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James C. Stevens was born July 27, 1953. He received B.A. in Chemistry from The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, in 1975. He received a Ph. D. in Inorganic Chemistry from The Ohio State University in 1979. Synthetic and Physical Inorganic chemistry of monomeric molecular oxygen complexes was his thesis topic. In 2011, he received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Texas A&M University. He is currently a Corporate Fellow at The Dow Chemical Company. Jim is most recognized for his contributions to the discovery and commercialization of constrained geometry catalysts for the production of olefin polymers.. |
Awards
North American Catalysis Society, Eugene J.
Houdry award, May 15, 2011
University of Chicago, Bloch Medal, March 2007
Ben Gurion Medal – Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, December 2006
Society of Chemical Industry Perkin Award, September 2006
The Dow Chemical Company Herbert H. Dow Medal, August 2006
ACS National Award in Industrial Chemistry - March 2006
Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society Carothers Award, April 21,
2004.
Brazosport Section of the American Chemical Society “Scientific Achievement
Award”, November 11, 2003
"1994 NATIONAL INVENTOR OF THE YEAR" award, awarded by the Intellectual Property
Owners Association, presented by The Honorable Senator Dennis DiConcini, May 16,
1994.
Memberships and Fellowships
National Academy of
Engineering, elected in 2011
The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas, elected in 2011
Recent Advisory Positions
National Research
Council: Committee on the Review of Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Program
“ACS Science and The Congress Project” Congressional Briefing (US Congress, Dec
2008)
U.S. Congressional Briefing on “How Federal Funding of Research Creates Jobs”
sponsored by the Department of Energy, October 7, 2010.
US Chemistry Olympiad Team – Keynote speaker, after dinner speaker, and team
coach, July 2012. “From Plastic to Affordable Solar Energy: A Story of
Molecular Design in Chemistry”
US Chemistry Olympiad Team – Keynote speaker, after dinner speaker, and team
coach, July 2012. “Chemists to the Rescue: Why the Future Needs Scientists
(Especially Chemists!)”
Member, Organizing Committee, 11th International Symposium on Relations Between
Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Chicago, IL, 2003.
Editorial Boards
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Research Interests
Organiometallic chemistry, materials
science, photovoltaics.
