Education

 B.S., University of Texas, Jonathan Sessler (1996)
Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Kenneth N. Raymond (2000)
Postdoctoral Research, The Scripps Research Institute, Julius Rebek

Appointments

Current Lorry Lokey Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry

2020-2025 Team Lead and Co-PI, UO NSF NRT in Molecular Probes and Sensors

2018-2021 UO Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, Faculty Fellow

2018-2023, Bradshaw and Holzapfel Research Professor in Transformational Science and Mathematics

2018-current, Director, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon

2014-current Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Oregon

2011-current Executive Council, NSF Phase 2 CCI Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry

2010-2018 Associate Director, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon

2010-current Researcher, Oregon Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies (OR BEST)

2009-2014 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon

2009-current Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University

2008-2011 Co-PI, NSF CCI Center for Green Materials Chemistry (Director: D.A. Keszler)

2006-current Member, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon

2004-current Researcher, Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI)

2003-2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon

Honors and Awards

2019 National Academy of Inventors, Senior Member, inaugural class

2018 Bradshaw and Holzapfel Research Professorship in Transformational Science and Mathematics

2018 UO Faculty Research Mentor Award (Center for Undergraduate Research and Engagement)

2016 UO Research Innovation Commercialization Sustainability Award, for innovation in supramolecular chemistry now under development in the private sector

2016 UO Martin Luther King, Jr. Award

2016 Finalist, NPR Golden Mole Award for Accidental Brilliance in Science

2015 UO Innovation and Impact Research Award

2012 UO Fund for Faculty Excellence Award

2012 NSF Innovation Corps, “Best in Show” award (top team out of 24)

2011-2014 Scialog Fellow, Research Corporation for Science Advancement

2009 Distinguished Alumni Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin

2006 Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award

2006-2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award

2002-2003 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship

1996 Phi Beta Kappa 

1996 Texaco Scholarship 

1995 L.L. and Ethel Dean Grant for Research