Paul L. Houston

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Brief Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Research Interests

Research Group

Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics Textbook

Courses Taught

Invited Lectures

Educational Administration

Contact Information

Personal Data

  • Born: January 27, 1947 in Hartford, Connecticut

Education

Current Positions

Previous Professional Experience

Organizational Membership

Awards, Honors, and Other Activities

Departmental Committees, Cornell

  • Underclass Advisor, 1975-1983, 1986-present
  • Major Advisor, 1983-present
  • New Graduate Students, 1976-1979
  • Chemistry Affairs, 1975-1978
  • Research Equipment Proposal, 1977-1979
  • Graduate Student Admissions, 1978-1979, 1995
  • Laser Facility, 1978-1985
  • NSF-URP, 1976-1978
  • Electronics, 1977-1978
  • ACS Secretary-Treasurer, Cornell Section, 1979-1981
  • Safety, 1979-1980, 1992-1994
  • Laboratory Equipment, 1978-1979
  • Inorganic Search, 1982-1983
  • Departmental Facilities, 1983-1984, 1993-1994
  • Debye Lecture, 1983-1986
  • Teaching Evaluation, 1982-1985, 1989-1993
  • Building and Space, 1987-1988
  • General Colloquium, 1987-1988
  • Awards, 1990-1993, 1997-2002
  • Planning Priorities, 1989-2001
  • Curriculum and Scholarship, 1993-1995
  • Physical Chemistry Search, 1993
  • Promotion and Tenure, 1991, 1992, 1993
  • New Building Coordination, 2001-2002

College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell Committees

  • Arts and Sciences College Admissions, 1979-1983
  • Academic Records, 1982-1985
  • Educational Policy, 1985-1988
  • Dean's ad hoc committees (tenure review), 1983,1984,1990-1992
  • Arts and Sciences College Nominating Committee, 1987-88
  • Dean's Advisory Committee on Appointments, 1994-1997
  • Search Committee, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1995-1996
  • Agenda Committee (Chair), 1998-2000
  • Faculty Salary Improvement committee, 2000-2001

Cornell University Committees

  • Faculty Council of Representatives, 1984-1985
  • Faculty Committee on Music, 1983-1988 (chairman 1987-88)
  • Laser Safety, 1982-present
  • Commission on Undergraduate Education, Subcommittee on Institutional Organization and Governance, Chairman, 1987-1990
  • Professor-At-Large Selection Committee, 1997-1999
  • Cornell Research Council, 1997-1998
  • Cornell Center for Materials Research, Executive Committee, 1997-2001, 2005
  • Cornell Nanofabrication Facility Executive Committee, 1998-2001
  • Nominations and Elections Committee, 1998-2001
  • Center for the Environment Research Steering Committee, 2001-2004
  • Local Advisory Council to the Vice Provost for Research, 2001-2004
  • Biogeochemistry and Biocomplexity Initiative Executive Committee, 2001-
  • President's Academic Cabinet, 2002-2003
  • Life Sciences Dean's Committee, 2002-2005
  • Cornell Nanofabrication Facility Director Search, 2004-2005
  • Provost Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Selection Committee, 2004-2005

National/International Activities

  • ACS Secretary Treasurer, Cornell Section, 1979-1981
  • NRC Advisory Committee to the Army Research Office, 1981-1984
  • Co-Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer, 1985
  • Sigma Xi, Cornell Chapter, Vice President 1984-1985, President 1985-1986
  • APS Division of Chemical Physics reporter for Physics News in 198x, 1986-1991
  • ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Alternate Councilor 1988-1991
  • Sigma Xi Lectureships Committee, 1987-1991
  • International Laser Science Organizing Committee 1990-1994, Program Vice-Chair 1991, Program Chair 1992, Conference Vice-Chair 1993, Chairman 1994
  • Quantum Electronics Laser Science Organizing Committee 1990-1991, 1995
  • External Review Committee, Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, April 1991
  • ACS Committee on Professional Training, Visiting Associate, 1989-present
  • NAS/NRC Planning Committee on Free Electron Lasers, 1993-1994
  • Associated Universities, Inc., Brookhaven Visiting Committee, 1994-1999
  • DOE Review Committee for CEBAF, May 11-12, 1995
  • Laser Science Topical Group Fellowship Committee, 1995
  • Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Program Committee, 1995
  • External Review Committee, Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, 1995-1997
  • APS, Division of Laser Science, Vice-Chair 1995-1996, Chair-Elect 1996-1997, Chair 1997-1998
  • ACS Executive Committee, Division of Physical Chemistry, 1996-1999
  • Sandia National Laboratories, Combustion Research Facility User Executive Committee, 1998-1999, Chair (1998-1999)
  • Brookhaven Science Associates, Brookhaven National Laboratories Science and Technology Steering Committee, 1998-2005
  • Selection Committee for APS Earl K. Plyler Prize, 1999-2000
  • ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Alternate Councilor 1999-2002
  • DOE Basic Energy Sciences Council on Chemical Sciences, 2001-2003
  • Director-At-Large, Alpha Chi Sigma, Tau Chapter Corporation, 2001-present
  • Co-organizer (with H. F. Davis), "Frontiers in Chemical Dynamics," a symposium at the ACS meeting, Orlando, April 7-11, 2002.
  • Co-organizer (with J. Eberly), APS Division of Laser Science, "New Laser Scientists Conference," October 13, 2001, Long Beach California
  • Search Committee, Chemistry Department Chair, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2001.
  • Advisory Committee, Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer, Ventura, California, January, 2005
  • APS Division of Laser Science, Nominating Committee, chair, 2005
  • APS Division of Chemical Physics Nominating Committee, 2005, chair, 2006
  • Visiting Committee, Brown University Department of Chemistry, March 11-12, 2010

Courses Taught

At Cornell:

At Columbia:

  • Chemical Kinetics (Chemistry G4231)
  • Quantum Mechanics II (Chemistry G6222)

At Georgia Tech:

  • The Art of Talking Science (Honors Course, Fall, 2009, CHEM 4803 HP)
Publication List
List of Invited Lectures
List of Graduate Students and Thesis Titles
List of Former Students, Postdocs, and Senior Collaborators


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