Joseph Francisco
| Joseph Francisco | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 26, 1955 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Residence | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater |
University of Texas at Austin Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Atmospheric chemistry |
| Awards |
Guggenheim Fellowship Sloan Fellowship 2007 Herbert Newby McCoy Award (Purdue) Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award(Purdue) 2010 American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2013 US National Academy of Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical chemist |
| Institutions | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| Doctoral advisor | Jeffrey Steinfeld |
Joseph S. Francisco (born 1955) was President of the American Chemical Society from 2009-2010. He currently serves as the Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, Elmer H. and Ruby M.Cordes Chair in chemistry at University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He received his bachelors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977 and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. He was President of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers from 2006–2008. He is also a fellow of the American Physical Society (1998), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2001), American Chemical Society (2012), and a Guggenheim Fellow (1993). He was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt U.S.Senior Scientist Award, appointed a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Bologna, Italy; Professeur Invité at the Université de Paris-Est, France; a Visiting Professor at Uppsala Universitet,Sweden; and an Honorary International Chair Professor, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. He served as President of the American Chemical Society in 2010. He was elected as the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010 and was elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2013. He also received the Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, Tuskegee University., 2010. President Barack Obama appointed Joseph S. Francisco, PhD, to serve on the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science for the period 2010–2012,2012–2014.
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