Title “Personal Reflections on Solid-State Chemistry at Iowa State”

Gordon "Gordie" Miller, Ph.D., University Professor

Dept of Chemistry, Iowa State University

Bio: Gordon Miller joined the Chemistry Department at Iowa State University in Fall, 1990. He served as Department Chair 2002-2004. His research has encompassed Inorganic and Solid-State Chemistry. He continued to teach graduate courses in Solid-State Chemistry and Chemical Group Theory and first-year courses in General Chemistry.  His last lecture will be May 2nd. 

Background: B.S. Chemistry, summa cum laude, University of Rochester, 1982, Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Chicago (with Jeremy K. Burdett), 1986; Post-doctoral Associate, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (with Arndt Simon), Stuttgart, Germany, 1987-1990

Recognition: American Chemical Society Midwest Award, St. Louis Section, 2013, ISU Award for Outstanding Career Achievement in Research, 2011, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008; Cassling Family Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching (ISU - LAS College), 2008; Exxon Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry, 1995