Professional Service

  • Department of Energy. Role: Member. Review Panel for the Gas Phase Chemical Physics program at Argonne National Laboratory. 04/20/2022 - 04/22/2022
  • National Science Foundation. Role: Panelist. Panel Review. 02/11/2016 - 02/12/2016
  • National Science Foundation. Role: Panelist. Panel Review. 03/04/2015 - 03/04/2015

Internal Service

  • Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Masters of Science for Secondary School Teachers degree program. Member, 08/21/2023 - 11/30/2023. College service.
  • Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. Member, 07/01/2023 - 12/31/2023. Department service.
  • Tenured Faculty Review Committee. Chair, 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2023. Department service.
  • Public Engagement Committee. 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2024. Department service.
  • Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Subcommittee. Member, 05/01/2020 - 05/01/2021. Department service.
  • Teaching Assignment Advisory Committee. Physical Chemistry Member, 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2024. Department service.
  • Peer Teaching Mentoring Committee. Member, 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2024. Department service.
  • Peer-Teaching Mentoring Committee. Member, 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
  • Teaching Assignment Committee. Member, 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
  • College of Science Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. Member, 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2021. College service.
  • Faculty Workload Committee. Member, 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020. Department service.
  • Center for Science and Mathematics Education. Faculty Associate, 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2023. College service.
  • Undergraduate Education Committee. Chair, 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2019. Department service.
  • Executive Committee for Faculty Search in Discipline-Based Education Research in Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy, Mathematics, and Biology. Member, 07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019. College service.
  • Search Committee for Chemistry Education Research Faculty Member. Chair, 06/01/2018 - 06/30/2019. Department service.
  • Tenured Faculty Review Committee. Member, 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018. Department service.
  • Junior Faculty Mentoring Committee. Committee Member, 01/01/2017 - 06/30/2024. Department service.
  • Faculty Mentoring Committee. Subcommittee Chair, 07/01/2016 - 12/31/2020. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Education Committee. Chair, 07/01/2016 - 06/01/2019. Department service.
  • Admissions Standards & Degree Programs Committee. Member, 07/2014 - 07/2018. College service.
  • University Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee (UPTAC). 08/01/2013 - 06/15/2017. University service.
  • Technical Support Committee - Machine Shop. member, 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2016. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Education Committee. member, 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2016. Department service.
  • George Thomas Building Education Committee. Member, 08/01/2011 - 06/30/2013. College service.

Outreach

  • Workshop for High School Teachers of Advanced Placement Chemistry; Presentation on "Intermolecular Forces". 09/21/2019 - 09/21/2019
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of Advanced Placement Chemistry; Presentation on "Transition Metals". 09/29/2018 - 09/29/2018
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of Advanced Placement Chemistry; Presentation on "Acids and Bases". 04/07/2018 - 04/07/2018
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of Advanced Placement Chemistry; Presentation on "Modern Materials". 09/23/2017 - 09/23/2017
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of Advanced Placement Chemistry; Presentation on "Molecular Orbital Theory". 04/22/2017 - 04/22/2017
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of AP Chemistry "Electrochemistry". 09/24/2016 - present
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of AP Chemistry "Kinetics". 04/02/2016 - present
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of AP Chemistry "Equilibrium". 09/19/2015 - present
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of AP Chemistry "Entropy". 03/28/2015 - 03/28/2015
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of AP Chemistry "Chemical Bonding". 09/20/2014 - 09/20/2014
  • Workshop for High School Teachers of AP Chemistry "Photoelectron Spectroscopy". 09/21/2013 - 09/21/2013

Honors & Awards

  • Promotion to the rank of Distinguished Professor. University of Utah, 07/01/2023
  • Award for Fostering Undergraduate Research Excellence. College of Science, University of Utah, 05/19/2021
  • William F. Meggers Award for outstanding work in spectroscopy. Optical Society of America, 09/16/2019
  • William W. Epstein Outstanding Educator Award. Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 05/2014
  • Certificate of Reviewing Excellence for 2013. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 01/01/2014
  • named as one of the top 20 reviewers of the year. Journal of Chemical Physics, 12/2011
  • Election as Fellow. American Physical Society, 12/2004
  • William W. Epstein Outstanding Educator Award. Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 05/2001
  • Distinguished Teaching Award. University of Utah, 05/07/1999
  • Student's Choice Award for Excellence in Teaching. Associated Students of the University of Utah, 04/1998
  • Distinguished Research Award. University of Utah, 06/13/1997
  • Election as Fellow. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 12/1993
  • Robert W. Parry Teaching Award. Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 04/1991
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Chemistry Student Advisory Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 04/1990
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Chemistry Student Advisory Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 04/1987

Affiliations

  • American Physical Society (APS), Fellow, 06/01/2004 - present
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow, 06/01/1993 - present
  • American Chemical Society (ACS), Member, 10/01/1985 - present