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    Institut für Organische Chemie

    Curriculum Vitae

    Curriculum Vitae

    PERSONAL DATA

    • Waldemar Adam, born July 26, 1937, Alexanderdorf (Ukraine), U.S. citizen, married, four children.

    UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

    • B.Sc. 1958, University of Illinois; Senior Research Thesis "The Reaction of Cycloheptatriene with Sulfur Dioxide", under J.C. Martin.
    • Ph.D. 1961, MIT; Doctoral Dissertation "The Diacyl Peroxide-Olefin Reaction", under F.D. Greene.

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

    • Laboratory Technician, July 1954 to August 1955, Cincinnati Chemical Works
    • Research Chemist, Summer 1958, Cincinnati Chemical Works
    • Teaching Assistant, September 1958 to February 1959, MIT
    • Research Chemist, Summer 1959, Monsanto Chemicals Co.
    • Research Associate, January to July 1961, MIT with F.D. Greene
    • Assistant Professor, August 1961 to June 1965, University of Puerto Rico
    • Research Associate, January to December 1962, University of Karlsruhe, with R. Criegee
    • Associate Professor, July 1965 to June 1970, University of Puerto Rico
    • Professor, July 1970 to April 1980, University of Puerto Rico
    • Professor, May 1980 to October 2002, University of Würzburg, F.R.G. (Retired)
    • Research Professor, March 2010-August 2011, Universidad Metropolitana (UMET), Cupey, Puerto Rico

    VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS

    • University of Zürich, Switzerland, August 1972 to June 1973
    • SUNY-Buffalo, New York, January to February 1974
    • University of São Paulo, Brazil, August 1974 and March 1990
    • University of Puerto Rico, Marine Sciences, Mayagüez, Professor ad honorem, August 1975 - December 1980
    • Inter-American University, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, January - May 1977
    • University of Bari, Italy , April - May 1979
    • Universidad de Concepción, Chile, March 1982
    • University of Alberta, Canada, October 1989
    • University of Krakow, Poland, July 1991
    • University of Debrecen, Hungary July 1991
    • Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain , April 1992
    • University of Miami, USA , January 1993
    • Tulane University, University of New Orleans, USA, October 1997 - May 1998
    • University of Reims, France, October 1998
    • University of Santiago, Spain, March 2000
    • University of Bilbao, Spain
    • University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 2001
    • University ("Mayor de San Andres") of La Paz, Bolivia, August 2002

    PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

    • American Chemical Society, 1965
    • New York Academy of Sciences, 1966
    • College of Chemists of Puerto Rico, 1970
    • Inter-American Photochemical Society, 1976
    • American Photobiological Society, 1977
    • European Photochemical Society, 1980
    • German Chemical Society, 1980
    • European Society for Photobiology, 1987
    • Honorary Member of the Sociedad Argentina de Investigaciones en Quimica Organica (SAIQO), 1991

    AWARDS, HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

    • Cincinnati Chemical Works Scholar, 1955-58, University of Illinois
    • Sigma Xi, 1958; Phi Kappa Phi 1958
    • General Electric Fellow, 1960-61, MIT
    • NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 1962, University of Karlsruhe
    • A.P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1968-72
    • Distinguished Scientist Award, 1968, LION'S CLUB of Puerto Rico
    • J.S. Guggenheim Fellow, 1972-73
    • NIH Career Development Fellow, 1975-80
    • College of Chemists Award, 1977
    • NATO Senior Fellow (Italy), 1979
    • NSF Senior Fellow (India), 1979
    • Leonardo Igaravidez Award, 1979
    • Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 1980
    • JSPS Senior Fellow (Japan), 1985
    • Distinguished Visitor, October 1989, University of Alberta, Canada
    • A. v. Humboldt - J. C. Mutis Award, 1991
    • Dr. honoris causa University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1993
    • INSA Senior Fellow (India), 1993
    • Japanese-German Research Award, (JSPS, A. v. Humboldt-Foundation), 1994
    • Theodor-Förster-Gedächtnisvorlesung (GDCh and Bunsen Society), 1995/96
    • Iberdrola Visiting Professorship, University of Santiago (Spain), 1999
    • Bavarian Academy of Science, 2001
    • Excellence in Teaching Award, ACS-PR Section, 2005
    • Professor Emeritus, University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras Campus), October 2006
    • AAAS Caribbean Division Award, Puerto Rico, October 2007
    • Academia de Artes y Ciencias de Puerto Rico, January 2008 (Regular Member), August 1994 (Corresponding Member)

    OFFICES

    • University of Puerto Rico, Academic Senator, 1970-72, 1974-77 and 1977-79
    • ACS-Puerto Rico Section, Chairman 1975, 1976
    • College of Chemists of Puerto Rico, Advisory Committee, 1975, 1976
    • Puerto Rico Center for Energy and Environmental Research, Advisory Council 1977-1980
    • GDCh Photochemistry Section ; Board of Directors, 1983-85; Chairman, 1985-87
    • Bavarian Ministry of Education, Advisory Committee, 1987-90
    • University of Würzburg, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Dean, 1989-91; Senator, 1990-92
    • UNESCO Consultant, 1990
    • DAAD Advisor, NATO Fellowship Program, 1990-97
    • Member of the Advisory Board, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, July 1996
    • Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Synthesis and Characterization (IJSC), September 2006
    • Member of the IUPAC Sub-Committee on Photochemistry, August 2008
    • Member of the Advisory Board, Journal for Scholarly Research Exchange, February 2008
    • Member of the Advisory Board, European Journal of Chemistry, February 2010
    • Executive Director of CREATES, UMET Science Research Center at INTENOR, Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, March 2010-August 2011

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    High energy molecules (dioxiranes, dioxetanes), chemi- and bioluminescence, photochemistry, laser chemistry, cyclic peroxides, singlet oxygen, oxygen transfer, azoalkanes, diradicals, cycloadditions, biomedical applications

     

    LANGUAGES
    Speak, read and write English, German and Spanish