MARC D PORTER portrait
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • Adjunct Professor, Chemistry
  • Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Professor, Chemistry
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Professional Service

  • NSF. Role: Proposal revewer. Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Review Panel . 03/01/2021 - 03/02/2021
  • NIH. Role: Proposal reviewer. Interdisciplinary Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Panel (SBIR/STTR). 07/09/2020 - 07/10/2020
  • NIH. NIH/NCI Special Emphasis Review Panel on Innovative Molecular and Cellular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (June 27-28, 2019) . 06/27/2019 - 02/28/2020
  • NIH. Role: Review Panel Member. SBIR Review Panel: AIDS Research Review Branch. 01/05/2017 - 01/17/2017
  • University of Arkansas . Role: Chair. Onsite External Review, University of Arkansas Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Microelectronics-Photonics . 09/05/2014 - present
  • National Institutes of Health . Role: Review Committee Member. Enabling Bioanalytical and Imaging Technologies Study Section, Center for Scientific Review . 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2018
  • American Chemical Society. Role: Organizer, presiding official. Conjugation of biomolecules to interfaces and nanomaterials, Symposium, 246th National ACS Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, September 8-12, 2013. 09/2013 - 09/2013
  • National Institutes of Health. Reviewer, Fellowship: Oncological Sciences, Group ZRG1 F09B-P 20, September 2013. 09/2013 - 09/2013
  • American Chemical Society. Role: Organizer, presiding official. Nanotechnology Meets Advanced Diagnostics, Symposium, 246th Annual ACS National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, September 12, 2013. 09/2013 - 09/2013
  • National Science Foundation. Role: Judge. 2013 IGERT Student Poster and Video Competition. 04/2013 - 05/2013
  • American Chemical Society. Role: Organizer, presiding official. Characterization of Interfaces, Symposium, 245th National ACS Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013. 04/2013 - 04/2013
  • National Science Foundation. Role: Reviewer. CAREER Panel for the Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry Program. 10/2012 - 10/2012
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Reviewer. Small Business: Clinical Neurophysiology, Devices, Neuroprosthetics, and Biosensors. 10/2012 - 10/2012
  • Canadian Foundation for Innovation. Role: Reviewer. 2012 Leading Edge & New Initiatives Funds Expert Review Committee Member. 06/2012 - 06/2012
  • NASA. Role: Reviewer. NASA Early Career Faculty Technology Area 06: Human Health, Life Support and Habitation Systems Panel Review. 06/2012 - 06/2012
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Reviewer. 2012 NIH-NIAID Predictive Biodosimetry: Discovery and Development of Biomarkers for Acute and Delayed Radiation Injuries . 03/2012 - 03/2012
  • PITTCON. Role: Symposium organizer. Symposium Organizer: Role of Analytical Sciences in Human Exploration of Space, PITTCON 2011, Atlanta, GA . 03/2011 - 03/2011
  • PITTCON. Role: Symposium Co-Organizer. Symposium Co-Organizer: Nanotechnology and Infectious Disease, PITTCON 2011, Atlanta, GA. 03/2011 - 03/2011
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Reviewer. NIH NIAID Review Committee Member, ZAI1 BLG-M(M2) Partnership for Next Generation Biodefense Diagnostics. 02/2011 - 02/2011
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Chair. NIH NIAID Review Committee Chair, ZAI1 BLG-M (m3) Partnership for Next Generation Biodefense Diagnostics. 02/2011 - 02/2011
  • American Chemical Society. Role: Continuing Symposium Chair. Division of Colloidal and Interfacial Science. 01/2011 - present
  • American Chemical Society. Role: Committee Member. Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Programming Committee Member-at-Large, 2011-2016. 01/2011 - 12/2016
  • Society of Applied Spectroscopy. Role: Committee Member 2011-2014; Chair 2013. Awards Committee 2011-2014; Committee Member, 2011-2014; Chair, 2013. 01/2011 - 12/2014
  • Department of Energy. Role: Reviewer. DOE-PNNL 2011 Program Review: Electrochemically-modulated separation 2011. 01/2011 - 12/2011
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Reviewer. NIH-NAIAD Peer Review Panel, Improved Diagnostic Capabilities for Select Biodefense and Emerging Pathologies. 01/2011 - 12/2011
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Reviewer. NIH SBIR Peer Review Panel - Emerging Technologies and Training in Neurosciences. 01/2011 - 12/2011
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Reviewer. NIH SBIR Peer Review Panel - Emerging Technologies and Training in Neurosciences. 01/2011 - 12/2011
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Chair. Biodefense Diagnostics 2011 - NIH-NAIID Special Emphasis Panel, Partnership for the Next Generation Biodefense Diagnostics. 01/2011 - 12/2011
  • ACS. Role: Symposium Co-Chair. Symposium Co-Chair: “Frontiers in Nanoparticle and Nanoporous Materials”, 237th National ACS Meeting, Spring 2009, Salt Lake City, UT, March 22-26, 2009, with Jennifer Shumaker-Parry and Chuan-Jian Zhong. 03/22/2009 - 03/26/2009

Internal Service

  • Internal Department Review Committee: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (March 22, 2019). 03/29/2019 - present. University service.
  • Chemistry Department Executive Committee - Analytical Representative. Member, 07/01/2017 - present. College service.
  • Department of Chemistry Tenured Faculty Review Committee. Member, 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018. Department service.
  • Committee to draft a new TFR policy for COE. Ad hoc member, 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018. College service.
  • Department of Chemistry Retention, Promotion & Tenure Committee. Ad hoc member, 01/01/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Analytical Chemistry Graduate Student Recruitment and Review Committee. Member, 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017. Department service.
  • Department of Chemistry Seminar and Colloquium Committee . Committee Member , 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2016. Department service.
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Strategic Planning Committee . Ad Hoc Committee Member , 04/01/2014 - present. Department service.
  • Meldrum Chair Search Committee - Chemical Engineering. Committee Member, 10/2013 - 01/2016. Department service.
  • SEED grant - VPR. Reviewer, 02/2013 - 02/2013. University service.
  • Research Misconduct Investigation Committee . Committee Member, 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2014. College service.
  • Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building Management Committee. Committee Member, 02/2012 - 01/2016. Department service.
  • College of Engineering Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. Committee Member 2011-2014; Chair 2013, 01/2011 - present. College service.
  • Analytical Chemistry Graduate Student Recruitment and Review Committee. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010. Department service.
  • Keck Advancement Committee. 01/01/2009 - 01/2016. University service.
  • Chemical Engineering Faculty Search Committee. 2007 - present. Department service.
  • Neuroscience and Biomedical Technology (USTAR) Design and Building Committee. 2007 - present. Department service.
  • Microfab/Nanofab Executive Committee. 2007 - present. University service.
  • Entrepreneurial Faculty Advisor for “Community of Faculty Entrepreneurs”. 2007 - present. University service.
  • USTAR NanoBioSensor Faculty Search Committee . Chair, 2007 - present. University service.
  • Chemistry Department Executive Committee. Analytical Chemistry representative, 2007 - present. Department service.
  • Chemistry Department Faculty Search Committee. 01/2007 - 12/2016. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • Foundation Board of Trustees. Wright State University, 09/09/2021
  • Fellow. American Assocaition for the Advancement of Science , 03/13/2021
  • Fellow (FRSC). Royal Society of Chemistry, 02/03/2021
  • Distinguished Professor. University of Utah, 05/01/2020
  • Top %5 Certificate of Highly Cited Authors (Royal Society of Chemistry). 06/27/2019
  • University of Utah Celebrate U: Top Entrepreneur. 06/01/2019
  • 2018 SAS Applied Spectroscopy Editors’ Choice Paper (see publication 235). 06/01/2019
  • University of Utah Celebrate U: Research Achievement Honoree. 07/01/2018
  • University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award. 04/02/2018
  • 2010 ANACHEM Award; ANACHEM Award Session Honoring Marc D. Porter. Association of Analytical Chemists (ANACHEM), 11/03/2011
  • Alumni Achievement Award. Wright State University, 01/2006
  • Extrinsic Raman Labels. R & D 100 , 01/2003
  • McElvain Lecturer- elected by graduate students. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 01/2002
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences Mid-Career Award for Research and Creativity. Iowa State University, 01/2002
  • Wright Brothers Medal received for "Novel Approaches to the Construction of Miniaturized Analytical Instrumentation". Society of Aeronautical Engineers (SAE), 05/1993
  • New Faculty Award. Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburg, 05/1987

Outreach

  • Nano Days 2013 - Nano science demonstrations and activities at the Museum of Natural History. 03/23/2013 - 03/24/2013

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