Professor John D. Protasiewicz
I grew up in Michigan, enjoying the outdoors (usually fishing) when not studying. After obtaining my BS in chemistry from Michigan Technological University, I received my PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from Cornell University while studying with Professor Klaus Theopold. I then did postdoctoral work with Professor Stephen J. Lippard at MIT.
I began an independent faculty position in the Chemistry Department at Case Western Reserve University in 1993 and since then have been having fun making all sorts of compounds ranging in nature from inorganic, organic, main group, and materials chemistry.
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email: protasiewicz@case.edu
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Some Career Details
Formal Education and Training
B.S. Chemistry 1985 Michigan Technological University (UG research advisor Professor G. David Mendenhall)
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry 1990 Cornell University (advisor Professor Klaus H. Theopold)
Postdoc 1990-1993 MIT (postdoc mentor Professor Stephen J. Lippard)
Independent Career @ CWRU
Assistant Professor of Chemistry 2004- CWRU
Associate Professor of Chemistry 2004- CWRU
Professor of Chemistry 2004- CWRU
Hurlbut Professor of Chemistry 2017- CWRU
Professor of Macromolecular Sciences & Engineering 2009- CWRU
Chair of Chemistry 2017-2020
Associate Chair of Chemistry 2009-2017
Independent Career: Some Other Items of Note
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry 2014
University of Bonn International Fellowship 2021
Mort Mandel Award for Outstanding Chemistry 2017
Secretary for the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry, 2010-2016
Chair-elect (2016) & Chair (2017), ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry
interim Chair-elect (2020), ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry
Awards co-Chair (2021-2023), ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry
NSF CAREER Award 1998
CWRU Fly Fishing Team (2010) on Lough Corrib, Ireland
Sabbatical 2004 Oxford University (host Professor Philip Mountford)
Visiting Professor Spring 2007 MIT