Professor Scott R. J. Oliver
University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry,
1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Office: 831-459-5448, E-mail: [email protected]
Professional Preparation
University of Toronto, Canada Chemistry B.Sc., 1992
University of Toronto, Canada Materials Chemistry Ph.D., 1997
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 1997-99
Appointments
2012-present Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
2006-2012 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
2004-2006 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
2004-2006 Associate Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Binghamton
1999-2004 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Binghamton
Synergistic Activities
Graduate Advisor:
Professor G. A. Ozin, University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry
Postdoctoral Sponsor:
Professor G. M. Whitesides, Harvard U., Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Chemistry of Biochemistry,
1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Office: 831-459-5448, E-mail: [email protected]
Professional Preparation
University of Toronto, Canada Chemistry B.Sc., 1992
University of Toronto, Canada Materials Chemistry Ph.D., 1997
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 1997-99
Appointments
2012-present Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
2006-2012 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
2004-2006 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz
2004-2006 Associate Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Binghamton
1999-2004 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, SUNY Binghamton
Synergistic Activities
- Founder and Director of the X-ray Crystallography Facility, funded by two NSF-MRI grants. The single crystal and powder XRDs are used by many research groups across campus and several local universities.
- 88 undergraduate researchers in the group to date, including 26 summer undergraduate fellowship recipients from NSF REU, NSF DMR SSMC and minority outreach programs: NIH ACCESS, NIH IMSD, NIH MARC and NSF CAMP.
- Reviewer for 70 chemistry and materials journals; panelist for several NSF CHE and DMR programs, DOE BES, ACS PRF, Research Corporation.
- Expanded the graduate curriculum at UC Santa Cruz, with new courses, experiments and demos in Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and X-ray Crystallography.
Graduate Advisor:
Professor G. A. Ozin, University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry
Postdoctoral Sponsor:
Professor G. M. Whitesides, Harvard U., Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology