MICHAEL GRUENWALD portrait
  • Associate Professor, Chemistry

Internal Service

  • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. 01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • College of Science Curriculum Committee. 01/2022 - present. College service.
  • College of Science Council. 07/2020 - present. College service.
  • Graduate Education Committee. 06/2020 - 12/2021. Department service.
  • Co-Director, Chemistry REU. 09/2019 - present. Department service.
  • Graduate Admissions. Chair, 07/2019 - 06/2022. Department service.
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. 07/2019 - 06/2020. Department service.
  • TEP Faculty Search Committee. 01/2018 - 01/2019. Department service.
  • Braunschweig exchange program. 01/2017 - present. Department service.
  • UROP proposal reviewer. 01/2017 - present. University service.
  • CHPC User Council. 01/28/2015 - 10/2019. Other service.
  • Seed Grant reviewer. 01/2015 - present. University service.

Community Partnership

  • Computational Chemistry workshops for high school students at the “Science Day at the U”. 11/12/2016 - present
  • Research presentation at a downtown Salt Lake City pub in the context of the “Science Night Live” outreach program of the College of Science. 09/28/2016 - present
  • Chemistry workshop “A mole of marshmallows” at a local preschool in Salt Lake City. 02/01/2016 - present

Honors & Awards

  • R. W. Parry Teaching Award. Department of Chemistry, 05/2021
  • Career Award. National Science Foundation, 12/2019