Education
1992-1995, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Chicago (with R. Gomer)
1991, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Physical Chemistry (with P.L. Jones)
Thesis Title: “Electron-Stimulated Desorption from Aluminum Surfaces”
1985, Fellow, Phillips Petroleum Research Fellowship, The Ohio State University.
1985, B.S. (Magna Cum Laude), The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Chemistry and Mathematics (Double Major)
Professional and Academic Experience
2010-2016, Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
2006-Present, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell.
2002-2006, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell
1998-2002, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell
1995-1998, Senior Chemist, Nalco Chemical Company
1987-1992, Graduate Student, Materials Chemistry, Argonne National Laboratory
Professional Activities and Societies
2015-Present, Editor, Applied Surface Science
2009-2013, 2017-Present, Member of ACS Exams Committee for Physical Chemistry.
2000-Present, Member of the American Vacuum Society
1985-Present, Member of American Chemical Society
Research Areas