Mark S. Wrighton

Contact Information

MAILING ADDRESS:
Office of the Chancellor
Washington University in St. Louis
Campus Box 1192
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

SHIPPING ADDRESS:
Office of the Chancellor
Washington University in St. Louis
228 North Brookings
St. Louis, MO 63130

Phone: 314-935-5100
Fax: 314-935-4744
Email: Wrighton@wustl.edu

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1995-Present	Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
1990-1995	Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1989-1995	Ciba-Geigy Professor of Chemistry, M.I.T.
1977-1995	Professor of Chemistry, M.I.T.
1987-1990	Head, Department of Chemistry, M.I.T.
1981-1989	Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry, M.I.T.
1976-1977	Associate Professor of Chemistry, M.I.T.
1972-1976	Assistant Professor of Chemistry, M.I.T.

AWARDS

Honorary Member, Association of Alumni and Alumnae of M.I.T., 1995
Distinguished Alumni Award, California Institute of Technology, 1992
American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry, 1988
Elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1988
School of Science Teaching Prize, M.I.T., 1987
Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1986
Fresenius Award, Phi Lambda Upsilon, 1984
E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award, Department of Energy, 1983
New York Academy of Sciences Halpern Award in Photochemistry, 1983
Honorary Doctor of Science, University of West Florida, 1983
MacArthur Prize Fellow, 1983-1988
Alumni Award, "Grad Made Good," Florida State University, 1982
Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award, M.I.T., 1981
American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry, 1981
Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Grant Recipient, M.I.T., 1975-1980
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, M.I.T., 1974-1976
Herbert Newby McCoy Award, California Institute of Technology, 1972
Monsanto Chemistry Award, Florida State University, 1969

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS

Inorganic photochemistry, catalysis, photoelectrochemistry, surface chemistry, molecular electronics.

PUBLICATIONS

More than 300 research articles, one co-authored book, two edited symposium volumes, and consulting editor for four editions of a major freshman chemistry text.

EDUCATION

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, B.S. in Chemistry with Honors, 1969
- Undergraduate research thesis directed by Professor Jack Saltiel: "Mechanisms of Photosensitized Isomerization and the Nature of Energy Transfer from Photoexcited Molecules"
- Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1972
- Graduate research under the direction of Professors George S. Hammond and Harry B. Gray:"Photoprocesses in Metal Containing Molecules"
- Member of Sigma Xi