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).; accessed on April 1, 2019
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 .; Retrieved January 1, 1970
Scientific "family tree" by Thomas Pinnavia. msu.edu(English).; accessed on April 1, 2019

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
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

[1] Company Overview of InPore Technologies, Inc. bloomberg.com, accessed on 1 April 2019 .

[2] 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 .

[3] 2013 CMS AWARDEES . In: Elements . tape 5 , no. 9 , October 2013, p. 379 (English, elementsmagazine.org [PDF]).

[4] Tom Pinnavaia named Fellow. msu.edu, November 23, 2016, accessed April 1, 2019 .