Curriculum Vitae
Lisa McElwee-White
Personal
Researcher ID: B-9037-2014
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5791-5146
Work:
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7200
(352) 392-8768
FAX:
(352) 846-0296
E-mail:
[email protected]
http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~lmwhite/
Education
1979
1983
1983-1985
B.S., Chemistry, with Highest Distinction and Honors
in Chemistry, University of Kansas
Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
Advisor: Professor Dennis A. Dougherty
Postdoctoral Research Affiliate, Stanford University
Mentor: Professor James P. Collman
Professional
2015-present
2012-2013
2007-2009
1998-2002
1997-present
1993-1997
1985-1993
Colonel Allan R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry
Colonel Allan R. and Margaret G. Crow Term Professor
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor
Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
University of Florida
Professor, University of Florida
Associate Professor, University of Florida
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Leadership of Programs and Centers
2013-2016
2010-2014
Director, UF Beckman Scholars Program
Director, NSF-CCI Center for Nanostructured Electronic Materials
Fellowships and Awards
2015
2012
2010
2009
2007
1996-2014
1996
1980-1983
1989
1979-1980
1979
1979
1979
Florida Award (Florida Section, ACS)
Charles H. Stone Award (Carolina-Piedmont Section, ACS)
Fellow, American Chemical Society
UF Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
HHMI Distinguished Mentor Award
Anderson Scholar Faculty Honoree, University of Florida (honored nine times)
TIP Award, University of Florida
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
DuPont Young Faculty Award
Institute Fellowship, California Institute of Technology
Alpha Chi Sigma Award, University of Kansas
Robert Kent Scholarship, University of Kansas
E.V. McCollum Symposium Award, University of Kansas
1978
1978
1975-1976
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon
Dow Undergraduate Chemistry Achievement Award, University of Kansas
National Merit Scholarship
Professional Memberships
American Chemical Society
Materials Research Society
The Electrochemical Society
Professional Service (selected)
2015
2015-2017
2014
2014-2017
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009-2014
2009-2012
2008-2014
2008
2008-2010
2008-2010
2006-2014
2006-2007
2006-2014
2005-2006
2004-2006
2004-2007
2002
2002-2005
2001
2001-2003
2000-2002
2000-2003
1998-2002
1996-2000
1995-1999
1995-1998
Member, Search Committee for the Director, NSF Division of Chemistry
Steering Committee, NIH Mentoring Workshop for Young Faculty
Member, NIH Special Emphasis Panel: Fellowships: Synthetic and Biological Chemistry
Member, ACS Committee on Professional Training
Chair, Academic Program Review, University of Nevada, Reno Chemistry Department
External Reviewer, Mid-Cycle Academic Program Review, University of Tennessee
Chemistry Department
External Reviewer, Academic Program Review, Wayne State University
Chemistry Department
NSF Cyber-Review Panel, Centers for Chemical Innovation, Phase I
ACS Task Force on Electronic Dissemination of Meeting Content
Mentor, NIH Mentoring Workshop for Young Faculty
Member at Large, Executive Committee, ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry
Editorial Advisory Board, Current Organic Chemistry
External Reviewer, Academic Program Review, University of Tennessee
Chemistry Department
International Advisory Board, 18th International Conference on Organic Synthesis,
Bergen, Norway, August 2010
Chair, Division of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society
(2008 Chair Elect, 2009 Chair, 2010 Past Chair)
Co-organizer, Academic Young Investigators Symposium (annual at fall national ACS
meetings)
Committee of Visitors, NSF Chemistry Division
Editorial Advisory Board, Letters in Organic Chemistry
International Advisory Committee, 16th International Conference on Organic Synthesis,
Mérida, México, June 2006
Member at Large, Executive Committee, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry
External Reviewer, Academic Program Review, University of Nebraska
Chemistry Department
Titular Member, IUPAC Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division
Committee
Search Committee for Editor, Journal of Organic Chemistry
Advisory Panel, NSF Inorganic Workshops
Editorial Advisory Board, Organometallics
National Program Chair, Organic Division, American Chemical Society
Editorial Advisory Board, Current Organic Chemistry
Advisory Committee, Inter-American Photochemical Society
Member, Medicinal Chemistry Study Section, NIH
Executive Guest Editor, Current Organic Chemistry
1995-1996
1994-1995
1994
Member, Organizing Committee, Eighth Winter Conference of the Inter-American
Photochemical Society, Iguaçu Falls, Brazil
Co-organizer, Seventh Winter Conference of the Inter-American
Photochemical Society, Clearwater Beach, Florida
External Reviewer for Puerto Rico EPSCoR Planning Committee
College and University Service (University of Florida)
2010-2011
2010-2013
2010
2010
2008-2009
2008
2006-2008
2006,2008
2005-2008
2003-2006
2003-2006
2002
2001
2000-2001
1999-2002
1999-2000
1999-2000
1999
1998-2002
1998
1998
1997-1998
1997
1995-1999
1994
Chair, Academic Personnel Board
Member, Graduate Council
Member, CLAS Selection Committee for UFRF Professorships
Member, Selection Committee for UF Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
Chair, CLAS Tenure and Promotion Committee
Chair, Search Committee for the Director, Florida Institute for Sustainable Energy
Member, CLAS Tenure and Promotion Committee
Member, CLAS Evaluation Committee for SPPP Packets
Member, Faculty Senate Policy Council on Academic Infrastructure & Support
Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure, Professional
Relations and Standards
Member, Faculty Senate
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Director for Compliance, Research and
Graduate Programs
Member, Search Committee for Zoology Chair
Member, Search Committee for Director, Office of Technology Licensing
Member, Preservation of Historic Buildings and Sites Committee
Member, Search Committee for Marshall Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair (Zoology)
Member, Search Committee for Statistics Chair
Member, Search Committee for Physics Chair
Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC-03)
CLAS Research Awards Review Committee
Graduate Mentoring Awards Committee
Dean’s Advisory Council, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
UF Foundation Research Professorships Committee
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences representative, Hazardous Waste Minimization
Committee
Member, Search Committee for the Associate Dean for Research, College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
College and University Service (Stanford University)
1991
1990-1993
1988
1986-1987
1986-1987
Participant, Natural Sciences Focus Group for University Reaccreditation
Self Study
Guest Lecturer, Stanford Medical Youth Science Program
Member, Search Committee for Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Librarian
Member, Executive Committee for Women's Science and Engineering Network
Member, Near West Campus Library Planning Committee
Departmental Service (University of Florida)
2014-2017
20142013
Member, Merit Committee
Member, Leadership Board Liaison Committee
Chair, Search Committee for Organic Faculty Position
20132012
2009-2010
2006-2012
2006-2009
2003-2006
2003-2006
2003-2005
2003-2006
1999-2001
1998
1997-1998
1997-1998
1996-1997
1996-2002
1996
1994-1998
1994-1995
1994-1998
1994-1995
1993-1994
Member, Faculty Search Advisory Committee
Member, Department Chair Search Committee
Member, Search Committee for Inorganic Faculty Position
Chair, Faculty Search Advisory Committee
Member, Merit Committee
Member, Faculty Search Advisory Committee
Member, Graduate Advising Committee
Chair, Faculty Search Subcommittee on Synthesis
Member, Academic Status Committee
Member, Search Committee for Polymer Faculty Position
Member, Departmental TIP Award Committee
Member, Technical Facilities Committee
Chair, Search Committee for Organic Faculty Position
Member, Search Committee for Inorganic Faculty Position
Member, Jones Award Selection Committee
Member, ad hoc Chemtrak Evaluation Committee
Chair, Safety Committee
Member, Search Committee for Analytical Faculty Position
Member, Graduate Selection Committee
Member, Seminar Committee
Member, Search Committee for Senior Organic Faculty Position
Departmental Service (Stanford University)
1989-1991
1986-1989
1986-1989
1986-1989
1985-1986
Member, Safety Committee
Member, Executive Committee
Member, Graduate Study Committee
Member, Seminar Committee
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee
Ph.D. Students:
Graduation
Employment
Hanadi F. Sleiman
Sept. 1990
Postdoctoral with Henry Taube (Stanford)
now Professor, McGill University
Claudia Tata Maxey
Oct. 1991
Exxon
John D. Carter
July 1992
Proctor and Gamble
Bruce A. Arndtsen
May 1993
Postdoctoral with Robert G. Bergman (UC
Berkeley) now Professor, McGill
University
Kevin B. Kingsbury
Aug. 1993
Postdoctoral with Jacqueline K. Barton
(Caltech) now Professor, Cal PolySan Luis Obispo
Thomas K. Schoch
Dec. 1994
USDA
Scott T. Massey
May 1995
Postdoctoral with John R. Shapley (Illinois), then
Instructor, Paradise Valley Community College
Karen E. Torraca
July 1999
Postdoctoral with Stephen L. Buchwald (MIT),
now Associate Professor, Houghton College
Jennifer E. McCusker
July 1999
Eastman Chemical
Andrea D. Main
Aug. 2000
Postdoctoral with John Linehan (PNNL), now
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett, & Dunner
Keisha-Gay Hylton
May 2004
Law School at the University of Florida now Sterne
Kessler Goldstein Fox
Yue Zhang
Dec. 2004
Honeywell
Ying Yang
Dec. 2004
Postdoctoral with James P. Collman (Stanford), now
Pacific Biosciences
Corey Wilder
Aug. 2005
Mississippi Department of Health
Corey Anthony
May 2006
Assistant Professor, Saint Leo University, now US
Department of Justice
Daniel Serra
Jan. 2007
Postdoctoral at CaRLa Institute (Universität
Heidelberg/BASF) then postdoctoral at ETH Zürich.
now Chemspeed Technologies
Delmy Díaz
May 2007
Faculty position at the National Pedagogic
University Francisco Morazán, Honduras
Laurel Reitfort Baysal
May 2008
Eastman Chemical
Jürgen Koller
Dec. 2008
Postdoctoral with Robert G. Bergman (UC
Berkeley), now Momentive Performance Materials
Seth Dumbris
May 2010
Drug Enforcement Agency, now US Patent Office
Phillip Shelton
May 2010
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at
Martin
Ampofo Darko
Dec. 2010
Postdoctoral with Joseph Fox (Univ. of Delaware),
then Assistant Professor, University of TennesseeKnoxville
Marie Correia
May 2011
Postdoctoral with Marcel Schlaf (Univ. of Guelph)
then postdoctoral with Galia Maayan (Technion Israel Institute of Technology)
Sarah Goforth
Aug. 2013
Postdoctoral with T. Brent Gunnoe (Univ. of Virginia),
then Assistant Professor, Campbell University
Ciera Gerack
Aug. 2013
Adesis, Inc.
Jennifer Johns
Dec. 2013
Faculty position at Canterbury School, Fort Myers, FL
Randall McClain
May 2014
NRC Postdoctoral Research Associateship with Dr. Curtis
Johnson at the Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake
Joseph Brannaka
Dec. 2014
Assistant Professor, Walla Walla University
Richard Bonsu
May 2014
Kelsea Johnson
current
Yung-Chien Wu
current
Jakub Pedziwiatr
current
Arijit Koley
current
Nathaniel Richey
current
Michelle Nolan
current
Duane Bock
current
Xiaoming Su
current
Hang Lu
current
Visiting Scholars
Ayed Al-Shihri
1999
Associate Professor, King Saud University
René S. Vieta
1999-2000
Professor, University of Puerto Rico,
Mayagüez
Chatu T. Sirimanne
2008
Lecturer, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Aladdin Srour
2011
Assistant Researcher, National Research
Center, Cairo (Egypt)
Hasan Nazir
2011-2012
Professor, University of Ankara (Turkey)
Nilgün Özpozan
2013
Professor, University of Erciyes (Turkey)
Emel Yildiz
2014-2015
Associate Professor, Cukurova University (Turkey)
Dates
Initial Employment
1989-1991
Operon Technologies
Postdoctoral Associates
Eric K. Pham
Mark D. Mortimer
1992-1993
English China Clays
Patrick C. McGowan
1993-1994
Reader, University of Leeds
Michael R. Terry
1993-1995
Stepan Company
Nicholas D.R. Barnett
1994-1996
Halliburton
Chien-Hsing Lin
1994-1995
Stephen D. Orth
1994-1996
International Paper, now Eastman Chemical
Yingxia He
1996-1998
DuPont, now Ciba
Pamela L. Hill
1996-1999
Instructor, Santa Fe Community College, then
Chemical Abstracts Service
Margaret E. Kerr
1997-1998
TotalFina, now Professor,
Worcester State College
Bidyut K. Santra
1998-1999
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Mark E. Tess
1999-2000
Abbott Laboratories
Carlos G. Ortiz
1999
DuPont-Dow Elastomers
Gilbert Matare
2000-2001
Chemical Abstracts Service
Benjamin C. Brooks
2001-2003
Assistant Professor, Gardner-Webb University
Chatu T. Sirimanne
2004-2005
Lecturer, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Ramasamy Pothiraja
2006
Postdoc, Ruhr-Universität Bochum now Assistant Professor,
Bharathidasan University (India)
Graduation
Initial Employment
Leo B. Slater
Dec. 1987
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Carolyn J. Leep
Apr. 1988
Chemical Manufacturers Association
Suzanne Mercer
Mar. 1989
Graduate School at UC Berkeley
Department of Chemistry
Lori Snidow
May 1995
Dental School at the Medical College of Virginia
Damon A. Storhoff
Aug. 1996
Berlex Laboratories
Jennifer J. Wild
Nov. 1996
Lilly
M.S. Students
Lawrence Y. Lee
July 1998
Dental School at Columbia University
Fang Qian
Jan. 2001
Pharmacia
Chuleekorn Chotsuwan
April 2004
Graduate School at the University of Alabama
Jianye Zhang
May 2007
Graduate School at the University of Florida,
Dept. of Environmental Engineering
Ahmed Moghieb
Dec. 2009
Graduate School at the University of Florida
Christina Sweeney
May 2011
Instructor, Pellissippi State Community College
Dan Denomme
Dec. 2012
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Undergraduate Research Students in Ph.D. Programs
Of the more than 70 undergraduates who have done research in the group, these have gone on to Ph.D. programs:
Student
Suzanne Mercer
Christopher Sabater
Andreas Wilde
Ralf Voelkle
Todd Younkin
Justine Roth
Chandele Ramsay
Cara Grasso
Mary Chlebowski
Kirsten Johnson
Jennifer Logan
Michiyo Kokka
Daniel Serra
Kara Forinash
Courtney Phillips
Barisa Talbi
Casie Hilliard
David Watts
Lucas Parvin
Chris Curran
Richard Walroth
Caroline Hoyt
Ph.D. program
University of California, Berkeley
Universität Hannover
Universität Hannover
University of Southern California
California Institute of Technology
University of Washington
Colorado State University
University of Arizona
Emory University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Florida
Hokkaido University
University of Florida
University of Wisconsin
Northwestern University
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6)
Texas A&M University
University of California, Los Angeles
Emory University
Vanderbilt University
Cornell University
Georgia Institute of Technology