Education:

B.S., University of Illinois, 1959
M.S.E., Princeton University, 1960
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1962
Postdoctoral Study, University of Grenoble, France, 1962-1963

Professional Experience:

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
    Professor, 1975-1988
    Chairman, 1975-1985
    Member, Center for Advanced Studies, 1985-1986
    Wills Johnson Professor, 1988-

Manager, Division of Air Pollution Control, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 1974-1975

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
    Assistant Professor, 1963-1969
    Associate Professor, 1969-1975

Professional Registration:

Registered Professional Engineer, State of Illinois 62-33460

Scholastic and Professional Honors:

R. H. Wilhelm Award, AIChE, 1991
Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Prize, 1989
Honorary Professor, East China University of Science and Technology, appointed 1995.
Fulbright Fellowships: France (1962-1963); Germany (1982-1983)
Diplomate, American Academy of Environmental Engineers
Who's Who in the World, in America, in Engineering, in the South and Southwest, in Frontier Science and Technology
American Men and Women of Science
International Who's Who in Engineering
Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Sigma Tau; Phi Kappa Phi

Professional Activities:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Chemical Society
American Society for Engineering Education
Electrochemical Society

Technical meeting session chair: AIChE (1972, 1973, 1974(2), 1990, 1991(2), 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998); AIChE-VTG (1974); Heat Transfer Conference (1967); ACS (1981).

Gordon Conferences: Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems: Session organizer, 1985, 1997; Vice-chairman, 1991; Co-chairman, 1994.

AIChE: Air Technical Section Vice-Chairman in Charge of Programming, 1972-1974; Chairman, 1975-1976; Air Task Force, 1979-1982. National Program Committee, 1975-1976

Workshop on Synchronization of Chaotic Systems, Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, July 2-4, 2000. Co-chair. AIChE, Education and Accreditation Committee, 1987 to present; accreditation visitor, 1982-present.

Air Quality Transportation Research Board, 1981-1987.

Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Discipline Screening Committee for Fulbright Senior Scholar Awards in Engineering, 1983-1986.

National Science Foundation: Committee of Visitors, CTS, 2000; Presidential Young Investigators Program Advisory Panel, 1988; Advisory Panel on Specialty Chemicals, 1988; Several grant review panels.

McGraw-Hill Advisory Panel in Chemical Engineering, 1968-1969 Board of Advisors, Heterogeneous Chemistry Reviews, Wiley, 1992-1997.

Advisory Council, UNILAB Research Center of Chemical Reaction Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 1990-present.

Editorial Board, CHAOS: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, American Institute of Physics, 1996-present.

Scientific Advisory Board (Fachbeirat), Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, 1999-2004.