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Personal and Educational
History
Born March 18,
1928, Glen Ridge, NJ.
Attended Cornell University; B.A. with high honors, 1950.
Graduate study at Harvard Univ. A.M., 1952, Ph.D. 1954. Thesis under the
direction of Prof. E. G. Rochow
Record of Employment
Univ. of
Wisconsin-Madison, Instructor 1956-57;
Asst. Prof., 1957-62;
Assoc. Prof., 1962-63;
Prof. 1963-80;
Eugene G. Rochow Professor, 1980- ;
Director, Organosilicon Research Center, 1999-;
President, Silatronix Inc., 2005-
Honors and Awards
John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Fellow, 1968
American Chemical Society F. S. Kipping Award in Organosilicon
Chem., 1970
Amoco Distinguished Teaching Award, 1974
Eugene G. Rochow Professorship, 1980
Outstanding Science Innovator for 1985 by Science Digest
Chemical Pioneer Award of the American Institute of Chemists, 1988
Wacker Silicone Prize, 1989
Humboldt Research Award for Senior U. S. Scientists, 1990
Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, G. Asachi
Technical University, Iasi, Romania, 1995
J.W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award, 2002
Main Group Chemistry Medal, 2003
Listed as one of most highly cited chemists, 1981-1989. (2003)
R&D100 Award for technical innovation, 2005
Fellow, World Innovation Foundation, 2005
Honorary Member, Japan Chemical Society. 2007
Research Interests
Chemistry of silylenes, R2Si, siloles
and germoles.
Polysiloxanes as electrolytes for energy storage.
Synthesis and investigation of silicon-containing drug molecules.
Muon
spin resonance spectroscopy of silicon and germanium compounds.
Founder and President, Silatronix Inc. (organosilicon
electrolytes)
Publications
More than 650 scientific
papers published.
Selected recent
publications:
Oligo(ethylene
glycol)-functionalized disiloxanes as electrolytes
for lithium ion batteries, Z. Zhang, J. Dong, R. West, K. Amine, J. Power Sources, 195 6062-6068 (2010).
Organosilicon compounds meet subatomic
physics: Muon spin resonance, R. West, P. Percival, Dalton Trans. 39, 9209-9216, (2010).
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