Education
| Ph.D. |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Chemical Engineering |
1989 |
| B.S. (with High Distinction) |
University of Minnesota |
Chemical Engineering |
1984 |
| B.S. (with High Distinction) |
University of Minnesota |
Mathematics |
1984 |
Professional Experience
| UB Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
| Professor |
1999 |
| Associate Professor |
1995 |
| Assistant Professor |
1990 |
| Fulbright Scholar in the Russian Federation (Research award, Far-Eastern State Technical University , Vladivostok) |
May-June 2003 |
| Sabbatical leave as Gastdozent (guest of Professor Ulrich W. Suter), Department of Materials, Institute of Polymers, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich |
March-July 1999 |
| Sabbatical leave as visiting scientist, the Procter & Gamble Company, Miami Valley Laboratories, Cincinnati, OH |
1998-99 |
| Visitor (guest of Professor George K. Batchelor), Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England |
periodically over 1991-97 |
| NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England |
1989-90 |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
June-August 1989 |
Honors and Awards
| AIChE Professor of the Year Award, 2004-2005 |
2005 |
| Fulbright Scholar award in the Russian Federation |
2003 |
| AIChE Professor of the Year Award |
2002 |
| Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honor Society |
1997 |
| Teacher of the Year Award, Tau Beta Pi |
1997 |
| AIChE Professor of the Year Award |
1996 |
| SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
1995 |
| NSF Young Investigator Award |
1992 |
| NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship |
1989 |
Last Updated: October 2007
