Professional Preparation
1990
Université de Bordeaux I, Chemistry, M.S.
1994
University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D - Advisor: Alan Cowley
1999
Dr. Rer. Nat. Habil, Chemie, Technische Universität München, Advisor: Hubert Schmidbaur
Appointments
1990 - 1994
Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin
1994 - 1996
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Technische Universität München with Hubert Schmidbaur
1996 - 1998
Habilitand, Technische Universität München
1998 - 2003
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
2003 - 2006
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
2006 - Present
Professor, Texas A&M University
2008 - 2014
Davidson Professor of Science
2009
Visiting Professor at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse
2014 - 2016
Head, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
2014 - Present
Arthur E. Martell Chair of Chemistry
2019 - Present
Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University
Awards and Honors
1994 - 1996
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, TU München
1996 - 1998
Marie Curie European Commission Research Fellowship, TU München
2001
NSF Career Award
2007 - 2009
Editorial Board Member of Organometallics
2007 - 2018
Editorial Board Member of Heteroatom Chemistry
2007 - Present
Editorial Board Member of Main Group Chemistry
2008 - 2014
Davidson Professor of Science
2009
North American Dalton Lecturer, Berkeley
2011
Fellow of the American Chemical Society
2011
Chair of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry
2011 - 2019
Associate Editor for Organometallics
2012
Recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt re-invitee, Regensburg
2013
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2013 - Present
Member of the Inorganic Syntheses board
2014 - Present
Arthur E. Martell Chair of Chemistry
2016
Boulder Scientific Innovation Lecturer, Colorado State University
2016
Chair of the Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Conference
2016
ACS F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
2016 - Present
Editorial Board Member of Chem
2016 - Present
Editorial Board Member of Chemistry Select
2016 - Present
Honorary Member of the Israel Chemical Society
2017
Third Annual Anton B. Burg Memorial Lecturer, University of Southern California
2017
The James A. Ibers Summer Lectures, Northwestern University
2018
Lappert Lecturer, Dalton2018, Warwick
2018
Peter C. Reilly Lectrurer, Notre Dame
2019
Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Research
2019 - Present
Associate Editor for Chemical Science
2019 - Present
Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University
2022
Boron in the Americas (BORAM) Award
2022
Shore Lecturer, Ohio State University
2024
Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Science