EDUCATION
B. S. Chemistry and Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1973
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Research Advisor: S. F. Nelsen, 1977
Postdoc 1977-79 Texas Christian University, Advisor: P. D. Bartlett
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Professor of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, 1989-present
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, 1985-1989
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, 1979-1985
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, Research Advisor: P. D. Bartlett, 1977-1979
Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, July 1, 1996-June 30, 1999 and July 1, 2005-June 30, 2012
SABBATICALS
Spring 1990, University of California Los Angeles; worked in the laboratories of Professor Chris Foote.
Fall 1999, University of Wyoming
OTHER POSITIONS
Program Officer Organic Dynamics, National Science Foundation, Washington D. C., 1991-1992
HONORS
George Duke Humphrey Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Wyoming, 2014
Member of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Foundation Advisory Board 2013-
Member Editorial Board for the Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 2009-
Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for Research in Japan (Short Term), 2001.
Presidential Achievement Award, Univ. of Wyoming 1992
A&S Special Merit for Research 1991, 1994
Faculty Development Committee, Faculty Growth Awards, 1983
Summer Faculty Development Award, 1983
Summer Faculty Development Award, 1982
