Academic Background: Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Georgia, 1976; B.S., Chemistry, University of Georgia, 1974.
Research Interests: Organometallic chemistry, particularly stable carbenes and their applications.
Appointments: Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1985–present.
Awards: Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 2000.
Publications: Over 100 papers in Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie.