Vita

Nicholas Winograd

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1970    Ph.D. in Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

1967    B.S. in Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

 

Professional Experience

1970-1975                   Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University

1975-1979                   Associate Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University

1979-1985                   Professor of Chemistry, Penn State University

1985-present               Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry, Penn State University

2010-present               Visiting Professor, University of Manchester, UK

 

Honors and Awards

National Institute of Health Graduate Fellow, 1968-1970

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1974-1977

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 1977-1978

Texas Instruments Foundation 1984 Founders’ Prize

Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement, 1985

Awarded Evan Pugh Professor, 1985.

The Akron American Chemical Society Section Award, 1986

American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 1987

American Microchemical Society Bennedetti-Pichler Award, 1991

Outstanding Alumnus Award, Case Western Reserve University, 1991

The Phyllis Johnson Patrick Award, Kansas State University, 1999

American Vacuum Society Fellow, 2002

Elected Chair of Evan Pugh Professors at Penn State, 2002

Elected Chair of The SIMS International Committee, 2005-2013

Elected Councilor to the American Association for the Advancement of Science,      2007-2010

American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry, sponsored by Battelle Memorial Institute, 2012.

 

Professional Affiliations

AAAS

American Chemical Society

American Physical Society

Phi Lambda Upsilon

Advisory Boards and Panels

National Science Foundation Chemistry Advisory Board (1987-90)

Department of Energy Assessment Panel (1989 and 2005)

Office of Naval Research Board of Visitors (1989)

Office of Naval Research, Chemistry Division, Technical Advisory Group (1989)

Lehigh University Chemistry Department Visiting Committee (1989-92)

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Panel

(1990-1992)

NSF PYI Selection Panel (1989-91)

Air Force Office of Scientific Research Chemical Sciences Review Panel

(1990-96)

International Workshop on Post-Ionization Techniques in Surface Analysis (1990-  )

Materials Research Institute Board of Directors (1993-2004)

European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis

 (1993-1998)

International Conference on Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (1992-95)

International Conference on Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (1996)

Co-Chairman

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Scientific Advisory and Review Committee of the Chemical and Materials Chemistry Directorate (1997-2003)

Board of Directors, Atom Sciences, Inc.

National Research Council Associateship Program Review Panel (1997-2004).

Review of Delaware Science Curriculum Standards (1994).

NIH study section in Enabling Bioanalytical and Biophysical Technologies,

ad hoc member, 2004.

Committee of Visitors, Basic Energy Sciences, Department of Energy, 2005

PITSA International Committee, Chair (2006- ).

 

Editorial Boards

Surface and Interface Analysis (1979-82)

Journal de Microscopie et de Spectroscopie Electroniques (1979-90)

Chemtracts Contributing Scholar (1988-90)

Journal of Trace and Microprobe Techniques (1982-94)

Analytical Chemistry (1985-1988)

Analytical Chemistry Oversight Committee (1989)

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry Editorial Board (1992-96)

Research Trends, “Trends in Vacuum Science and Technology” (1995-  )

Vacuum (1995-2012)

 

Recent Distinguished Lectures 

The Phyllis Johnson Patrick Lecture, Kansas State University, April, 1999.

Meloche Lecture, University of Wisconsin, November, 1999.

Eli Lilly Distinguished Lecture, Indiana Univesity, December, 1999.

Fassel Lectures, Iowa State University, May, 2001.

Keynote Lecture, Thirteenth International SIMS meeting, Nara, Japan, November, 2001.

Lectures at the Leading Edge, University of Toronto, November, 2005.

International Lecturer, The University of Manchester, UK, April, 2007.

Commencement speaker, Penn State University Graduation, May 2007.

The Sidney Ross Lecturer in Colloid and Surface Chemistry,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, June, 2007.

Plenary Lecture, 18th International SIMS meeting, Trento, Italy, September 2012

 

Consultancies

Shell Oil Company – Surface Analysis (1975-94)

Atom Sciences – Trace Analysis in Semiconductors (1990-2010 )

Adler, Kaplan & Begy (1991-93)

The West Company (1994-96)

Clark-MXR – Applications of Ultra-Short Pulsed Lasers (1994-2000)

Pharmacopeia – Combinatorial Chemistry (1997-2002)

Astra Pharmaceutical Company (1999)

Precise Technology, Inc. (2003-04)

Vistakon Division of J&J Vision Care (2003-06)

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals (2003-05)

Alcoa Corporation (2006-2007)

MDX Sciex (2007-2010)

Meetings Organized

Summer Symposium on Analytical Chemistry, Clarkson College, June 1983.

Office of Naval Research Contractors’ Meeting on Solid State and Surface      Chemistry, Penn State University, June 1986

Post-Ionization Techniques in Surface Analysis (PITSA ’91), Penn State University, May 1991

ACS Symposium on “The Surface Chemical Bond”, Anaheim, CA, April 1995

Applied Surface Analysis Conference, Penn State University, June 1995

8th International Conference on Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy and Its Applications, Penn State University, July 1996

Pittcon – Chemical Imaging of Biomaterial Surfaces and Interfaces, March 2005

Pittcon – Chemical Imaging of Biomaterial Surfaces and Interfaces, March 2006

 

 Patents

N. Winograd and F. K. Fong, “Reversible Photogalvanic Cells for the Conversion of Solar Radiation into Electricity”, Patent Number 4,022,950, May, 1977.

N. Winograd and S. J. Benkovic, “Molecular Imaging Systems”, Patent Number 5,272,338

S. J. Benkovic, N. Winograd, C. L. Brummel and I. N. W. Lee, “Method for Identifying Members of Combinatorial Libraries”, Patent Number 5,834,195, November, 1998.

N. Winograd, D. E. Riederer, R. Chatterjee, “Method to Identify a Surface-Bound Molecule”, Patent Number 6,432,716, August 2002.

R. Braun, R. J. Hessler and N. Winograd, “Combinatorial Chemistry System and Method of Use”, Foreign Patent Pending Application No. PCT/US98/23697.

 

Meetings Organized

Summer Symposium on Analytical Chemistry, Clarkson College, June 1983

Office of Naval Research Contractors’ Meeting on Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Penn State University, June 1986

Post-Ionization Techniques in Surface Analysis (PITSA ’91), Penn State University, May 1991

ACS Symposium on “The Surface Chemical Bond”, Anaheim, CA, April 1995

Applied Surface Analysis Conference, Penn State University, June 1995

8th International Conference on Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy and Its Applications, Penn State University, July 1996

 

Publication Citations

h-index 57

~700 citations per year over the last 4 years, 12000 overall.

 

Graduate Students sponsored over last 5 years, including Undergraduate Institution

                                          Undergraduate Institution               Current Location

Anna Bloom                      Juniata College                                    Penn State University

Daniel Brenes                    University of Houston                        Penn State University

Anthony Carado               Penn State University                         PNNL

Juan Cheng                       Nankai University                               Merck

Lauren Jackson                 Marist College                                     Penn State University

Joseph Kozole                   DeSales University                             Homeland Security

Andrew Kucher                The College of New Jersey                 Penn State University

Michael Kurczy                 Salem State College                            Gothenburg

Jordan Lerach                   Youngstown State University            Penn State University

Caiyan Lu                         Nankai University                               Seagate Technology

Dan Mao                           Shanghai Jiaotong University             Penn State University

Abigale Marcus                 King’s College                                    Glaxo, Smith, Kline

Carolyn McQuaw             Linfield College                                  Schroedinger Inc

Shawn Parry                      Brigham Young University                 Alliant Technologies

Melissa Passarelli              Union College                                     Gothenburg

Paul Piehowski                  St. John’s University                           PNNL.

Nick Popczun                    University of Akron                            Penn State University

Kan Shen                          Sichuan University                              Penn State University

Edward Smiley                 Moravian College                                Penn State University

Chris Szakal                      Muhlenberg College                            NIST

Jay Tarolli                          SUNY Binghamton                            Penn State University

David Willingham             Wilkes University                               Argonne National Lab

Lu Yuan                            Hunan University                                Penn State University

Lei Liang Zheng               Fudan University                                Evans and Associates

Zihua Zhu                         Peking University                               PNNL

 

Total number of graduate students advised:  80

 

Postgraduate Scholars sponsored over last 5 years, including Ph.D. Institution

                                          Ph.D Institution                                 Current Location

Jui-Hsien Chang                University of Warwick                       Penn State University

Anita Durairaj                   University of Cincinnati                     Penn State University

Selda Keskin                     Middle East Technical University      Penn State University

Jung-Hwan Kim                Seoul National University                   Penn State University

Alan Piwowar                   University of Buffalo                         DOW

 

Total number of postgraduate scholars advised:  37