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PhD, Zhejiang University (2019)
Postdoc, Utah state University (2021)
Ronghui Shao is a final-year undergraduate student from Nankai University, where she is pursuing a degree in Chemistry. Currently, she is working as a Visiting Student Intern in the Norton Lab, a position she has held since last summer. Throughout her time at the lab, she has gained valuable hands-on experience in her field of study. Outside of her academic and research pursuits, Ronghui enjoys exploring the city and discovering new places. Her curiosity and passion for learning continue to drive her both in and outside of the laboratory.
M.Sc., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020)
B.Sc., University of Ilorin (Nigeria, 2016)
Love Patel is an undergraduate student at Columbia University majoring in Biomedical Engineering, with minors in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Philosophy, and Political Science. Passionate about the intersections of science, technology, and society, he plans to pursue graduate and professional studies in law, medicine, business, and engineering after graduation.
He is a Gates Scholar and has been recognized with several prestigious fellowships, including the Guthikonda Fellowship and the Société de Chimie Industrielle Summer Fellowship. Love is actively involved in various academic and professional organizations on campus, including Columbia Undergrad Law Review (CULR), Youth for Debate (YFD), Engineers Without Borders (EWB), and the Residence Hall Leadership Organization (RHLO), among others.
Outside of academics, he enjoys cooking, taking long walks, having deep philosophical discussions, and constantly exploring new ideas.
Education
B.A. Chemistry - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1967
Ph.D. Chemistry - (J.P. Collman) Stanford University, Stanford, CA 1972
Postdoctoral Chemistry - (J. Lewis) Univ. Chemical Lab., Cambridge, England, 1972
Research Interests
Mechanisms of organometallic and inorganic reactions; applications of organometallics to organic synthesis and catalysis; organometallic and bioinorganic proton transfer reactions; use of metalloradicals to control free-radical polymerizations; one-electron chemistry of Lewis acids.
Professional Experience
- 1973-1979 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University
- 1979-1981 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University
- 1981-1997 Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University
- 1997-Present Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University
Honors and Lectureships
- NSF Graduate Fellow, 1967-1971
- NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 1972
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher - Scholar, 1976
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1977-1981
- Innovation Recognition Award, Union Carbide, 1985
- Esso Distinguished Lecturer, U. of Toronto, March 1987
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1989
- Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists, 1993
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship for 1997
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, 1999
- Lee Lecturer, University of Chicago, 2001
- Frontiers Lectures, Texas A&M, 2002
- ACS Organometallic Chemistry Award, 2005
- Sierra Nevada Distinguished Chemist, Sierra Nevada ACS, 2006
- Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 2013
Consultantships
- FMC Corporation, 1976-1979
- Union Carbide, 1979, 1990-2000
- Tennessee Eastman, 1979-1990
Memberships
- External Review Committee, Chemistry Dept., U. of Colorado (Boulder), 1984
- External Review Committee, Solar Energy Research Institute, 1985
- Committee for ACS Inorganic Chemistry Examination, 1985
- Editorial Advisory Board, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 1986-88
- Executive Committee (Treasurer), Division of Inorganic Chemistry, ACS, 1988-1991
- Special Reviewer, Metallobiochemistry Study Section, NIH, January 1989
- Member, Review Committee for the Chemical Sciences Program at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, March 1990
- Editorial Advisory Board, Organometallics, 1990-1994
- AFOSR Chemical Sciences Review Panel, National Research Council, 1991
- Canvassing Committee for the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry, 1990-1993
- Canvassing Committee for the Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry, 1994-1997
- Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Center for Enviornmentally Beneficial Catalysis in Lawrence, Kansas (member since 2008)
Other Activities
- Associate Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1992-2003