Physical Chemistry Division Head 2000-2001 and 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, M.A.
B.A. (w/ Milford Graves and Bill Dixon)- Bennington College, 1976, B.A.

Home Town: Jerusalem, Israel

e-mail:  dor@purdue.edu

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
    * ASME - Innovative Research Award, 1995
    * ONR - Young Investigator, 1992
    * NSF - Presidential Young Investigator, 1991
    * Arthur E. Kelly Award, Outstanding Chemistry Teacher, Purdue University, 2002
    * Outstanding Teacher in the College of Science, Purdue University, 2005-2006