William Baker Tolman
Distinguished McKnight University and Lee Irvin Smith Professor
Chair, Department of Chemistry
Member, Center for Metals in
Biocatalysis and Center for Sustainable Polymers
University of Minnesota
207 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431
Tel.: 612-625-4061
Fax: 612-626-7541
E-mail: wtolman(at)umn.edu
Birthdate: May 20, 1961
| 8/09-present | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Chair, Department of Chemistry. |
| 7/00-present | 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) | |