George Christou
Drago and Distinguished Professor
Background
Birth Place Limassol, Cyprus
Citizenship USA and UK
Contact Information
Email: christou@chem.ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 392-8314
Fax: (352) 392-8757
Office: 408A Chemistry Research Building
Mailing address:
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
PO Box 117200
Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200
Education
BSc (hons) in Chemistry, Exeter University, UK, 1971-1974
PhD in Organic Chemistry, Exeter University, UK, 1974-1977
Postdoc Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Manchester University, UK, 1978-1979
NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry Dept., Stanford University, USA, 1980
NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry Dept., Harvard University, USA, 1981-82
Positions Held
Lecturer/SRC Advanced Fellow, Chemistry Dept., Imperial College, UK, 1982-83
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Indiana University, USA, 1983-1989
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Indiana University, USA, 1989-1991
Professor of Chemistry, Indiana University, USA, 1991-1998
James H. Rudy Professor, Indiana University, USA, 1998-2000
Earl Blough Professor, Indiana University, USA, 2000-2001
Drago Professor of Chemistry, University of Florida, USA, 2001-
Distinguished Professor, University of Florida, 2011-
Awards and Honors
1986 Corday-Morgan Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK
1987 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow
1987 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar
1990 Visiting Professor, Oxford University, UK
1993 Wilsmore Foundation Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia
1993 XXV Dwyer 1993 Medal and Memorial Lectureship, Australian Chem.Society
1993 European Community Lectureship, University of Ioannina, Greece
1997 William Evans Fellowship, University of Otago, New Zealand
1997 Akron Award, American Chemical Society
2000 Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University
2000 Invited Professor, Pierre et Marie Curie University, France
2000 Award for Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Transition Metals, RSC, UK
2003-08 Associate Member, Pacific Inst.of Theoretical Phys., Vancouver, Canada
2006 Scientific Advisory Panel on Nanoscience to the Supreme Court of Canada
2007-12 Honorary Professor, UCL and London Centre for Nanotechnology, London, UK
2008 Florida Award of the American Chemical Society, Southeastern USA Region
2008-11 University of Florida, Research Professorship
2009-12 University of Florida, Faculty Senator
2011- University Distinguished Professor
2013-18 Honorary Professor, UCL and London Centre for Nanotechnology, London, UK
2014 Honorary Doctorate, University of Cyprus
2014 Selected to the Thompson-Reuters Highly Cited Researcher List
Publications
551 peer-reviewed papers (as of Sept 30, 2014) in journals and books. Publications List available separately.
Citations and Hirsch (H) Index
23,759 total citations (excluding self-citations) as of Sept 30, 2014
Average citations per paper: 39.7
H = 85 (H = number of papers that have received at least H citations)
External Service and International Activities
American Chemical Society Symposium Nominations Committee, 1989-91.
Co-organizer, ACS Symposium “Inorganic Modeling of HDS, HDN and HDM Petroleum Chemistry”, Joint Symposium, ACS Divisions of Inorganic Chemistry and Petroleum Chemistry; Boston National ACS Meeting, April 1990
NSF Committee visiting South Korean Universities and Institutions, 1992
Executive Editor for the Americas, and Special Issues Editor of the Journal Polyhedron (1998 – present)
Editorial Boards: Inorganic Chemistry (1996-8); Chemtracts (1997-2001); Chemical Society Reviews (2004-10); Dalton Transactions (2008-), Inorganic Chemistry (2008-10)
Annual mentor of high-school research students in the Florida Student Summer Training Program (SSTP), 2003 – present
Founder and Organizer, Florida Inorganic and Materials Symposium (FIMS) Annual Meetings of 14 Florida Universities and Colleges (2003 – present)
Co-organizer, Inorganic Modeling of HDS, HDN and HDM Petroleum Chemistry Joint Symposium, ACS Divisions of Inorganic Chemistry and Petroleum Chemistry; Boston National ACS Meeting, April 1990
Co-founder and co-organizer, North America-Greece-Cyprus Workshops on Paramagnetic Materials (Cyprus 2005, Syros 2007, Cyprus 2009, Patras 2011, Cyprus 2013)
Co-founder and co-organizer, Current Trends in Molecular and Nanoscale Magnetism Workshop, (Santorini, 2006; Delphi, 2008; Florida, 2010; Chalkidiki, 2012; Cyprus 2014)
Organizing committee, International Conference on Molecule-based Magnetism, Orlando, FL, USA, 2012
Scientific Advisory Panel on Nanoscience to the Supreme Court of Canada (2006)
Research Consultant, University of Cyprus Chemistry Department, 2006 – present
International Advisory Committee, International Conference of Molecule-based Magnetism, 2010-present
Chair of Selection Committee, American Chemical Society Florida Award, 2010 – present.
Member, Chemistry and Materials Panel, National Scientific Funding Agency, Ministry of Education, Greece, 2011
Founder and Organizer, Showcase Symposium, Annual Meeting of the ACS Florida Section, 2013 – present.
Featured as 1 of 27 Greek or Greek Cypriot scientists who appeared on the Hightly Cited Researchers 2014 list, 2014 see link