Academic Background: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Georgia, 1976; B.S. in Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1972.
Research Interests: Organometallic chemistry, stable carbenes, and catalysis.
Appointments: Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1984–present).
Publications: Over 100 articles in Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie on carbene chemistry.
Additional Contributions: Holds patents for catalytic processes; consults for chemical industries.