Dor Ben-Amotz
Full Professor - Purdue University
Physical Chemistry Division Head 2000-2001, 2007- Associate Professor - Purdue University, 1994 - 1999 Assistant Professor - Purdue University, 1989 - 1994 Postdoctoral Fellow (w/ Dudley Herschbach) - Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory, 1986 - 1989 Ph.D. (w/ Charles Harris)- University of California, Berkeley, 1986 M.A. (w/ Sidney Golden and I. Y. Chan) - Brandeis University, 1981 B.A. (w/ Milford Graves and Bill Dixon)- Bennington College, 1976
Home Town: Jerusalem, Israel
Email: bendor@purdue.edu Visit Dr. Ben-Amotz' Department of Chemistry page.
Research * Experimental and theoretical studies of the effects of solvation on molecular spectroscopic and chemical processes. * Developement of hyper-spectral chemical imaging technologies for fundamental research, industrial and bio-medical applications.
Interests * Educating - myself and others. * Discovering - what its all about. * Creating - cool stuff.
Awards * Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy, 2012 * Top Teacher in the COS in courses with less than 100 students, 2009 * Outstanding Teacher in the College of Science, Purdue University, 2006 * Arthur E. Kelly Award, Outstanding Chemistry Teacher, Purdue University, 2002, 2008 * ASME - Innovative Research Award, 1995 * ONR - Young Investigator, 1992 * NSF - Presidential Young Investigator, 1991