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Curriculum Vitae of James G. Anderson Jim Anderson was born in 1944 in Spokane, Washington. He earned his B.S. in Physics from the University of Washington in 1966 and his Ph.D. in Physics and Astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado in 1970 under direction of Charles A. Barth. He was postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pittsburgh, a Research Scientist at the Space Physics Research Laboratory of the University of Michigan and a faculty member in Chemistry and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Michigan. He joined the faculty of Harvard University in 1978 as the Robert P. Burden Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry; in 1982, he was appointed the Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry. He is a member of the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He was Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, 1998−2001. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1992, to the American Philosophical Society in 1998, to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1986, and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 1989. He was presented the 2016 Michael Polanyi Medal by the British Royal Academy of Chemistry, the 2012 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award in the Physical Sciences, and the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/WMO Vienna Convention Award in 2005. Prior to that the Harvard Ledlie Prize for Most Valuable Contribution to Science by a Member of the Harvard Faculty, the ACS National Award: Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, the United Nations Earth Day International Award, the E. O. Lawrence Award in Environmental Science and Technology, the Gustavus John Esselen Award, Chemistry in the Public Interest, American Chemical Society, the Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Achievement Award at University of Washington, the National Academy of Sciences Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship, and the United Nations Environment Programme Ozone Award. He currently serves on the NRC Space Studies Board that oversees NASA. He served on the Executive committee of the National Research Council Earth Science Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond (NAS 2007); Space Science Board: Task Group on Research and Analysis; National Research Council Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry; National Research Council Committee on Global Change Research; National Science Foundation Advisory Committee on Atmospheric Sciences, Board of Directors; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1984−1988; Executive Committee, 1985−1988; and the Pontifical Academy Board: Chemical Events in the Atmosphere and Their Impact on the Environment.
Special Issue: James G. Anderson Festschrift Published: March 10, 2016 © 2016 American Chemical Society
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12138 J. Phys. Chem. A 2016, 120, 1321−1321
