Chemistry at Rochester - Chemistry - University of Rochester

1988
David G. Whitten, Chair
1991
Do w n t o w n Ro c h e s t e r, 2005
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s
• In 1989, hosted the First Annual Charles A. Dana Foundation Symposium
• Founding Director and driving force for the establishment of the NSF-sponsored Science and Technology
Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer, a collaborative effort between the Department, Eastman Kodak, and
Xerox. It was awarded in 1989 as one of eleven centers, the only one in chemistry in the US, and the first such
center in New York State. NSF funding renewed in 1991 for an additional five years of support at $9,600,000.
• In 1990, hosted the First Annual Symposium of the Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer, where 33 papers
and 35 posters were presented to 160 participants from around the world
• Shaul Mukamel becomes associate editor for Chemical Physics Letters in 1990, a position he holds to this day
• Grants from the Dana and Pew Foundations enabled new initiatives in undergraduate education
• Established new outreach programs to secondary school chemistry education
• The Department was one of the top ten chemistry departments in the country in the amount of federal
research funds per faculty member
• In 1991, was awarded the ACS Award in Colloid or Surface Chemistry for his work in monolayer assemblies
• Recruited Esther Conwell and Samir Farid as research professors; hired Eric Kool, whose appointment was the
first in bioorganic chemistry, and complemented the program in biophysical chemistry
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