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
* College of Science Research Award, 2018
* 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