Education

• B.S. Queens College of the City, University of New York, 1961
• Ph.D. Fordham University, 1966
• National Institutes Health Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University, 1965-1967

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Maryland, 1967
• Professor, University of Maryland, 1977
• Associate Chair of the Chemistry Department, 1979-82
• Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1982-89
• Acting Director of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 1985
• Deputy Director, 1986 to 1989.
• Acting Dean of the College of Chemical and Life Sciences and the College of Agriculture, 1989-92
• Dean of the College of Chemical and Life Sciences, 1992 - 2000

Research Interests

Synthetic and Mechanistic Photochemistry, Science Education

Major Recognitions and Honors

• NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 1965-1967
• University of Maryland Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1969
• Robert Rowan Award, 2001