CHEMICAL SCIENCES ROUNDTABLE 2013 Member Photo - DELS
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CHEMICAL SCIENCES ROUNDTABLE
2013 Member Photo Roster
CO-CHAIRS
William F. Carroll, Jr. Jennifer S. Curtis
Occidental Chemical
Corporation
MEMBERS
University of Florida
Michael R. Berman Carole Bewley Donna Blackmond
Air Force Office of Scientific
Research
National Institute of Health Scripps Research Institute
Paul Bryan Emilio Bunel Allison Campbell
Lygos, Inc. Argonne National Laboratory WR Wiley Environmental
Molecular Sciences
Laboratory
A.Welford Castleman, Jr. Richard Cavanagh Miguel Garcia-Garibay Pennsylvania State
University
National Institutes of
Standards and Technology
University of California, Los
Angeles
Jack Kaye John Kozarich Luis E. Martínez National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
ActivX Biosciences, Inc. Rollins College
John J. McGrath Kenneth Moloy Robert Peoples
National Science Foundation Dupont Company
Experimental Station
American Carpet Institute
Michael Rogers Eric Rohlfing James M. Solyst
National Institute of General
Medical Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy ENVIRON
Kathleen Stebe Patricia A. Thiel University of Pennsylvania Ames Laboratory and Iowa
State University
CHEMICAL SCIENCES ROUNDTABLE
2013 Member Biographies Co-chairs
William F. Carroll is Vice President of Chlorovinyl Issues at Occidental Chemical Corporation in
Dallas, Texas and an adjunct industrial professor of chemistry at Indiana University. He served as
ACS president in 2005 and as a member of the ACS Board of Directors from 2004 to 2006. He is
the former chair of International Activities Committee at ACS. He earned a B.A. from DePauw, an
M.S. from Tulane University (1975), and a Ph.D. from Indiana University (1978). Carroll has been
an ACS member since 1974 and has served on a number of committees. He holds memberships in
the Society of Plastics Engineers; American Association for the Advancement of Science; National
Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers; and
National Fire Protection Association; and was the recipient of the Vinyl Institute Roy T. Gottesman
Leadership Award in 2000.
Jennifer Sinclair Curtis is Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Dean
for Research in the College of Engineering at the University of Florida (UF). Professor Curtis
received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University (1983) and a PhD in Chemical
Engineering from Princeton University (1989). She has an internationally-recognized research
program in the development and validation of numerical models for the prediction of particle flow
phenomena. She is the co-author of over 100 publications and has given over 160 invited lectures
at universities, companies, government laboratories and technical conferences. Professor Curtis is a
recipient of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award, a NSF Presidential Young Investigator
Award, the American Society of Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Chemical Engineering
Lectureship Award, the Eminent Overseas Lectureship Award by the Institution of Engineers in
Australia, the ASEE’s Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering, and the AIChE
Fluidization Lectureship Award. She currently serves on the Governing Board of the Council for
Chemical Research and as co-chair of the National Academies’ Chemical Science Roundtable. She
is also Associate Editor of the AIChE Journal and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Industrial &
Engineering Chemistry Research, Powder Technology and Chemical Engineering Education. She
has served on the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Committee on Engineering Education
and has participated in two NAE Frontiers of Research Symposiums (2003 and 2008). She is a
Fellow of AAAS, AIChE and ASEE.
Members
Michael R. Berman is a program manager for Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry at
the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Dr. Berman joined AFOSR in 1991. He is a staff
member of the Directorate of Chemistry and Life Sciences. He frequently participates in
government review panels and advisory boards, and has been active as session chair and presenter
at national and international meetings. Dr. Berman has more than two decades of experience in
scientific research and management in academia, industry and government. He is the author of 35
published scientific papers and is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Physical
Society and Sigma Xi.
Carole Bewley is a Senior Investigator at the National Institutes of Health, and Chief of the Natural
Products Chemistry Section in the Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, NIDDK. She received her
Ph.D. in Oceanography and Marine Natural Products Chemistry from Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, UCSD, and was a Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in protein NMR.
Her current research program focuses on bioactive marine natural products, protein-carbohydrate
recognition and HIV entry. Dr. Bewley has received the National Institutes of Health Director’s
Award, is an editorial board member of Current Medicinal Chemistry–Anti-Infectives, and is a
chartered member of Synthetic and Biological Chemistry (CSR/NIH) and Molecular Libraries (NIH
Roadmap) study sections. She has been an active member of the American Chemical Society for 15
years, serves on Editorial Advisory Boards and as an expert reviewer for multiple ACS journals,
and is a member of the Long Range Planning Committee, Division of MedChem for the ACS.
Donna G. Blackmond received a PhD in chemical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University
in 1984. She was a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh from 1984-
1992. In 1992, she left academia for industrial research, becoming an associate director at Merck &
Co., Inc., where she was responsible for the setting up of a new laboratory for research and
development in the kinetics and catalysis of organic reactions. From 1996-99, Professor Blackmond
was a research group leader at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der
Ruhr, Germany. She moved to the United Kingdom in 1999 to take up the position of professor and
chair of physical chemistry at the University of Hull. She joined the faculty at Imperial College
London in 2004, where she held joint professorial appointments in the departments of chemistry and
chemical engineering & chemical technology as well as the chair in catalysis. Professor Blackmond
holds a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. She received an Arthur C. Cope Scholar
Award from the Organic Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (2005) and The
Royal Society of Chemistry Physical Organic Chemistry Award (2009). She is currently a professor
of chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
Paul F. Bryan is currently Vice President of Business Development at Lygos, Inc. Previously, Dr.
Bryan was the Program Manager for Biomass at DOE/EER. He spent fifteen years with Chevron in
California and Western Australia, and as Vice President of Biofuels Technology. Prior to that, he
spent eight years in academia (MIT, Colorado School of Mines) and industry (Union Carbide). His
educational background includes degrees in chemical engineering from Penn State (B.S.) and UC-
Berkeley (Ph.D., 1985), and a post-doc in applied thermodynamics at the Ecole des Mines - Paris.
He has been active in a variety of industry and professional organizations, including the Separations
Division of the AIChE, the North American Membrane Society, the Gas Processors Association,
and the Gordon Research Conferences.
Emilio Bunel received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1988.
He began his professional career at DuPont Central Research as a member of the Catalysis Group.
He was responsible for the discovery and subsequent development of new processes for the
synthesis of Nylon intermediates required in the manufacture of Nylon-6,6 and Nylon-6. In 2001,
Bunel was hired by Eli Lilly to establish the Catalysis Group within the Discovery Research
Organization. This group was responsible for the preparation of organic compounds using transition
metal catalyzed reactions. The molecules prepared spanned all the aspects of the pharmaceutical
endeavor from early lead optimization to process development. In 2003, he became an associate
director at Amgen, Inc. His work included the establishment of the Catalysis Group in support of
route selection/process development efforts to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients for
clinical testing. Most recently, Emilio was employed as the director of research at Pfizer, Inc.,
where he directed the Catalysis Group in support of medicinal chemistry and process development.
After spending so many years in industry, Bunel decided to get back to where science is discovered
and not just used. Argonne has a talented group of scientists and engineers, but with funding
shifting to applied science, the division must tailor itself to that atmosphere. He also emphasized the
importance of having a strong basic research program as well.
Allison Campbell is nationally recognized for her contributions toward materials development
through her research in the field of biomaterials, and she is credited with co-inventing a bio-inspired
process to "grow" a bioactive calcium phosphate layer, from the molecular level, onto the surfaces
of artificial joint implants (total hip and knee) to extend implant life and reduce rejection. She is
also recognized for her work in understanding the role of proteins in biomineralization. Dr.
Campbell has authored numerous peer reviewed technical papers, been an invited speaker at
national and international meetings, and has several patents based upon her research. Additionally,
she is an avid promoter of science education, sharing her enthusiasm for science with young
students through a number of hands-on education programs.
A.Will Castleman, Jr. (NAS) is engaged in studies to bridge the gas and condensed phase and to
elucidate the fundamentals of solvation dynamics through investigation of cluster photophysics. He
is particularly interested in exploring the properties of matter of finite dimension using ultrafast
laser techniques, elucidating the physical basis for catalysis and surface phenomena at the molecular
level, and developing the unique characteristics of superatom clusters as building blocks to cluster
assembled nanoscale materials. Dr. Castleman received his B.Ch.E from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institue (1957); his M.S. from Polytechnic Institute of New York (1963); and his PhD from
Polytechnic Institute of New York (1969). Currently, Dr. Castleman is an Evan Pugh Professor of
Chemistry and Physics at Pennsylvania State University. He is also an Eberly Distinguished Chair
in Science.
Richard R. Cavanagh is the Acting Director of the Material Measurement Laboratory, one of six
technical operating units within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Dr.
Cavanagh received his B.A. in Chemistry from Wayne State University in 1972, and his Ph.D. in
Physical Chemistry from Harvard University in 1978. He joined the National Bureau of Standards
in 1979 as an NRC Postdoctoral Associate, and in 1988 became Group Leader in the Surface
Science Division. Dr. Cavanagh’s scientific work examined reactions at surfaces via techniques
such as infrared absorption spectroscopy, reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy, Raman
spectroscopy, inelastic neutron scattering, quasielastic neutron scattering, laser induced
fluorescence, multiphoton ionization, ultrafast pump-probe techniques, and near-field optical
methods. His work has been published in more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles. For his
achievements and service, Dr. Cavanagh received the Department of Commerce Silver Medal
Award (1985); the Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award (1990); and the Samuel Stratton
Award (1992). Dr. Cavanagh’s has held several leadership responsibilities in addition to those at
NIST. He is a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society and of the American Physical Society. He
has served on the General Committee of the Physical Electronic Conference, Chaired the Gordon
Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces, served on the Executive committee of the AVS
Surface Science Division, and was a member of the Executive Committee and Governing Board of
the Council for Chemical Research.
Miguel Garcia-Garibay has been a Faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry since 1992. He came to UCLA after doing Postdoctoral research at Columbia
University, which followed his PhD studies at the University of British Columbia, in Canada. The
earlier portions of Dr. Garcia-Garibay education were completed in his native, Mexico, at the
Universidad Michoacana, where he did research on natural product isolation and characterization.
Dr. Garcia-Garibay was promoted to full professor in the year 2000 and he has served as Vice Chair
for Education in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry since 2005. Dr. Garcia-Garibay is
a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Chemical Society and the Journal of
Organic Chemistry. He has been a member of the CNSI since 2005. His current research efforts are
aimed to the development of artificial molecular machinery in highly organized crystalline media,
and to the development of green chemistry by taking advantage of organic reactions in molecular
nanocrystals.
Jacquelyn Gervay Hague the Division Director, Division of Chemistry, Directorate for
Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Gervay-Hague is
currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at University of California, Davis. She also
serves as the Chair of the Department. Dr. Gervay-Hague earned her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
from University of California, Los Angeles in 1990, and previously held positions at the University
of Arizona and a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University. Her research interests include organic
synthesis, chemical biology, carbohydrate chemistry, and molecular recognition processes
associated with HIV and cancer, including protein/carbohydrate interactions and enzyme inhibition.
Dr. Gervay-Hague is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and an Associate Editor of the
Journal of Organic Chemistry.
Jack Kaye currently serves as Associate Director for Research of the Earth Science Division (ESD)
within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). He has been a member of the Senior
Executive Service since August, 1999, managing NASA’s Earth Science Research Program. Earlier
positions in his more than 28-year career at NASA include being a Space Scientist at the Goddard
Space Flight Center and Manager of the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling and Analysis Program at
NASA HQ. In addition, he has held temporary acting positions as Deputy Director of ESD and
Deputy Chief Scientist for Earth Science within SMD. His academic training is in chemistry (B.S.
Adelphi University, 1976; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1982). He also held a post-
doctoral research associateship at the US Naval Research Laboratory. As Associate Director for
Research, Dr. Kaye is responsible for the research and data analysis programs for Earth System
Science, covering the broad spectrum of scientific disciplines that constitute it. He represents NASA
in many interagency and international activities and has been an active participant in the US Global
Change Research Program (USGCRP) in which he has served for several years as NASA principal
and Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (from Jan., 2009 through May,
2010 he served as the Acting Chair for these activities). He also serves as NASA’s representative to
the Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology. He recently completed a six-year term as a
member of the Steering Committee for the Global Climate Observing System and currently serves
an ex officio member of the National Research Council’s Roundtable on Science and Technology
for Sustainability. He has received numerous NASA awards (most recently, the Outstanding
Leadership Medal in 2009), as well as been recognized as a Meritorious Executive in the Senior
Executive Service in 2004 and 2010, and named as a Fellow by the American Meteorological
Society in 2010. He was elected to serve as co-secretary of the Atmospheric Sciences Section of the
American Geophysical Union (AGU) for 1998-2000 and earlier served on the AGU Publications
Committee. The AGU has recognized him on two occasions with a Citation for Excellence in
Refereeing. He has published more than 50 refereed papers, contributed to numerous reports,
books, and encyclopedias, and edited the book Isotope Effects in Gas-Phase Chemistry for the
American Chemical Society. In addition, he has attended the Leadership for Democratic Society
program at the Federal Executive Institute and the Harvard Senior Managers in Government
Program a the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. John W. Kozarich is Chairman and President of Activx Biosciences, Inc. He is also the Chief
Scientific Advisor of Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd, Adjunct Professor at the Scripps Research
Institute, and Chairman of the Board of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Kozarich has over 20 years
experience in academic and pharmaceutical research. Most recently, he was Vice President at
Merck Research Laboratories, where he was responsible for programs including antimicrobial drug
discovery, enzymology, 5a-reductase biology, lipid biochemistry, nuclear receptors, ion channels
and structural biology. He has been involved in a number of Merck drug programs, including
Propecia, Type-1 5a-reductase inhibitor, and MRSA carbapenams. He also has had primary
responsibility for a number of Merck collaborations with biotechnology companies, such as Aurora
Biosciences, Cubist and KaroBio. In addition, he has played a major role in Merck's acquisition of
SIBIA and in the development of its new Boston Research Center. Previously, Dr. Kozarich held
faculty positions at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Yale University School of
Medicine. He also served as Vice President, Research and Development at Alkermes, a
biotechnology company that develops products based on sophisticated drug delivery technologies.
Dr. Kozarich is internationally known for his work on enzyme mechanisms and on the chemistry of
DNA cleaving antitumor drugs. He was an American Cancer Society Faculty Research Awardee
and in 1988 received the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry of the American Chemical Society for
his unique and broad research contributions. He has also served on numerous government and
academic committees. Dr. Kozarich has authored over 125 primary scientific publications and holds
three patents.
Luis E. Martínez is an associate professor of chemistry at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.
Dr. Martínez’s research interests are the discovery, development, and application of unique,
transition metal-mediated, solid-phase synthetic methods for the high-throughput synthesis of
pharmacologically active small molecules and the concurrent assessment of the chemical genetics
of the resulting compound libraries in infectious disease, immune response, oxidative stress and cell
cycle control. Martínez’s experience spans both academia and business. Prior to his position with
UTEP, Martínez served as a Senior Account Executive with Feinstein-Kean Healthcare, an Ogilvy
PR Worldwide Company. Martínez has also been involved with scientific workforce diversity and
American competitiveness, broadening participation in research and the recruitment and retention
university minority faculty and students in science for over a decade. He has been actively involved
with SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) and
has served as a member of the SACNAS Board of Directors for eight years. In addition to his
current service on the SACNAS Board, he also currently sits on the ACS Minority Affairs
Committee. Martínez received his B.S. in chemistry with honors in 1991 from Trinity University
(San Antonio, TX) and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard University in 1997.
John J. McGrath is currently a professor in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Department at the University of Arizona where he served as Department Head from 2002 to 2008.
As of October 1, 2008 he became Division Director of the Chemical, Bioengineering and
Environmental Transport (CBET) Division of the National Science Foundation. Dr. McGrath
received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. His M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees from MIT were both in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on cryopreservation.
Dr. McGrath’s research interests include the response of biomaterials to thermal/chemical
treatments (cryogenic and hyperthermic) as well as the development and application of
instrumentation- including cryomicroscopy, diffusion chambers, optical diagnostics and image
analysis. He is currently involved in research in two main areas: a) modeling of human oocyte
cryopreservation protocols and b) developing cryopreservation processes to preserve signaling
pathways in tissue samples used for cancer diagnostics.
Kenneth Moloy is a Research Fellow at Dupont Central Research and Development. He received a
Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Northwestern University in 1984 and a B.S. (Chemistry) from
Indiana University in 1980. Following graduate school he joined Union Carbide’s Technical Center
in South Charleston, WV, working in long range R&D. In 1995 he moved to the DuPont
Experimental Station in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Moloy’s expertise lies in the areas of organometallic
chemistry, catalysis, organic chemistry, and process chemistry. Dr. Moloy has chaired the Gordon
Research Conference on Organometallic Chemistry and also the Organometallic Subdivision of the
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry. Dr. Moloy recently participated on a NAS committee to
revise “Prudent Practices in the Laboratory”, due for publication in 2011.
Robert Peoples is the Executive Director and founder of Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE).
In addition, he is also President of the consulting company Environmental Impact Group, Inc. Until
August 2012, he was the Director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute®
. In this capacity, he
drove the implementation of the principles of green chemistry across the global chemical enterprise.
Peoples has been a member of American Chemical Society (ACS) for 35 years, giving him valuable
experience and insight into the chemical industry. Immediately prior to becoming Director of the
ACS Green Chemistry Institute®, he served as Sustainability Director for the Carpet & Rug
Institute. Preceding this position, Bob was Director of Carpet Sustainability and Market
Development at Solutia, Inc., where he was actively involved in carpet recycling and negotiations
that led to the formation of CARE and carpet-related health and indoor air quality issues. While
there, he helped found the Board of Directors of CARE. Peoples holds a bachelor’s degree in
mathematics and chemistry from Montclair State University in New Jersey and a Ph.D. in physical
organic chemistry from Purdue University. He serves on several local and national boards
including the Carpet America Recovery Effort, Georgia Pollution Prevention Advisory Board, and
Green Standard.org. He is a member of several organizations including the National Recycling
Coalition, Society of Plastics Engineers, and the American Chemical Society.
Michael E. Rogers is the Director of the Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological
Chemistry at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. He received a BS from Berry
College and a PhD in medicinal chemistry from University of Mississippi. Dr. Rogers' research
interests are in pharmacology and medicinal chemistry.
Eric Rohlfing is the Director of the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division in
the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, and Department of Energy. He received his
B.S. in chemistry from the University of Virginia in 1977 and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from
Princeton University in 1982. He held postdoctoral appointments at Exxon Research and
Engineering Company and Los Alamos National Laboratory before joining the staff at the
Combustion Research Facility at Sandia National Laboratories in 1986. Rohlfing joined BES in
1997 and served as Program Manager for the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences Program
from 2000 to 2003 and as Team Leader for Fundamental Interactions from 2003 to the present. Dr.
Rohlfing's research interests include the experimental characterization of transient molecules
relevant to combustion processes, linear and nonlinear laser spectroscopies, trace detection of
pollutants, molecular beam and mass spectrometric studies of carbon and metal clusters, and
vibrational relaxation dynamics. He is the author of approximately 50 peer-reviewed articles, holds
membership in the American Chemical Society and the American Physical Society, and is a fellow
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
James M. Solyst is principal consultant with ENVIRON, has more than 25 years of experience
advising businesses and policy leaders on the application of science in decision making and
communicating science to key audiences, including regulatory and legislative bodies. His
knowledge of risk analysis and management and communication combined with experience in
national, state, and international regulatory processes allows him to provide for services at a
strategic level to industry and government executives. Mr. Solyst is experienced in product
stewardship, global chemical management, emergency response, and corporate responsibility. He
has assisted US governors with initiatives and incidents through the National Governors’
Association and chemical companies responding to emerging science through the American
Chemistry Council. He also has experience working on international initiatives including REACH
and the UNEP’s Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and
harmonization of global product stewardship programs. Mr. Solyst is a member of the American
Chemical Society, Committee on Environmental Improvement; an external affiliate, Johns Hopkins
School of Public Health, Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute M.S., City and Regional
Planning, Ohio State University B.A., University of Maryland
Kathleen Stebe is the Richer & Elizabeth Goodwin Professor and Chair, Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering, Penn State University. Her research expertise is in nanostructured
materials and surface and colloidal science. Stebe's primary research interests are in non-
equilibrium interfaces, with applications ranging from microfluidics to nanotechnology. One aspect
of her research program focuses on interfaces between fluids and how surfactants can be used to
influence interfacial flows. Other aspects address tailoring of solid-liquid interfaces with
applications ranging from patterned electrodeposition to capillary-driven assembly and ordering of
nanomaterials. Her honors and awards include: Fellow - Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study -
Harvard University - 2002, Robert S. Pond Sr. Excellence in Teaching Award - Whiting School of
Engineering - Johns Hopkins University - 1993, American Physical Society Francois N. Frenkiel
Award for Significant Contributions in Fluid Mechanics by Young Investigators - 1992, Stanley
Katz Memorial Award for Excellence in Research - Department of Chemical Engineering - City
University of New York – 1989. Stebe received a PhD and MSE in chemical engineering in 1989
from The City University of New York, and a BA in economics from the City University of New
York in 1984.
Patricia A. Thiel is the John D. Corbett Professor of Chemistry, and a Distinguished Professor of
Chemistry and of Materials Science & Engineering at Iowa State University. She is also a Faculty
Scientist in the Ames Laboratory. She is active in research, teaching, and administration. In
research, she is known for her work in three main areas: nanostructure evolution on surfaces;
surface properties and structures of quasicrystals (a complex type of metallic alloy); and the
chemistry of water adsorbed on metal surfaces. Thiel is an enthusiastic teacher of physical
chemistry. She has held several administrative posts, including chair of the Department of
Chemistry. Thiel earned her B.A. in Chemistry from Macalester College, and her Ph.D. in
Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1981. After postdoctoral work at the
University of Munich as a von Humboldt Fellow, she joined the technical staff at Sandia National
Laboratories, Livermore, then moved to Iowa State University in 1983. In her early academic
career, Thiel was recognized with awards from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation and the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and by a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator
Award. Later, she received the American Chemical Society's Arthur W. Adamson Award, and the
American Physical Society's David J. Adler Lectureship. She was also named Fellow of several
societies: the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Materials Research
Society, the American Physical Society, and the American Vacuum Society.