Joseph Francisco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Joseph Francisco

American chemist

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1955

Place of Birth: Beaumont, Texas, United States

Profession: physicist, chemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Joseph Francisco

  • Joseph S.
  • Francisco (born 1955) was The president of the American Chemical Society from 2009-2010.
  • He currently serves as the President's Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • He served as the Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, Elmer H.
  • and Ruby M.Cordes Chair in chemistry at University of Nebraska in Lincoln until 2018.
  • He received his bachelors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977 and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983.
  • He was President of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers from 2006–2008.
  • He is also a fellow of the American Physical Society (1998), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2001), American Chemical Society (2012), and a Guggenheim Fellow (1993).
  • He was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt U.S.Senior Scientist Award, appointed a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Bologna, Italy; Professeur Invité at the Université de Paris-Est, France; a Visiting Professor at Uppsala Universitet,Sweden; and an Honorary International Chair Professor, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan.
  • He served as President of the American Chemical Society in 2010.
  • He was elected as the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010 and was elected member of the U.S.
  • National Academy of Sciences in 2013.
  • He also received the Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, Tuskegee University., 2010.
  • President Barack Obama appointed Joseph S.
  • Francisco, PhD, to serve on the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science for the period 2010–2012,2012–2014.

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