EDUCATION:

B.S., Chemistry, St. Mary's College, Winona, Minnesota, 1967

Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1972

Thesis: "I. Orbital Interpretation and Properties of the Four Lowest Molecular States of BH; II. Gas Phase Reactions of Fluoromethyl Cations with Ethylene and Benzene".

            Advisor: William A. Goddard, III

EXPERIENCE:

1972-1973              Presidential Intern, Brookhaven National Laboratories

1973-1974              National Research Council Associate, Chemistry Department,  

                               Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

1974-1976              Research Associate, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois

1976-1979              Senior Research Scientist, General Motors Research

1979-1985              Staff Research Scientist, General Motors Research

1985-2003              Senior Staff Research Scientist, General Motors Research

2003-4/09               Technical Fellow, General Motors Research and Development Center

10/09-present          Principal, N₂Kinetics Research, LLC

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Chemical Society

Combustion Institute

Society of Automobile Engineers

Sigma Xi

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Regular PEER reviewer for the DOE Engine and Aftertreatment Technologies Division

Participant and technical lead (1999-2003) for the DOE Lean NOx CRADAs for GM (1993-2003)

One of the founders of the CrossCut Lean Engine Exhaust Reduction Simulation (CLEERS) group (www.cleers.org)

Principal Investigator on completed DOE project “Discovery of New NOx Reduction Catalysts for CIDI Engines Using Combinatorial Techniques (DE-FC26-02NT41218)”

Co-principal investigator on completed DOE project, “Microwave Regenerated Diesel Particulate Filter Using Selective Spot PM Ignition (DE-FC04-03AL67635)"

Co-principal investigator with Professor Geoffrey Price of the University of Tulsa on a completed GOALI grant.