November 13, 2003 - Today's Other News Items

UO Chemist Named AAAS Fellow

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded special distinction to Geraldine Richmond, a University of Oregon chemistry professor, by naming her a 2003 AAAS Fellow.

In elevating Richmond to this rank, the AAAS Section on Chemistry cited her contributions to the study of chemical interfaces through the pioneering use of non-linear optical techniques.

Richmond joins 347 other 2003 fellows, all of whom will be honored in February during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle. Fellows earn this honor because of their efforts to advance science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.

This year's list of AAAS Fellows will be announced in the AAAS News & Notes section in the Oct. 31 edition of the association's prestigious weekly journal, "Science."

A member of the University of Oregon faculty since 1985, Richmond is the Richard M. and Patricia H. Noyes Professor of Chemistry and holds a Knight Distinguished Professorship in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. She is a nationally recognized chemist with expertise in physical and environmental chemistry, laser studies of surfaces and interfaces, photocells, semiconductor reactivity, science policy issues, and teaching of science to nonscientists.

Richmond is a former director of the UO Chemical Physics Institute, a member of the UO Materials Science Institute and an associate of the Oregon Center for Optics.

This honor is the latest in a series of distinguished awards that Richmond has received over the years. Among these are the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, two National Science Foundation Research Creativity Awards, the 2001 Oregon Academy of Sciences Outstanding Scientist Award and a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering Mentoring.

Founded in 1848, the AAAS is the world's largest general federation of scientists, serving 10 million individuals through 272 affiliated organizations in more than 130 countries. The tradition of naming AAAS Fellows began in 1874.