SEMINAR 
The State Key Lab of 
High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure 
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
中 国 科 学 院 上 海 硅 酸 盐 研 究 所 高 性 能 陶 瓷 和 超 微 结 构 国 家 重 点 实 验 室 

　　Simple Molecules and Simple Chemistry Yield Complex Materials Through Self-Assembly  

　　Speaker 

　　Prof. Richard Weiss 

　　Georgetown University 

　　时间：10月16日 （星期三）上午9:30 

　　地点：2号楼607会议室 

联系人：  黄 晓    研究员 

Richard G. Weiss 

　　(i) Professional preparation:

　　                            Brown University, Chemistry, Sc.B., 1965  

　　                            University of Connecticut, Chemistry, M.S., 1967  

　　                            University of Connecticut, Organic Chemistry, Ph.D., 1969  

　　                            California Institute of Technology, Photochemistry, Research Fellow, 1969-71  

　　(ii) Appointments: Professor of Chemistry, 1986-present, Georgetown University (1974-1980, Asst.  Prof.; 1981-1986, Assoc. Prof.) 

　　Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (1971-74); official mentor of 3 PhD and 1 MS students  

　　(iii)Sabbatical appointments: 

　　Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2014) 

　　Visiting Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013) 

　　Visiting Professor, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica (2009) 

　　Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, Kanpur, India (2006) 

　　Visiting Professor, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan (2006)  

　　Visiting Professor, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (2006)  

　　Visiting Professor, Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (1997-98)  

　　Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (1989-90, 1998)  

　　Visiting Professor, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France (1982)  

　　Visiting Professor, Université de Bordeaux I, Talence, France (1982)  

　　Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mulheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany (1981) 

　　(iv) Fellowships and awards 

　　National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship (1969-71) 

　　National Academy of Sciences Overseas Fellowship (1971-74) 

　　Sigma Xi 

　　DAAD stipend, Germany (1981-82) 

　　CNRS stipend, France (1982) 

　　Fulbright Research Fellowship from the Indo-U.S. Subcommission on Education and Culture (1989-90) 

　　Fulbright Research Fellowship (1998) 

　　Honor Professor, Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China  (1998) 

　　Foreign Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2002) 

　　Career Research Award, Georgetown University (2002) 

　　Fellow, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2008) 

　　Doctor honoris causa, Universite Bordeaux 1, Bordeaux, France (2009) 

　　Award for Patent, Georgetown University (2011) 

　　Charles L. Gordon Award for service to chemistry, Chemical Society of Washington (2012) Visiting Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientist (2013) 

　　Pfizer Visiting Professorship (2014) 

　　(v) Most important service to community:  

　　European Photochemical Association (US Treasurer, 1983-9) 

　　Primary science/education consultant (one of 2) for the World Bank loan project PADCT  (Program for the Support and Development of Science and Technology); lesser involvement with loans to The Philippines, and India (1983-91)  

　　Secretary/Treasurer of GU Chapter: American Association of University Professors (1987-9) 

　　Member: Latin American Task Force for the American Chemical Society (2000-4) 

　　Fulbright Commission (Disciplinary Advisory Committee for Fulbright awards in chemistry; member 1992-5; chair 1993-5) 

　　Advisory board member: Inter-American Photochemical Society (1996-8) 

　　International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Titular Member, Commission on Photochemistry, 1996-9; Secretary, 1997-99; Chair, 2000-01) 

　　Member (one of two representatives from the Inter-American Photochemical Society): Inter-Society (I- APS) Committee on the Practice of Photosciences (2003-4) 

　　Member: Long-Range Planning, Chemical Society of Washington (2007-8) 

　　Member: Awards Committee of the Chemical Society of Washington (2008-present) 

　　Speaker and panelist: Chemical Society of Washington Career Development Workshop for Chemists, Washington, DC, 2011. 

　　Member (one of 7): International Advisory Committee: “Nucleo de Apoio a Pesquisa em Tecnologia Fotoquimica (a multi-institutional research consortium in Brazil) (2011-present) 

　　Founding member: "Global Instruments Partners Program", American Chemical Society 

　　Issue Organizer (with Carl C. Wamser): Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences memorial issue for George S. Hammond (Vol 5, issue 10, 2006). 

　　Symposium-in-Print Editor (with Frank H. Quina): Photochemistry and Photobiology issue on "Time-Resolved Techniques in Photochemistry, Photophysics and Photobiology" (Vol 65, issue 1, 1997).  

　　Book Editor (with Pierre Terech) Molecular Gels. Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks; Springer: Dordrecht, 2006.  

　　Issue Editor: Langmuir special issue on "Molecular and Polymer Gels: Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks" (Vol 25, issue 15, 2009).

　　Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society (2000-present) 

　　Senior Editor, Langmuir (2004-present); Editorial Advisory Board (1999-2004). 

　　(vi) Meetings organized: 

　　Co-organizer: VIII Inter-American Photochemical Society Conference, Iguacu, Brazil, May 1996, (co-organizer in Brazil: Frank Quina) 

　　Member: Scientific Committee "Self-Assembled Fibrillar networks" (SAFIN), Autran, France,  November 2001. 

　　Organizing Committee member: XVII Inter-American Photochemical Society Meeting in Salvador, Brazil, June 2006. 

　　Organizer: “Polymeric and Self Assembled Gels” (a 2 week summer school), International Center for Materials Research, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 5-17 August 2007 (co-organizer: Pierre Terech).  

　　Organizer: “Indo-U.S. Conference/Workshop on Self-Assembled Fibrillar Gels”, Trivandrum,India, January 2011 (funded by Indo-US Science & Technology Forum; co-organizer in India: Uday Maitra). 

　　Organizing committee member for Materials Research Society (MRS) symposium, "Synthetic  and Biological Gels", Boston, Nov 2011.  

　　US Organizer: "Opening Scientific Doors: Exploration of Potential Areas for Collaboration in  Chemistry and Physics", Bangalore, India, 5-7 January 2012   

　　Local Organizing Committee: American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS) 2012, Washington, DC, June 2012. 

　　(vii) memberships 

　　Chemists Without Borders 

　　American Chemical Society 

　　RadTech International 

　　AAUP 

　　Inter-American Photochemical Society 

　　Fulbright Association 

　　(viii) scientific publications and presentations (h-index 43 according to the Web of Science) 

　　more than 280 published articles 

　　more than 470 presentations at conferences and universities