Nanomaterials

Transition, Rare Earth, and Main Group Chemistry

Inorganic Materials

Actinide Chemistry and Materials (uranium, thorium, etc.)

Spectroscopy Related to Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

Catalysts

Thin Films

Crystals (large and small)

Photonic Materials

Inorganic Polymers

Surfaces of Materials and Surface Modification

Inorganic/Organic Complexes

Inorganic Electronic Materials

Semiconductors and Superconductors

Panel Member, National Academy of Sciences Panel on the
Management of Nuclear Materials-Homeland Security Issues

National Chairman, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (I & EC)
Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

Head, Materials Chemistry Secretariat, I & EC Division,
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Student Research & Mentoring

Sigma Xi Research Award and Traineeship, University of Houston

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University

Miller Fellow (Chemistry), University of California, Berkeley

Outstanding Mentor Award for Undergraduate Research, U. S. Department of Energy

Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (London)

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Ph.D., University of Houston

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University

Miller Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Calfornia, Berkeley

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Materials Research Society (MRS)

Royal Society of Chemistry (London) (RSC, London)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS)

Coblentz Society

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

Society of Sigma Xi