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Professor James A. Dumesic

Steenbock Professor and Chair

~bio~

-contact-
dumesic@engr.wisc.edu
(608) 262-1095 (phone)
(608)-262-5434 (fax)

 -hometown-
Milwaukee, WI

-education-
Ph.D. -- Stanford University (Chemical Engineering, 1974)
M.S. -- Stanford University (Chemical Engineering, 1972)
B.S. -- University of Wisconsin (Chemical Engineering, 1971) 

 

--employment--

1/96 - present

Steenbock Professor

1/98 - 7/00

Chairman, UW Chemical Engineering Department

1/89 - 1996

Milton and Maude Shoemaker Professor

1/93 - 7/95

Chairman, UW Chemical Engineering Department

9/92 -12/92

Acting Chairman, UW Chemical Engineering Department

6/89 - 9/92

Associate Chairman, UW Chemical Engineering Dept.

6/82 - 12/88

Professor of Chemical Engineering

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison

6/79 - 6/82

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1/76 - 6/79

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison

9/75 - 12/75

U.S.-U.S.S.R. Exchange Fellow

 

Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, U.S.S.R

7/75 - 9/75

Research Consultant

 

Haldor Topsøe Research Laboratories, Vedbaek, Denmark

10/74 - 7/75

NATO Postdoctoral Fellow

 

Centre de CinÈtique Physique et Chimique,

 

Nancy, France

7/74 - 9/74

Research Associate

 

Stanford University

9/71 - 7/74

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow

 

Stanford University 

 

--Professional Associations/Society Memberships--

Associate Editor: Journal of Catalysis

Editorial Board:  Catalysis Letters

Editorial Board:  Applied Catalysis

Board of Directors: Virent Energy Systems

Advisory Board: NovoDynamics, Inc.

Past Editor:  Journal of Molecular Catalysis

 

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Chemical Society

North American Catalysis Society

Chicago Catalysis Society

 

--Awards and Honors--

1971

 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

1974

 NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship

1975

 U.S.U.S.S.R. Exchange Fellowship

1978

 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

1980

 Colburn Lecturer at the University of Delaware

1981

 Romnes Fellow at the University of Wisconsin

1983

 Colburn Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

1989

 Emmett Award of the North American Catalysis Society

1989

 UW-Polygon Award for Outstanding Teaching 

1994

 New York Catalysis Society Award for Excellence in Research

1995

 Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineers

1997

 Wilhelm Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

1998

 National Academy of Engineering

1999

 Parravano Award, Michigan Catalysis Society

2002

 Byron Bird Award for Excellence in Research, University of Wisconsin

2003

 Herman Pines Award, Chicago Catalysis Club

2003

 Scientific American Top 50 Technology Leaders of 2003

2004

 Wisconsin Technology Achievement Award

2004

 Cross Canada Lectureship Award of the Canadian Catalysis Society

 

 

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