Curriculum Vitae: Associate Professor Amar H Flood
Address Department of Chemistry • Indiana University • 800 East Kirkwood Avenue • Bloomington, IN 47405
Telephone +1-812 856 3642 • Fax +1-812 855 8300 • Web www.indiana.edu/~floodweb
Teaching Email professorflood@gmail.com • Research Email aflood@indiana.edu
Academic Career
| Associate Professor, Indiana University | 2011-present |
| Assistant Professor, Indiana University | 2005-2011 |
| Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Supervisor: Sir Fraser Stoddart | 2002-2005 |
| Visiting PhD Student and Claude McCarthy Fellow at York University, Department of Chemistry, UK. Supervisors: R.E. Hester and J.N. Moore | Summer 1998 |
| Ph.D. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Supervisor: Keith C Gordon | 1997-2001 |
| BSc (1st Class honors), Summa Cum Laude, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand | 1993-1996 |
Honors and Awards
| Visiting Professor, Osaka University | 2012 |
| Award for Excellence in Physical Organic Chemistry (Wiley) | 2011 |
| Cram Lehn Pedersen Award in Supramolecular Chemistry (RSC) | 2011 |
| Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar | 2010 |
| NSF-CAREER Award | 2009 |
| Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award | 2008 and 2010 |
| Alliance Group Postgraduate Award | 1997-2001 |
| William Georgetti Scholarship | 1998 |
| Claude McCarthy Fellowship | 1998 |
| Joseph and Emma Mellor Prize | 1996 |
| Proudfoot Award | 1995 |
| Soper Prize in Chemistry | 1994 |
Funding Sources
| Indiana University Collaborative Research Grants (IUCRG) | 2012-2013 |
| Indiana University, Faculty Research Support Program (FRSP) | 2010-2011 |
| Indiana University, Collaborative Research and Creative Activity Funding Award | 2010-2011 |
DOE (Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences) |
2012-2015 |
| NSF-CAREER Award | 2009-2014 |
| NSF-NER | 2007-2008 |
| Indiana University | 2005-2010 |
Teaching and Mentoring Experience
Postdoctoral |
Dr Y Li (2006-2008, now at ICCAS, Beijing, China) |
| Research Assistant | Daniel Meyers (Summer 2012) |
Graduate |
K A McNitt (Masters, 2008), A I Share (PhD 2011), K Parimal (PhD, 2011), E H Witlicki (PhD 2011), Y Hua (PhD 2012), K E McDonald, S. Lee, C. Benson, C. Marlatt, B. Hirsch (co-advised with S. Tait), Y Liu, Bo Qiao |
Undergraduate |
A C Fahrenbach (BS, 2008, now at Northwestern University), J Meisel (BS, 2009, grad student at U. St. Louis), E O Uduehi (BS, 2011, Rhodes Scholar), V Bottomley, K Mandla (BS, 2010), J Thomas (BS 2011), B. Fisher (BS, 2011, UW Madison), Patrick Gamache (class of 2013, IU), Matthew Marzo (class of 2013, IU) |
Visitors |
Dr S. Nygaard (2005-2006, Supervisor: J. O. Jeppesen, University of Southern Denmark) now at Teknologisk Institut, Århus, Denmark) |
Summary of Research Output
|
87 Papers, 68 Invited Talks, 36 Contributed Talks, 5 Book Chapters, 2 Patent Actions |
Advisory Boards and Organizing Committees
| • Member of the advisory board for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (OBC) | 2012-2015 |
| • Co-organizer with David Amabilino (Barcelona Materials Science Institute) of the 2017 “Youngish Giants of Chemistry” Meeting | 2012-2017 |
| • Co-organizer of the 2013 International Symposium on Supramolecular and Macrocyclic Chemistry (ISMSC-2013) with Lyle Isaacs and Jeffery Davis from the University of Maryland | 2013 |
• Member of the International Advisory Committee for the International Symposium on Supramolecular and Macrocyclic Chemistry (ISMSC) |
2009-2015 |
| • Co-organizer of a Special Symposium on "Functional nanoscale materials: synthesis, characterization, and applications" at the CERMACS in Indianapolis, June 8–10. With L. M. Bronstein, D. Lee, L.-S. Li, S. E. Skrabalak, S. L. Tait (Indiana University) | 2011 |
| • Presided over "Materials, Devices and Switches" Symposium at Fall ACS Meeting | 2009 |
| • Co-Organizer for the special symposium on “Molecular Machines, Nanomotors, and Active Nanostructures” MRS Spring 2008 (San Francisco) with Andrew Turberfield (Oxford University), Henry Hess (University of Florida) and Heiner Linke (University of Oregon) | 2008 |
| • Co-Organizer for “Youngish Giants of Chemistry” Edinburgh, UK | 2007 |
Outreach and Synergistic Activities
| • NIH Study Section, Ad Hoc | 2011 |
| • Newton Project – Aiding in the analysis of iron-gall inks for the cluster dating of Sir Isaac Newton's writings. In collaboration with William R. Newman (Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University) and Wallace Hooper (Indiana University). Involves synthesis and characterization by Jason Tharp (presently a Junior at Bloomington South High School, Indiana, USA) | 2010- present |
| • Lectures and yearly (“Halloween Slime”) hands-on polymer experiments at Bloomington South High School, Indiana, USA (Featured in local newspaper, Herald Times, Dec 12, 2008) | 2006-2009 |
| • Invited to comment by Chemistry World on topics related to molecular machines Dec 2007, p24; Dec 2008, online |
2007-2008 |
| • Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) meeting, Indianapolis, USA |
2005 |
| • CNSI Outreach Group, Solar Cell Project, Teaching High School Science Teachers. Introductory lecture, two full workshops, 30 solar kits distributed. http://voh.chem.ucla.edu/outreach.php3 |
2003-2005 |
| • William Colenso College, Napier, New Zealand, "Success with Molecular Machines by Having Fun, and being Creative and Productive" 24 May 2004 (Also featured in The Napier Mail (June 2, 2004) and Hawke's Bay Today (May 25, 2004) |
2004 |
| • Inaugural Co-Editor to Spheres - A Student Magazine on Nanoscale Research |
2002 |
| • Outreach to Elementary School Children, Ages 8-10, Dunedin, New Zealand |
2000 |
| • Worked with an Education Graduate student explaining the collaborative process that takes place between scientists and engineers | 2002 |
Collaborations
| Jan O. Jeppesen, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark |
| Douglas A. Vander Griend, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, USA |
| Eric W. Wong, Etamota Corp., CA, USA |
| Lasse Jensen, Penn State, PA, USA |
| Krishnan Raghavachari, Indiana University, IN, USA |
| Ksenija D. Glusac, BGSU, USA |
| Christopher M. Hadad, OSU, USA |
| Leonidas G. Bachas, University of Kentucky, KY, USA |
| Yong-jun Li, ICCAS, Beijing, China |
| Yi Liu, Staff Scientist, Molecular Foundry, Berkeley, CA |
| Bim Graham, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Jovica D. Badjic, OSU, USA |