Academic positions:
 | 2011-present: Professor at San José State University. |
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2008-2011: Associate Professor at San José State University. |
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2004-2008: Assistant Professor at San José State University. |
| 2001-2004: Teaching Post-Doctoral Scholar with Professor James P. Riehl at the University of Minnesota Duluth. |
Education:
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1996-2001: Ph.D. in Coordination Chemistry with Professor Jean-Claude G. Bünzli at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland: Stability and Photophysical Properties of Lanthanide Complexes with Chiral Tridentate Ligands. |
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1995-1996: NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) Risk Instructor at the ETSAA (Ecole des Techniciens de Sécurité de l’Armée de l’Air) during the National Service, Cazaux, France. |
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1995: DEA diploma (One-year Post-Master Degree) of the Transition Metal Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at the University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. |
| 1994: M.S. in Chemistry, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. |
| 1993: B.S. in Chemistry, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. |
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1992: DEUG Diploma in Science (Associate of Science), University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. |
Honors:
| 2009: SJSU and SJSU Research Foundation Award of Merit (Undergraduate Research Mentor). |
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2009: Honorable Mention ACS Chapter Award for 2008-2009 SAACS Activities (co-Faculty Advisor with Dr. B. M. Stone). |
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2008: Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation). |
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2008: SJSU and SJSU Research Foundation Award of Merit (Undergraduate Research Mentor). |
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2008: Honorable Mention ACS Chapter Award for 2007-2008 SAACS Activities (co-Faculty Advisor with Dr. J. Logan). |
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2007: SJSU Research Foundation's 2006-2007 Early Career Investigator Award. |
| 2007: SJSU and SJSU Research Foundation Award of Merit (Undergraduate Research Mentor). |
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2007: Honorable Mention ACS Chapter Award for 2006-2007 SAACS Activities (co-Faculty Advisor with Dr. J. Logan). |
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1994: ERASMUS Fellowship. |