A. Dennis L. Lichtenberger
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The University of Arizona
Phone: (520) 621-4749
B. Fields of Specialization
Physical, inorganic, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry
Catalysis and electron transfer chemistry
Electronic structure and computational chemistry
Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Metal-metal and metal-ligand bonding
C. Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1974
Thesis: “Development of Theoretical and He(I) Photoelectron Methods for the Determination and Interpretation of the Electronic Structure of Large Molecules: Applications to Transition Metal Complexes”. Dissertation Director: Professor Richard F. Fenske
B.S., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1969
D. Academic and Professional Appointments
1987- Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson.
2010-2011 Chair-elect and Chair, Organometallic Subdivision of ACS-DIC
2008-2014 Associate Editor, Organometallics
1994-2002 Department Head, Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona
1992-1993 Acting Department Head, Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona
1982-1987 Associate Professor of Chemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson
1976-1982 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson
1974-1976 Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor T. L. Brown, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
E. Fellowships, Awards, and Honors
2017 Honored as Fellow of the Ameican Chemical Society (ACS)
2015 Honored as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2012 Honored as Fellow of the Galileo Circle, College of Science, The University of Arizona
2008 University Graduate and Professional Education Teaching and Mentoring Award, The University of Arizona
2006 Coates Lectureship, University of Wyoming
2004 Plenary Lecturer, Taller de Quimica Cinvestav, Mexico City
2003 Phi Lambda Upsilon Lecturer, Kansas State University
1996 Inorganic Alumni Symposium Lecturer, Indiana University
1994 Faculty of Science Distinguished Teaching Award, The University of Arizona
1990 Jack T. Spence Lecturer, Utah State University
1986 Welch Foundation Lecturer
1979-1983 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
1974 Eastman Kodak Scientific Award (Wisconsin)
1971-1974 National Defense Education Act Title IV Fellow
1970-1971 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
1970 Stauffer Chemical Company Fellow
F. Professional Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 1977)
American Chemical Society (since 1973)
Sigma Xi (since 1973)