Lawrence Sita
Education
- 1981 B.S. (with Honors) in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
- 1985 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (with Prof. Satoru Masamune, thesis advisor)
- 1986 Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (with Prof. Richard Schrock, 2005 Nobel Laureate)
Academic Positions
- 1987 - 1990: Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
- 1990 - 1994: Senior Research Fellow, Beckman Institute, Caltech (with Prof. Robert Grubbs, 2005 Nobel Laureate)
- 1994-1998: Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
- 1999 - 2002: Associate Professor, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
- 2002 - Present: Professor, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
- 2005 - 2006: Assoc. Dean of Faculty, Research and Diversity, College of Chemical and Life Sciences
Honors
- 1995 -2000: Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
- 1995 - 1998: Beckman Young Investigator
- 1996: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Molecular Science, Japan
- 2004-2006: NSF Special Creativity Award
- 2005: CLFS Faculty Research Award
- 2011 Schulich Visiting Professorship, Technion