Bruce E. Bursten

Born: Chicago, raised in Milwaukee

Education: S.B. in chemistry, with honors, University of
Chicago, 1974; Ph.D. in chemistry, University of
Wisconsin--Madison, 1978

Career progression: Ohio State University Assistant
Professor of Chemistry 1980; Distinguished University Professor,
1997; Chair, Department of Chemistry, October 1999-October
2003

University of Tennessee: appointed Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences, September 2005

Research Interests: Inorganic chemistry, focusing on the
correlation of theoretical and experimental electronic structural
data with the bonding and reactivity patterns of metal-containing
molecules

Publications and presentations: Author or coauthor of
more than 150 research papers; coauthor of leading general
chemistry textbook, Chemistry, the Central Science; presenter of
more than 150 research seminars at national laboratories, private
companies, and universities

Professional Honors: Camille and Henry Dreyfus
Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award, 1984; OSU Alumni Award for
Distinguished Teaching , 1982 & 1996; OSU Distinguished Scholar
Award, 1990; American Chemistry Council's Catalyst Award, a
national award for teachers of chemistry, 2001; OSU Faculty
Award for Distinguished University Service, 2002; Spiers Medal
and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom,
2003; Morley Medal from the American Chemical Society
Cleveland Section, 2005

Holder of several elected offices in the American Chemical Society
Division of Inorganic Chemistry, including chairmanship, 2001.

Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1985

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
2004

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