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CURRICULUM VITAE

MERCOURI G. KANATZIDIS

Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208

Tel. 847-467-1541 FAX 847-491-5937




EXPERIENCE

Present: Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University. Senior Scientist Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Argonne, IL.

7/93-8/06: Professor of Chemistry, Michigan State University.

7/91-6/93: Associate Professor, Michigan State University.

7/87-6/91: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University.

EDUCATION Postdoctoral Fellow, 1987, Northwestern University

Postdoctoral Associate, 1985, University of Michigan

Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, 1984, University of Iowa

B.S. Chemistry, November 1979, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

AWARDS

  • Presidential Young Investigator Award. National Science Foundation, 1989-1994.
  • ACS Inorganic Chemistry Division Award: EXXON Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry, 1990.
  • Beckman Young Investigator, 1992-1994.
  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow 1991-1993
  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar 1993-1998
  • Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty Award 1998.
  • Sigma Xi 2000 Senior Meritorious Faculty Award.
  • University Distinguished Professor MSU 2001.
  • John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow 2002
  • Alexander von Humboldt Prize, 2003.
  • Morley Medal, American Chemical Society, Cleveland Section, 2003.
  • Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Northwestern University 2006

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND RECOGNITION

Editorial Advisory Board Inorganic Chemistry, 1994-1998.

Editorial Advisory Board Chemistry of Materials, 1993-2000.

Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Editorial Advisory Board Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie.

Editorial Advisory Board Bulletin Kor. Chem. Society.

Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Chairman Solid State Chemistry Subdivision, American Chemical Soc 1998-1999.

Organizer Solid State Chemistry Gordon Conference 2008.

American Chemical Society, Div. of Chemical Education, Examinations Institute Cmte: 1996 and 2003 Inorganic Chemistry Committee. DOE Panel member to Review the Materials Chemistry and Physics Program at Ames Lab, Iowa State University, 2005.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Chemical Society American Crystallographic Association

Materials Research Society American Association for Crystal Growth Sigma Xi

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Inorganic chemistry, Solid state and molecular chemistry of metal chalcogenides. Conducting polymers. Intercalation chemistry. Bioinorganic chemistry.

Birth Date: 1957 US citizen web: http://chemgroups.northwestern.edu/kanatzidis/