Biographical Information - R.A. Dluhy
Address
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2556 |
office: (706) 542-1950 |
| fax: (706) 542-9454 | |
| e-mail: dluhy@chem.uga.edu |
Education
| B.S., Biochemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, May, 1976 |
| Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, May, 1983 |
Professional Experience
| 1977-78 | Chemist | GAF Corporation, Wayne, New Jersey |
| 1978-82 | Research Assistant | Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University |
| 1982-84 | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Division of Chemistry, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| 1984-86 | Research Scientist | Department of Chemistry, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio |
| 1986-88 | Principal Research Scientist | Biotechnology Department, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio |
| 1988-90 | Senior Research Scientist | Chemical Methods Development Department, and Group Leader, Infrared Spectroscopy Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio |
| 1990-96 | Associate Professor | Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia |
| 1996-2003 | Associate Department Head | Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia |
| 1996- | Professor | Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia |
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2000 |
Professeur Visité |
Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, Université Bordeaux I |
| 2002 | Humboldt Visiting Scientist | Max Planck Institut für Kolloid und Grenzflächenforshung, Potsdam, Germany |
Honors
| H. Martin Freeman Graduate Student Award, Rutgers University, 1982 |
| Rutgers University Graduate Student Award for Research Excellence, 1982 |
| G.E. Philbrook Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, Northeast Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society, 1995 |
| Professeur Visité, Université Bordeaux I, Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, Bordeaux, France, 2000 |
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Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, 2001 |
Professional Activities (National and International)
| Organizing Committee, Fourth International Symposium on New Spectroscopic Methods for Biomedical Research, Columbus, 1984 |
| Program Committee, Fifth International Symposium on New Spectroscopic Methods for Biomedical Research, Seattle |
| 1986.Principal Investigator, NIH-sponsored National Center for Biomedical Infrared Spectroscopy, 1988-1990. |
| External Reviewer for Thesis Committee, Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, 1989. |
| Symposium Workshop Organizer and Session Chairman, "Advances in Biological Infrared Spectroscopy", 35th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, San Francisco, 1991 |
| Member, External Review Committee for Spectroscopy Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, |
1991.Member, Board of Governors, Coblentz Society, 1991-1995. |
| Member, Bomem-Michelson Award Selection Committee, Coblentz Society, 1992-1994. |
| Chairman, Bomem-Michelson Award Selection Committee, Coblentz Society, 1994. |
| Member, Executive Committee, Gordon Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy, 1994-1996. |
| Chairman and Organizer, Symposium on: "Vibrational Spectroscopy and Imaging of Biomolecular Monolayers", FACSS Conference, St. Louis, 1994 |
| Chairman and Organizer, Bomem-Michelson Award Symposium, Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, 1995. |
| Member, Lippincott Award Selection Committee, Optical Society of America, 1994-1997. |
| Member, International Steering Committee of the International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, 1995 - 2003 |
| Treasurer, Piedmont Section, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, 1995 - |
| Session Chairman, "Langmuir-Blodgett Films", Gordon Conference on Organic Thin Films, February, 1996 |
| Program Chairman, 11th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Athens, Georgia, 1997 |
| Program Committee, 12th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Tokyo, 1999 |
| Editorial Board, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 1999 - |
| Program Committee, 2nd International Symposium on Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy (2DCOS), Nottingham, England, 2003 |
Professional Activities (University of Georgia)
| Department of Chemistry Instructional Instrumentation Committee 1990-1991 |
| Department of Chemistry Executive Committee 1991-1993, 1996 - |
| Department of Chemistry Instructional Instrumentation Committee 1993-1994 |
| Department of Chemistry Graduate Recruiting Committee 1993-1996 |
| Elected to the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate, 1992-1995 |
| Member, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 1992-1994 |
| Chairman, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 1993-1994 |
| Organizer, L.B. Rogers Student Research Symposium in Analytical Chemistry, 1993-1996 |
| Director, Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Department of Chemistry, 1995 |
| Director, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Program at UGA, 1995-1998 |
| Member, Franklin College Committee on Semester Conversion, 1995-1996 |
| Member, Department of Chemistry Committee on Semester Conversion, 1996 |
| Member, University System of Georgia Academic Advisory Committee on Chemistry, 1996-97 |
| Elected, University Council Member from the College of Arts & Sciences, 2000-2003 |
| Member, University Program Review and Assessment Committee, 2002-2004 |
Professional Societies
| American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| American Chemical Society |
| Biophysical Society |
| Coblentz Society |
| Society for Applied Spectroscopy |
Service on Scientific Advisory Committees
| Member, NIH/DRG Study Section on Shared Instrumentation Grants, 1989 |
| Member, NIH/DRG Small Business Innovation Research Study Section, 1991 |
| Member, NIH/DRG Study Section on Shared Instrumentation Grants, 1992 |
| Ad-Hoc Member, NIH/DRG Biophysical Chemistry (BBCB) Study Section, 1992 |
| Ad-Hoc Member, NIH/DRG Biophysical Chemistry (BBCB) Study Section, 1994 |
| Ad-Hoc Member, NIH/DRG Respiratory & Applied Physiology (RAP) Study Section, 1994 |
| Member, NIH/DRG Study Section on Chemical Instrumentation, 1995 |
| Special Review Member, NIH/DRG Biophysical Chemistry (BBCB) Study Section, 1995 |
| Member, NIH/DRG Small Business Innovation Research Study Section, 1996 |
| Member, NIH/CSR Biophysical Chemistry (BBCB) Study Section (1996 - 2000) |
| Member, NIH/CSR Bioanalytical and Bioengineering Emphasis (BECM) Study Section, 2001 |
| Member, NIH/CSR Biomedical Research Technology Study Section, 2003 |
| Ad-Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program |
| Ad-Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Organic Chemistry Program |
| Ad-Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Division of Chemical Engineering |
| Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Petroleum Research Fund (American Chemical Society) |
| Ad-Hoc Reviewer, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Research Interests
Development and application of infrared and Raman spectroscopy to the study the molecular assembly of supramolecular lattices and chemically assembled nanomaterials at surfaces. Interfacial vibrational (IR and Raman) spectroscopy for the study of biophysical applications, e.g. peptide recognition and protein interactions with supported planar bilayer membranes. Application of vibrational spectroscopy to biomolecular systems. Membrane biophysics. Vibrational spectroscopy of biopolymers. Development of new interfaces and substrates for use in Raman characterization of thin films. New methods for study of molecularly-engineered surfaces for applications as sensors or biomaterial coatings. Development of computational methods of two-dimensional infrared correlation analysis. New model-dependent 2D IR correlation methods to analyze dynamic sets of spectra. Spectroscopic and microscopic imaging of surfaces and interfaces. Fluorescence and Raman microscopy
Teaching Interests
Quantitative analysis and analytical chemistry. Undergraduate and graduate-level instrumental analysis and spectroscopy. Development of computer applications for undergraduate learning in analytical chemistry. Development of integrated analytical and physical chemistry laboratory experiments. Biophysical chemistry. Nanoscience. Biochemical applications of nanoscience.