Education
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Oxford, England 1974 - 1981
New College
D. Phil (1981) Inorganic Chemistry; B.A., M.A. (1978) Chemistry
Professional
EXXON RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY 1981 - 1983 Linden , New Jersey
Investigated structure-property relationships in a number of important zeolite catalyst molecular sieves.
AMOCO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1984 - 1994 Naperville , Illinois
Responsible for development of optical materials for use in new laser and optical amplifier products.
SPECTRAGEN, INC. 1994 - 2002
Des Plaines , Illinois
Founder and President
Obtained Illinois Technology Challenge Grant ($150,000) from State of Illinois for the development of the technology for growth of large-diameter, high-purity crystals for UV laser applications in semiconductor processing and surgery.
Obtained four Small Business Innovative Research Phase I awards ($60,000 - $80,000) from NSF and DOD for development of new optical materials for ultra-miniature solid-state lasers, high-power mid-IR lasers, high-efficiency, compact tunable lasers and eye-safe laser radar.
Academic
WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1998 – 2000 Sugar Grove , IL
Adjunct Faculty in Chemistry
Taught undergraduate level course: Chemistry 101 - Introduction to Chemical Laboratory
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE 1998 – Present
Glen Ellyn , Illinois
Faculty in Chemistry (since 2003); Adjunct Faculty in Chemistry (1998 – 2003)
Taught undergraduate level chemistry courses: Chemistry 085 (Basic Lab and Computation), Chemistry 105 (Contemporary Chemistry), Chemistry 111 (General Chemistry), Chemistry 151 (Principles of Chemistry); Chemistry 152 (Principles of Chemistry); Chemistry 153 (Principles of Chemistry). Now, of course, all these are in the semester numbering scheme. Recently I've added Honours versions of Chemistry 1551 and 1552.