Gregory Allen Sotzing

Education

B.S. Chemistry, Mary Washington College, (Honors w/ Roy Gratz)
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of Florida (w/ John Reynolds)
Post-Doc, California Institute of Technology (w/ Robert Grubbs and Nathan Lewis)

Professional

2009 - present: Full Professor, University of Connecticut
2005 - 2009: Associate Professor, University of Connecticut
1999 - 2004: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut

2003-present: Consultant, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown PA
2002-present: President, Putnam Science Academy, Putnam CT
2000-present: Member, Nanotek Consortium, Kraft Foods, Inc.
2000-present: Consultant, Triton Systems, Inc., Chelmsford MA
1999-present: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
1997-1999: Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Honors and Awards

2007: Featured Alumni - U. Florida
2004: National Science Foundation CAREER award (CHE)
1993: ACS POLYED Undergraduate Polymer Chemistry Award (1 of 5 national recipients)
1993: American Institute of Chemists Award (Virginia)
1993: Cum Laude, Highest Honors in Chemistry (Undergraduate Thesis)

Presentations

30 invited lectures, 12 contributed presentations at national meetings and 1 presentation at an international conference

Symposium Organizer

1.Advances in Electroactive Polymers, PMSE Division, 223rd National American Chemical Society Meeting in Orlando, April 7 to April 11, 2002.
2.Natural and Artificial Chemoreceptors IUPAC 2003, August 10 to August 15, 2003

Courses Taught

Spring 2010 - Chem 5345
Spring 2009 - Chem 5345, Chem 5384