Thomas J. Pinnavaia
Thomas J. Pinnavaia (also Thomas Pinnavaia or Thomas Joseph Pinnavaia ; born February 16, 1938 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American physicist in the field of materials science .
Pinnavaia received her AAS from the Erie County Technical Institute in 1957 and her BA from SUNY Buffalo in 1962 . In 1967 he received his Ph.D. from Cornell University . He was then from 1966 at Michigan State University, where he has been University Distinguished Professor since 1997. From 1989 to 1992 he was director of the MSU Center for Fundamental Materials Research. He is the Chief Science Officer of InPore Technologies .
Pinnavaia holds 35 patents.
Awards
- 1983 Senior Sigma Xi Research Award
- 1988 Michigan State University Distinguished Faculty Award
- 1991 George W. Brindley Lecture Award, Clay Minerals Society
- 1993 Distinguished Member Award, Clay Minerals Society
- 1997 Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Award
- 2013 The Pioneer in Clay Science Award, Clay Minerals Society
- 2016 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Memberships
- American Chemical Society President: MSU Section 1982-83
- Catalysis Society President: Michigan Catalysis Society 1987-88
- Clay Minerals Society President 1990
- Material Research Society
- Sigma Xi
Web links
- Pinnavaia at the Center for Integrative Toxicology. msu.edu, July 2002(English).
- Pinnavaia curriculum vitae ( Memento dated February 4, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
- An interview with Dr. Thomas Pinnavaia. In: ESI Special Topics. July 2002, archived from the original on January 4, 2003 .
- Scientific "family tree" by Thomas Pinnavia. msu.edu(English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Company Overview of InPore Technologies, Inc. bloomberg.com, accessed on 1 April 2019 .
- ^ Carla Hills: Chemistry Professor's Research Leads to Award Winning InPore Technologies. In: The Engaged Scholar, Vol. 4, Iss. 2. 2011, accessed April 1, 2019 .
- ↑ 2013 CMS AWARDEES . In: Elements . tape 5 , no. 9 , October 2013, p. 379 (English, elementsmagazine.org [PDF]).
- ↑ Tom Pinnavaia named Fellow. msu.edu, November 23, 2016, accessed April 1, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pinnavaia, Thomas J. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pinnavaia, Thomas; Pinnavaia, Thomas Joseph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo , New York |