Updated: September 2017 Mark Edward Thompson Department of Chemistry University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-1062 Phone: (213) 740-6402; Fax: (213) 740-8594; E-mail:
[email protected] Education: 1985 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry. Thesis research with Prof. John E. Bercaw, involving organoscandium chemistry. 1980 University of California at Berkeley. B.S. with honors in chemistry. Professional Experience: 2005-2008 University of Southern California, Chemistry Department Chairman 1999-present University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry, Professor 1995-1999 University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry, Associate Professor 1987-95 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Assistant Professor 1985-87 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, Oxford, England. S.E.R.C. Research Fellow. Worked with Prof. Malcolm L.H. Green, studying electronic and nonlinear-optical properties of organometallic materials 1983 E.I. duPont deNemours & Co., C. R. and D., Wilmington, DE. Visiting Scientist Awards and Honors 5/17 IEEE Nishizawa Medal 6/16 IEEE Photonics Award 6/15 Named Ray R. Irani Chair of Chemistry, University of Southern California 5/15 Xing Da Lecturer, Peking University 4/15 USC Mellon Mentoring Award 3/15 American Chemical Society Award in Chemistry of Materials 12/14 Elected to the National Academy of Inventors 3/14 Earnest Swift Lecturer, California Institute of Technology 5/14 Richard C. Tolman Award, Southern California Section, American Chemical Society 4/13 Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 5/12 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award 10/11 COPE Distinguished Lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology Vitae of M.E.