Positions
Ohio State University, 09/05-present
Department of Chemistry
Professor
CNRS, Orléans, France 9/05-8/06
Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux à Haute Température
Visiting Professor, Le Studium Researcher
Ohio State University, 10/99-9/05
Department of Chemistry
Associate Professor
Ecole Normale Superiore, Lyon, France 6/99-9/99
Laboratoire de Stereochimie et des Interactions
Moleculaires
Visiting Professor
Ohio State University, 10/93-9/99
Department of Chemistry
Assistant Professor
University of California at Berkeley, 1/89-6/93
Department of Chemistry
Director: Professor Alexander Pines
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Education
Ph.D., 1989, Physical Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thesis: High Pressure 13C NMR Studies of
Dynamics in Disordered Systems
Thesis Advisor: Professor Jiri Jonas
B.S., 1982, M.S., 1984, Chemistry, cum laude
West Virginia University
Thesis: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of Hg(I)
and Tl(II) in KH2PO4-type Compounds
Thesis Advisor: Professor Nar S. Dalal
Honors/Recognitions
Council Member of the International Society of Magnetic
Resonance, 2008-2011
National Science Foundation Creativity Extension Award,
2004.
Editorial Board of Solid State NMR, 2002-present
National Science Foundation CAREER Award 1995-98.
National Institute of Health postdoctoral fellow, 1990-92.
Funding
National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-0616881)
"NMR Methods for Determining Structure in Oxide Glasses",
$555,000, September 1, 2006 -August 31, 2010
National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-0432714)
"New NMR Methods for Investigating the Structure of
Inorganic Oxide Glasses",
NSF Creativity Extension Award,
$290,000, August 1, 2004 - July 31, 2006
National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-0111109)
"New NMR Methods for Investigating the Structure of
Inorganic Oxide Glasses",
$338,500, August 15, 2001 - July 31, 2004.
Department of Energy
"Immobilization of Radionuclides in the Hanford Vadose Zone
by Incorporation in Solid Phases",
co-PI with Sam Traina (OSU), Gordon Brown (Stanford
University), and Calvin C. Ainsworth (Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory)
$1,139,000, ($208,000 to PJG) Oct. 1999 - Sept. 2003.
National Science Foundation (NSF CHE-9807498)
"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Studies of the
Structure of Silicate Glasses",
$309,900, August 15, 1998 - July 31, 2001.
Undergraduate Student Instructional Technologies
Facilities (UTS)
"An Extensible Electronic Chemistry Study Resource"
$56,500, 6/1/97-5/31/99
co-PI with C.W. Mathews, C.M. Hadad, G.C. McBane, A.B.
McCoy, S.J. Singer, R.J. Tatz
Ohio Board of Regents
"Center for Materials Research Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Facility'',
$320,000 Grant, 8/95,
co-PI w ith Charles Pennington (OSU, Physics)
Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society
"Solid-State NMR Investigations of Structural Order and
Disorder in Silicate Glasses",
$20,000, 1/1/96-8/31/98.
Batelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs
(BETHA):
"An Extensible Electronic Chemistry Study Resource"
$53,280, 9/1/96 - 8/31/98
Co-PI with C.W. Mathews, C.M. Hadad, G.C. McBane, A.B.
McCoy, S.J. Singer, R.J. Tatz
National Science Foundation (NSF CAREER CHE-9501827)
"Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic
Investigations of the Structure of Silicate Glasses",
$220,500, 5/1/95-4/31/98.
