Mark S. Wrighton

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