Werner Kuhr Group

University of California Riverside

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A Master of Many Trades

Dr. Werner Kuhr

Analytical and Electrochemistry


WORK ADDRESS

            Department of Chemistry

            University of California

            Riverside, CA 92521

            Phone: (909) 787-3485

            FAX: (909) 787-4713

            EMAIL: WERNER.KUHR@UCR.EDU

 

PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH

            Baltimore, Maryland, November 11, 1958

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D.   Analytical Chemistry, 1986

            Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405

            Major professor: R. Mark Wightman

            Thesis: In Vivo Voltammetric Measurement of Stimulated Neurotransmitter Release

M.S.    Chemistry, 1982, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. 07040

B.S.     Chemistry with Honor, 1980,    Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. 07040

 

HONORS

Jubilee Silver Medal, The Chromatographic Society, England, 1994.

Tour Speaker, Society of Analytical Spectroscopy, 1994.

Young Investigator Award, Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 1993.

Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1989-1994.

Starter Grant Award, Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, 1989.

NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 1986-1987.

A.C.S. Division of Analytical Chemistry Summer Fellowship, sponsored by the Society for

            Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, 1985.

Riley-Upjohn Award for Research in Analytical Chemistry, sponsored by the Upjohn Co.,

            Indiana University, 1985.

Departmental Fellowship, Chemistry Department, Indiana University, 1982.

Stevens International Scholar, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1978-1979.

 

POSITIONS

Professor, University of California, Riverside, 1998-present.

Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside, 1993-1998.

Visiting Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1995.

Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside, 1988-93.

Ames Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University, 1987-88.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Biol. Psych., Univ. of Groningen, The Netherlands, 1986-87.

Research Assistant, Dept. of Chemistry, Indiana University, 1983-86.

Research Chemist, Analytical Research, Merck and Co., Rahway, N.J., 1980-82.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Chemical Society, Division of Analytical Chemistry

Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry

California Separation Society

Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry

Society for Neuroscience

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Chair, Program Committee, American Chemical Society, Div. Analytical Chemistry, 1998-2001.

Member, Organizing Committee, Tenth International Symposium on High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis (HPCE’99), Palm Springs, CA, January, 1999.

Scientific Advisory Committee, Fourth International Symposium on Capillary Electrophoresis, York, England, August 27-28, 1996.

Member, Award Committee, for Award in Electroanalytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1993-1995.

Scientific Advisory Committee, Third International Symposium on Capillary Electrophoresis, York, England, August 27-28, 1994.

Chairman, Organizing and Scientific Committees, Society of Western Analytical Professors, Riverside, CA, January 22-23, 1993.

Scientific Advisory Committee, Second International Symposium on Capillary Electrophoresis, York, England, August 27-28, 1992.

Member-At-Large, Financial Planning Committee, Division of Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1991-92.

International Advisory Committee, 5th International Conference on In Vivo Methods, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, Sept. 21-24, 1991.

Scientific Advisory Committee, First International Symposium on Capillary Electrophoresis, York, England, August 23-24, 1990.

 

Reviewer for: Science; Analytical Chemistry; Langmuir; Electroanalysis; Journal of Chromatography; Journal of the American Chemical Society; American Journal of Physiology; Neuroscience; Brain Research; Journal of Neurochemistry.

 

Proposal Review for: National Science Foundation; ACS Petroleum Research Fund; Research Corporation; North Carolina Biotechnology Center; National Institutes of Health (Member, Aids and Related Research Study Section (ARRB AHR S1); Outside Reviewer, NIMH Small Business Innovative Research Program, 1991; Member, Special Study Section (SSS-6(B1)); Special Reviewer (Metallobiochemistry Study Section), 1993; Ad Hoc Member (Neurological Sciences 2 Study Section), 1993.

 

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Genomics Institute, Steering Committee, Founding Member, 2000-present.

Microfabrication Center, Founder and Director, 1999-present.

Graduate Advisory Committee, Chemistry: 1988 - 1993; 1995 - present.

Analytical Chemistry Search Committee (Junior and Senior levels); Chair, 1998-present.

Graduate Council, UC Riverside, 1997-2000;

            Chair, 1999-2000.

Executive Committee, UC Riverside, 1997-2000.

Inorganic Chemistry Search Committee, 1997-98.

Chair, Analytical Chemistry Search Committee, 1995-1998.

Organic Chemistry Search Committee, 1995.

Neuroscience Search Committee, 1993-4.

Institute for Molecular Biomedical Research, Planning Committee, 1993 - 1996.

Chemistry Shops Ad Hoc Committee: 1992 - 1994.

Analytical Chemistry Search Committee: 1990.

Chemistry Committee on Computers: 1990 - 1992.

University Committee on Scholarships and Honors: 1990 - 1994.

Graduate Admissions Committee, Chemistry: 1988-1990, 1993-1994.

 

TEACHING

Freshman Chemistry (CH 1C): 1993, 1994, 1996 - 98.

Quantitative Analysis (CH 5): 1990 – 1993, 1998 - present.

Instrumental Analysis (CH 125): 1991 - 1993.

Electrochemistry (CH 221D): 1989 - present.

Electronic Instrumentation Design (CH 221C): 1994 - present.

Chemical Separations (CH221A): 1998.

Planning Committee, Institute for Molecular Biomedical Research, 1993 - 1996.

Chemistry Shops Ad Hoc Committee: 1992 - 1994.

Analytical Chemistry Search Committee: 1990.

Chemistry Committee on Computers: 1990 - 1992.

University Committee on Scholarships and Honors: 1990 - 1994.

Graduate Admissions Committee, Chemistry: 1988-1990, 1993-1994.

 

TEACHING

Freshman Chemistry (CH 1C): 1993, 1994, 1996 - 98.

Quantitative Analysis (CH 5): 1990 – 1993, 1998 - present.

Instrumental Analysis (CH 125): 1991 - 1993.

Electrochemistry (CH 221D): 1989 - present.

Electronic Instrumentation Design (CH 221C): 1994 - present.

Chemical Separations (CH221A): 1998.