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W. CARL LINEBERGER

University of Colorado
JILA and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UCB 440
Boulder, CO 80309-0440
E-Mail: wcl@jila.colorado.edu
(303)492-7834
Fax: (303) 492-8994

 Education:

Appointments:

Current:
Fellow of JILA, 1971-present
E. U. Condon Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1985-present
Advisory Editorial Board, Chemical Physics Letters, 1982-present
Advisory Editorial Board, Chemical Physics, May 1983-present

Prior Appointments:
Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1965
Research Physicist and military service, U. S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 1965-68
Research Associate, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, 1968-70
Member, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, 1970-71
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1970-72
Associate Professor, Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1972-74
Professor, Chemistry, University of Colorado, 1974-85
Visiting Professor, Stanford University, 1982
Visiting Professor, University of Chicago, 1982
Chair, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, 1985-86

Memberships:
National Academy of Sciences, 1983
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995
Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi
Optical Society of America
 

Awards:
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1972-75
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1975-80
Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado, 1975-76, 1981-82, 1984
Herbert P. Broida Prize in Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy or Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 1981
J. S. Guggenheim Fellow, 1981-82
University of Colorado Faculty Research Lecturer, 1982
Bomem-Michelson Prize, 1987
William F. Meggers Prize, Optical Society of America, 1988
American Physical Society Earle K. Plyler Prize, 1992
American Chemical Society Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics, 1995
American Chemical Society Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, 2003

Professional Service:
Current:
Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science, Engineering and Public
          Policy, 2003-2009
National Science Foundation Waterman Prize Selection Committee, 2006-2009
Councilor, American Association for Advancement of Science, 2007-2010
Chair, Search Committee for Editor of Journal of Chemical Physics

Selected Prior Service Activity:
Member, Governing Board, National Research Council,1996-2000, 2003-2007.
Chair, National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee, 2003-2006
Member, Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003-2006
Chair, American Physical Society Prize and Awards Committee 2002-2004
Foreign Councilor, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Okazaki National Research Institutes,
Okazaki, Japan, 2001-2003
Member, Council of the American Physical Society, 1999-2003
Co-Chair, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Applications, National Research Council, 1996-2000
Member, Task Force on Reorganization of National Research Council, 1999-2000
Chair, NSF Science and Technology Centers Advisory Committee, 1987-1991,1996
Member, Physics Policy Committee, American Physical Society, 1995-1998
Chair, Topical Group on Laser Science, American Physical Society, 1994-1995
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Department of Energy, 1991-1996; Chair, 1993-1996
Chair, Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, American Physical Society, 1987
Chair, Division of Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 1982-83