CURRICULUM VITAE

MERCOURI G. KANATZIDIS

Professor

Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208

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

e-mail m-kanatzidis@northwestern.edu

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Associate, 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

EXPERIENCE

Present: Professor of Chemistry, Michigan State University.

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

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

11/85-6/87: Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University

8/84-10/85: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Chemical Society American Crystallographic Association

Materials Research Society American Association for Crystal Growth

Sigma Xi.

AWARDS

Presidential Young Investigator Award. National Science Foundation, 1989-1994.

Beckman Young Investigator, 1992-1994.

ACS Inorganic Chemistry Division Award: EXXON Junior Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry, 1990.

Alfred P. Sloan Fellow 1991-1993

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar 1993-1998

Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty 1998.

Sigma Xi 2000 Senior Meritorious Faculty Award.

University Distinguished Professor MSU 2001.

John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 2002

Alexander von Humboldt Prize, 2003.

Morley Medal, American Chemical Society, Cleveland Section, 2003.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND RECOGNITION

Editorial Advisory Board Chemistry of Materials, 1993-2000.

Editorial Advisory Board Inorganic Chemistry, 1994-1997.

Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Alloys and Compounds/

Editorial Advisory Board Bulletin Kor. Chem. Society.

Editorial Advisory Board Zeitschift f¸r anorganische und allgemeine Chemie.

Editor in Chief: Journal of Solid State Chemistry.

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

American Chemical Society, Div. of Chemical Education, Examinations Institute: 1996 and 2003 Inorganic Chemistry Committee.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Inorganic chemistry, Solid state and molecular chemistry of metal chalcogenides and other non-oxidic materials. Novel semiconductors. Conducting polymers. Intercalation chemistry. Bioinorganic chemistry.

US citizen