David A. Tirrell
Encyclopedia
David A. Tirrell is an American chemist and a Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology
(Caltech).
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) in 1974. He received a Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Massachusetts
where his thesis advisor was Prof. Otto Vogl. Dr. Tirrell was a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Carnegie-Mellon University from 1978-1984. He served as the Director of the Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts from 1978-1998. He moved to Caltech in 1998 and served as chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech from 1999 until 2009. Dr. Tirrell is an elected member of all three branches of the United States National Academies
- the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Engineering
, and the Institute of Medicine
.
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
(Caltech).
Background
Dr. Tirrell earned a B.S. in ChemistryChemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
(MIT) in 1974. He received a Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts
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where his thesis advisor was Prof. Otto Vogl. Dr. Tirrell was a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Carnegie-Mellon University from 1978-1984. He served as the Director of the Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts from 1978-1998. He moved to Caltech in 1998 and served as chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech from 1999 until 2009. Dr. Tirrell is an elected member of all three branches of the United States National Academies
United States National Academies
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- the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
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, and the Institute of Medicine
Institute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences...
.
External links
- http://www.che.caltech.edu/faculty/tirrell_d/index.html
- http://tirrell-lab.caltech.edu/