The Jordan Group

Richard F. Jordan

Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637 USA

Tel: 773-702-6429  Fax: 773-702-0805   Email: rfjordan@uchicago.edu

Personal

Born 6/29/53, Quincy, MA, USA;  Married; Karen Tracy Jordan; 3 children

Education
 
1981-1983      Postdoctoral Fellow; The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (with C. P. Casey)
1981                Ph.D., Chemistry; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (with J. R. Norton)
1975                B.A., High Honors; Chemistry, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ  

Professional Experience

 
1999-               Professor of Chemistry, The University of Chicago
1993-1999       Professor of Chemistry, The University of Iowa
1988-1992       Associate Professor of Chemistry, The University of Iowa
1988                Associate Professor of Chemistry, Washington State University
1983-1987       Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Washington State University
1975-1976       Research Chemist, ARCO Chemical Company, Glenolden, PA  

Awards and Professional Activities

 
2008                Lanxess-Therban Lecture, XXIII ICOMC, Rennes, France
2007                Invited Lecturer, Mitsui Symposium on Catalysis, Chiba, Japan
2006                Plenary Lecturer, 39th IDW, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
2006                NSF Inorganic/Bioinorganic/Organometallics Career Proposal Review Panel
2005                Visiting Professor, University of Rennes, Rennes France
2002                Frontiers in Chemistry Lectureship, University of Iowa
2002                Humphrey Lecturer, University of Vermont
2002                Organizer, Symp. on Recent Adv. in Organometallic Chem., Fall Nat. ACS Mtg.
2002-               Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
2000                Frontiers Lecturer, Case Western University
1999                Organizer, Symp. on Advances in Polymer Synthesis, Fall Nat. ACS Mtg.
1998                Akron Polymer Group Lecturer
1998                British Petroleum Lecturer, UK
1997-98           Chair-Elect and Chair, Organometallic Subdivision, Inorganic Division, ACS
1997-               Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Molecular Catalysis
1996-98           University of Iowa Faculty Scholar Award
1995-99           Board of Directors, The University of Iowa Research Foundation
1993-95           Editorial Advisory Board, Organometallics
1993                Frontiers Lecturer, Case Western University
1992                Organizer, Symposium on Chemistry of Electrophilic Metal Centers, Nat. ACS Mtg.
1992                Program Planning Committee, Gordon Conference on Organometallic Chemistry
1992                Professeur Invité, University of Rennes, Rennes, France
1989-1991       Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
1989, 1990      Union Carbide Research Innovation Awards
1975                Athenaeum Honor Society, Rutgers University
1975                American Institute of Chemists Student Award, Rutgers Un