Galen D. Stucky

Galen D. Stucky is a world renowned American inorganic materials chemist most famous for his work with porous ordered mesoporous materials such as SBA-15. He has been ranked in the top five most cited materials scientist in the world according to Thomson Scientific's in-cites publication (over 80 publications with over 60 citations).^[1] According to another publication by Thomson in late 2006, his work involving SBA is the most cited paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society which is one of the top 10 most-cited journals across all fields. ^[2] His Hirsch index rating ranks in the top 50 amongst all living chemists. ^[3]

Additional recommended knowledge

Essential Laboratory Skills Guide

Guide to balance cleaning: 8 simple steps

How to ensure accurate weighing results every day?

He received his Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from Iowa State University (Advisor: R. E. Rundle) in 1962. In 1962-63, he was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Physics at MIT (Prof. Clifford G. Shull). His independent academic career started in 1964 where he was a professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Later in 1972, Dr. Stucky was promoted to Full Professor at UIUC but left in 1980 to work at Sandia National Laboratory and the DuPont Central Research and Development. He joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1986 where he is now Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (College of Letters and Science), Professor in the Materials Department (College of Engineering), and a member of the Interdepartmental Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. ^[4] Dr. Stucky lives with his wife, Kaaren, in Santa Barbara, California and has two sons, David and Mark Stucky.

References