IRVING ROBERT EPSTEIN

Department of Chemistry, MS 015
Brandeis University, Waltham MA 02454
Phone: 781-736-2503, Fax: 781-2516
E-mail: epstein@brandeis.edu
Website: http://hopf.chem.brandeis.edu

Education

1966 A.B. Harvard College (summa cum laude in Chemistry and Physics)
1967 Diploma

Oxford University (advanced mathematics, with C.A. Coulson)

1968 M.A. Harvard University (Chemistry)
1971 Ph.D.

Harvard University (Chemical Physics, with W.N. Lipscomb)

1971
NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University (with M. Cooper)

Professional Experience

1971-75
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Brandeis University
1975-81
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Brandeis University
1977-78
NSF Faculty Professional Development Fellow at Max-Planck-Institut for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, W. Germany (with M. Eigen)
1981-
Professor of Chemistry, Brandeis University
1983-87
Chairman, Chemistry Department, Brandeis University
1987-88
Guggenheim Fellow, Center for Rhythmic Studies, Boston University, and Mathematical Research Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
1989-94
Helena Rubinstein Professor, Brandeis University
1992-94
Dean of Arts and Sciences, Brandeis University
1994-2001

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Brandeis University
2002-2003

Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
2006
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Brandeis University

Honors and Awards

1962
Liebmann Award (N.Y. Section, American Chemical Society)
1965
Phi Beta Kappa
1966-67
Marshall Scholar
1973-78
Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar
1977
Guggenheim Fellowship (declined)
1977
Humboldt Fellowship (declined)
1987-88
Guggenheim Fellowship
2006
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professorship

Other Professional Activities

1982
Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Oscillations
1982-89
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Physical Chemistry
1984-88

Faculty Representative, Brandeis University Board of Trustees

1984-1990

Consultant, E.I. du Pont & Co.

1985-
Science Council, New England Region, Weizmann Institute
1990-
Visiting Associate, Committee on Professional Training, American Chemical Society
1991-

Associate Editor, Chaos

1992
NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship Review Panel
1992
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse - Biochemistry, Physiology and Medicine Subcommittee, ad hoc member
1992
NSF Chemistry Division Triennial Oversight Review Panel
1996-

Board of Directors, New England Complex Systems Institute
1997
NEASC Reaccreditation Visiting Team, Smith College
1998

Review Committee, Georgetown University Science Division
1999

Review Committee, Chemistry Ph.D. Program, CUNY Graduate Center
2000-
Science and Technology Advisory Board, Flaschner Judicial Institute
2004
Chair, NSF Workshop on “Models of Thought Processes: Insights toward Chemical Systems”
2005-
Chair, Board of Directors, New England Complex Systems Institute