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Morton
Z. Hoffman - Professor Emeritus
Physical-Inorganic
Chemistry
Office:
SCI 475
Phone: 617-353-2494
Fax: 617-353-6466
E-mail: hoffman@bu.edu
Office
hours: By
appointment
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| Degrees |
- B.A. in Chemistry (cum laude), Hunter College of the City University
of New York, 1955.
- M.S. in Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1957.
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1960.
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| Honors |
- James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry, 2005
- U.S. National Representative on the Committee on Chemistry Education, IUPAC, 2004-2006
- Arthur Sweeny, Jr., Memorial Lecturer, Lehman College, City University of New York, 2003
- Recipient of the John A. Timm Award for Encouraging Young People to Study Chemistry, New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, 2003
- Recipient of the Responsible Care® Catalyst Award for Teaching Excellence, American Chemistry Council, 2002
- Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University,
1994
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
1992
- Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan-Flint, 1977
- Alumni Association Hall of Fame, Hunter College, 1977
- Associate of the Danforth Foundation, 1970
- Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, U.S. National Academy
of Sciences, 1969-1970
- Postdoctoral Research Associateship, University of Sheffield
(England), 1960-1961
- Rackham Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1960-1961
- Michigan Memorial-Phoenix Foundation Fellowship in Nuclear Chemistry,
1959-1960
- NSF Summer Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1959
- Sigma Xi, University
of Michigan, 1959
- Phi Lambda Upsilon, University of Michigan, 1958
- Phi Beta Kappa, Hunter College, 1955
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- Photophysics and electron-transfer photochemistry of transition
metal coordination complexes; chemistry of metal complexes in unusual
oxidation states or containing coordinated ligand-radicals; photochemistry
of ion-pair electron donor-acceptor complexes; photochemistry applied
to solar energy conversion and environmental problems; fast kinetics
techniques (time-resolved spectrofluorimetry, pulsed-laser flash
photolysis, pulse radiolysis).
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