Janos H. Fendler

Born: August 12, 1937, Budapest, Hungary (Naturalized U.S. Citizen).

Degrees: B.Sc., Chemistry (1960), University of Leicester, England; Postgraduate Diploma, Radiochemistry (1961), Leicester College of Technology, England; Ph.D., Physical Organic Chemistry (1964), University of London, England; D.Sc. Membrane Mimetic Chemistry (1978), University of London, England.

Phone: (315) 268-7113
Fax: (315) 268-4416
E-mail: fendler@clarkson.edu

   


Positions
 Radiation Research Laboratories, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fellow (1966-70); Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Associate (1970-75) and Professor of Chemistry (1975-81); Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, Professor of Chemistry (1982-85); Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Professeur Associé (1987-1994); Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Membrane Engineering and Science (1985-1997); Distinguished CAMP Professor of Chemistry, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York (1997-Present)
 

Honors, Awards, and Professional Services
     American Chemical Society National Award in Colloid or Surface Chemistry, Kendall Award (1983); Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists (1991); Meyerhoff Award, Israel (1997). Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa), University of Szeged, Hungary, 1999. Member of the Editorial Boards: Journal of Organic Chemistry (1978-1982), Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (1981-1985), Langmuir (1985-1987), Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France (1985- 1992), Magyar Kémiai Folyóirat (1992-present), Advanced Materials (1993-present), Chemistry of Materials (1997-present). North American Editor for Colloid and Polymer Science (2000-present).

 
Visiting Appointments
     Hahn-Meitner Institute fur Kernforschung, Berlin, Germany (February 16-March 7, 1969, Visiting Scientist); National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada (December 10, 1971-January 8, 1972, Visiting Scientist); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan (May 18-June 15, 1975, Visiting Professor); Institut de Chimie Physique, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Spring Semester, 1979, Visiting Professor); Swedish Institute of Surface Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden (July 25-October 31, 1981, Visiting Professor); Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Domaine Universitaire, Bordeaux and Collège de France, Paris, France (September 1-December 31, 1985, Professor Associé); Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin, Germany (May to December, 1992, and May to September, 1993, Visiting Professor); Weizmann Institute, Israel (1997 May - September, Visiting Professor); University of Paris VI (June 2001 - Visiting Professor).


Publication
300 research papers, 92 review articles, three books authored: ("Catalysis in Micellar and Macromolecular Systems," J. H. Fendler and E. J. Fendler, Academic Press, New York, 1975, pp. 1-545;"Membrane Mimetic Chemistry," Characterizations and Applications of Micelles, Microemulsions, Monolayers, Bilayers, Vesicles, Host-Guest Systems and Polyions, J. H. Fendler, John Wiley, New York, 1982, pp.1-522; Membrane-Mimetic Approach to Advanced Materials, J. H. Fendler, Advances in Polymer Science Series, Vol. 113, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1994) and three books edited: ("Advances in the Applications of Membrane-Mimetic Chemistry," T. F. Yen, R. D. Gilbert and J. H. Fendler, Editors, Plenum Press, New York, 1994; "Nanoparticles in Solids and Solutions," J. H. Fendler and Imre Dékány, Editors, NATO ASI Series, Vol. 18, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, 1996; "Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Films," J. H. Fendler, Editor, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1998)
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