Prof. Frank Sherwood Rowland
iCACGP Honarary Member
Department of Chemistry
University of California Irvine
   
rowland@uci.edu
Research Interests        Publications        Detailed CV
Education:   

B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1948

M.S., University of Chicago, 1951

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1952

D.Sc., University of Chicago, 1989

D.Sc., Duke University, 1989

L.L.D., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1989

D.Sc., Whittier College, 1989

D.Sc., Princeton University, 1990

L.L.D., Simon Fraser University (Canada), 1991

D.Sc., Haverford College, 1992

D.Sc., Clark University, 1996

D.Sc., East Anglia University (United Kingdom), 1996

Professional:   

Donald Bren Research Professor of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, 1994-

Foreign Secretary, United States National Academy of Sciences, 1994-

Donald Bren Professor of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, 1989-1994

Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr., Professor of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, 1985-1989

Professor of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, 1964-present

Professor of Chemistry and Department Chairman, University of California Irvine, 1964-1970

Professor of Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1963-1964

Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1958-1963

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1956-1958

Instructor in Chemistry, Princeton University, 1952-1956

More than 330 scientific publications in the areas of atmospheric chemistry, radiochemistry and chemical kinetics

Co-discoverer with Dr. Mario J. Molina that chlorofluorocarbon gases deplete the ozone layer of the stratosphere

Professional Affiliations:   

Co-Chair, Interacademy Panel on International Issues, 1995-present

Member, German-American Academic Council, 1994-present

Member, General Committee, International Council of Scientific Unions, 1993-present

Chairman, Committee on International Organizations and Programs, National Academy of Sciences, 1993-present

Member, Board of Directors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991-94

Member, American Chemical Society

Member, American Physical Society

Member, American Geophysical Union

Member, Executive Committee for the Tyler Prize, 1992-present

Member, Advisory Group, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991-present

Member, Executive Committee, National Institute for Global Environmental Change and Co-Director, Western Region, 1990-1993

Member, California Council on Science and Technology, 1989-present

Member, University of California Committee on Global Change, 1989-present

Member, Fachbeirat (Visiting Scientific Committee), Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (Mainz, West Germany), 1989-present

Member, Committee on Opportunities in Applied Environmental Research and Development, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1988-1991

Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Film Committee for THE INFINITE VOYAGE, 1988-1992

Chairman, Gordon Conference, Environmental Sciences-Air, 1987

Co-Chairman, Dahlem (West Berlin) Conference on "Our Changing Atmosphere", November 1987

Member, Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1987-1989

Member, Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1986-1991

Member, Ozone Trends Panel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1986-1988; Chairman, Sub-Panel on Total Ozone

Member, U.S. National Committee for SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment), 1986-1989

Alternate Councilor, Division of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1985-1988

Chair, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Review Panel for CITE Experiments, 1984

Member, Fachbeirat (Visiting Scientific Committee), Max Planck Institutes for Nuclear Physics (Heidelberg)and Chemistry (Mainz), 1982-1989

Member, Acid Rain Peer Review Panel, U.S. Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the White House, 1982-1984

Visiting Scientist, Technical University, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, 1981

Member, Ozone Commission, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (IAMAP), 1980-1988

Member, Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (CACGP), International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (IAMAP), 1979-1991

Member, Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1979-1983

Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee, High Altitude Pollution Program, Federal Aviation Administration, 1978-1982

Member, CODATA Committee, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1977-1982; Chairman, 1981-1982

Member, Visiting Committee, Radiochemistry Division (Fission Product Separation from Nuclear Fuels), National Laboratory, Arco, Idaho, 1976-1978

Member, Visiting Committee, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 1974-1978; Chairman, 1976

Chairman, Division of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1974-1975

Consultant in Radiation Chemistry, International Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, 1974

Chairman-elect, Division of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1973-1974

Chairman, Division of Nuclear Science and Technology, American Chemical Society, 1973-1974

Chairman-elect, Division of Nuclear Science and Technology, American Chemical Society, 1972-1973

Member, Visiting Committee, Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1972-1976

Chairman, Gordon Conference, Isotopes in Chemistry, 1972

Consultant in Radiation Chemistry, International Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA), 1969

Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany, 1962

Consultant, Radiochemistry Division, General Atomics, San Diego, California, Summer 1960

Visiting Scientist, Radiation Laboratory, University of California - Berkeley, Summer 1957

Visiting Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Summers 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1959

Detailed CV