkin Distinguished Investigator Cancer Lectureship, Emory School of Medicine |
| 2005 |
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Texas Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas |
| 2004 |
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Conoco Phillips Lectureship, Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University |
| 2004 |
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Tis Lahiri Memorial Seminar, Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University |
| 2002 |
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Yale Engineering Sesquicentennial Distinguished Lecturer & Tetelman Fellow Faculty of Engineering, Yale University |
| 2002 |
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Distinguished Research Lectureship, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University |
| 2002 |
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Kelly Lectureship, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University |
| 2002 |
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Reilly Lectureship, Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame |
| 2002 |
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Berkeley Lectures, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2002 |
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Patten Distinguished Lecture, Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 2000 |
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David Mason Lecture, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University |
| 1999 |
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Joe Smith Distinguished Lecture, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis |
| 1999 |
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American Chemical Society – Langmuir Lecture |
| 1999 |
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Julian C. Smith Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, Cornell University |
| 1999 |
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Margaret C. Etter Memorial Lectureship, Chemistry, University of Minnesota |
| 1997 |
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Hollingsworth Lectureship in Engineering, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1996 |
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Cross Canada Lecture Tour – Catalysis Division of The Chemical Institute of Canada |
| 1994 |
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Dexter F. Baker Distinguished Lectureship, Lehigh University |
| 1993 |
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G. C. A. Schuit Lecture, University of Delaware |
| 1993 |
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Miles Distinguished Lectureship, University of Pittsburgh |
| 1990 |
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Robert Vaughan Lectureship, California Institute of Technology |
Memberships:
| Professional |
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) |
Honorary |
Phi Eta Sigma |
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American Chemical Society (ACS) |
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Tau Beta Phi |
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
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Omega Chi Epsilon |
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National Academy of Engineering (NAE) |
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National Academy of Sciences (NAS) |
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Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) |
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Journal Editorships:
| 2011- |
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Editorial Board, Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids |
| 2010- |
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Editorial Board, Drug Delivery and Translational Research |
| 2010- |
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Editorial Board, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
| 2009- |
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Advisory Board, Silence |
| 2008- |
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Advisory Board, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics |
| 2005-2009 |
Advisory Board, Human Gene Therapy |
| 2004- |
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Advisory Board, Bioconjugate Chemistry |
| 2003-2006 |
Advisory Board, American Journal of Drug Delivery |
| 1999-2001 |
Advisory Board, Chemical and Engineering News |
| 1996-2000 |
Editor, Catalysis Technology (CaTTech) |
| 1996-1999 |
Associate Editor, Chemistry of Materials |
| 1995-1997 |
Associate Editor, AIChE Journal |
| 1995-1996 |
Editorial Board, Chemistry of Materials |
| 1994-2005 |
Editorial Board, Journal of Catalysis |
| 1994-2009 |
Editorial Board, Topics in Catalysis |
| 1994-2009 |
Editorial Board, Catalysis Letters |
| 1992- |
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Editorial Board, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials |
| 1992-1995 |
Editorial Board, AIChE Journal |
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