Prominent chemist to speak at Ott Lectureship
Oct 23, 2013
An award-winning chemist and member of the National Science Board
will be the featured speaker for the Arnold C. Ott Lectureship in
Chemistry at Grand Valley State University.
W. Carl Lineberger, JILA and E.U. Condon Distinguished Professor
of Chemistry at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will give a
public lecture on October 29 and a seminar for students and faculty on
October 30.
Tuesday, October 29
“Negative Ion Chemistry Research: How
it Led to ‘A Positive Look Into Science and Technology Policy’
5
p.m. reception
6 p.m. lecture
Kirkhof Center, Grand River
Room, Allendale Campus
Wednesday, October 30
“Molecular Reaction Dynamics in Time and Frequency Domains: A
Wonderful Playground for Collaboration between Experiment and
Theory”
1 p.m. chemistry seminar
Cook DeWitt Center,
Allendale Campus
William Carl Lineberger is the E.U. Condon Professor of
Chemistry and Biochemistry and Fellow of JILA at the University of
Colorado in Boulder. His research centers on the application of lasers
to problems in chemical physics, especially those involving gas phase
anions. He has won numerous awards such as the H. P. Broida Prize in
Chemical Physics and the Earl K. Plyler Prize from the American
Physical Society. He received the Bomem-Michelson Prize and the
William F. Meggers Prize from the Optical Society of America.
Lineberger has served on many advisory committees, chairing the
NSF Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, the
National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics
and Applications, and the Department of Basic Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee. In 2011, he was nominated by President Obama for membership
on the National Science Board, and was subsequently confirmed by the
U.S. Senate. He serves as a member of the Executive Committee and
chair of the Subcommittee on Facilities of NSB.
The Arnold C. Ott Lectureship in Chemistry was created and
endowed by a gift from Arnold C. Ott and Marion Ott. Arnold Ott
received his doctorate in 1943 from Michigan State University in
chemistry, physics and bacteriology and was a leading chemist and
entrepreneur in West Michigan. He was also one of the co-founders of
Grand Valley State University and served on the GVSU Board of Trustees
for 28 years.
For more information contact Felix Ngassa, GVSU associate
professor of chemistry, at (616) 331-3803.
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