William Baker Tolman
Distinguished McKnight University and L.I. Smith Professor
Department of Chemistry
and Center for Metals in
Biocatalysis
University of Minnesota
207 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431
Tel.: 612-625-4061
Fax: 612-624-7029
E-mail: wtolman(at)umn.edu
Birthdate: May 20, 1961
| 7/00- | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis. |
| 7/97-7/00 | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Professor, Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis. |
| 8/96-6/97 | University of California, Berkeley, CA. Visiting Professor, Department of Chemsitry and Miller Institute for Basic Sciences Research. Sponsor: Professor Judith Klinman. |
| 7/94-7/97 | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis. |
| 8/90-7/94 | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry. |
| 10/87 - 7/90 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Professor Stephen J. Lippard. |
| 8/83 - 9/87 | University of California, Berkeley, CA. Ph.D. in Chemistry (9/87). Advisor: Professor K. Peter C. Vollhardt. |
| 9/79 - 6/83 | Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. B.A. in Chemistry (6/83). Undergraduate research in the laboratory of Professor Alan Cutler. |
| AWARDS | |
| 11/06 |
Fellow, American Association for the
Advancment of Science |
| 8/04 |
Research
Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 9/01 | Buck-Whitney Medal (American Chemical Society, Eastern New York Section) |
| 7/00 | Distinguished McKnight University Professorship (University of Minnesota) |
| 6/98 | George W. Taylor Award for Excellence in Research (University of Minnesota) |
| 6/94-5/99 | Camille & Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award |
| 6/93-6/98 | National Young Investigator Award (National Science Foundation) |
| 9/96-6/97 | Bush Sabbatical Supplement Award (University of Minnesota). |
| 1/97-5/97 | Visiting Professorship, Miller Institute for Research (University of California, Berkeley). |
| 9/94-10/96 | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship |
| 7/92-6/95 | Searle Scholar Award (Chicago Community Trust) |
| 7/92-6/94 | McKnight-Land Grant Professorship (University of Minnesota) |
| 5/94 | George W. Taylor Career Development Award (University of Minnesota) |
| 1/88-7/90 | Postdoctoral Fellowship (American Cancer Society) |
| 10/87-1/88 | Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Institutes of Health) |
| 1984-85 | W.R. Grace Fellowship (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 1983-84 | University Fellowship (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 1983 | University Honors (Wesleyan University) |
| 1983 | Phi Beta Kappa (Wesleyan University) |
| 1983 | Sigma Xi (Wesleyan University) |
| 1982 | Analytical Chemistry Award, American Chemical Society (Wesleyan University) |
| PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS and SERVICE | |
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Member of the American Chemical Society, the Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry, and the Amerian Association for the Advancement of Science. |
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| Associate Editor, Inorganic Chemistry | |
| Member of the Board of Directors, Minnesota Academy of Science | |
| Chair, Gordon Research Conference “Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms” (February, 2005). | |
| Chair-elect, Gordon Research Conference "Metals in Biology" (2011) | |