【学术视频】2019软物质与非平衡物理研究生国际暑期学校 | 美国乔治敦大学Richard Weiss教授

Professor Richard G.Weiss is currently the professorof chemistry at Georgetown University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil). He is thevisiting professor of universidade de Vigo, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Universidad de Costa Rica, etc.

Prof. Weiss hasmany honors and awards. He is the Senior Fulbright Research Fellowship (Brazil), Member of National Academy of Inventors, Pfizer Visiting Professorship, Indian Institute of Science and Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientist, etc. He has received Charles L. Gordon Award for service to chemistry from Chemical Society of Washington, Patenting Award from Georgetown University and Career Research Award from Georgetown University, etc.

Prof. Weiss's research interests involve many aspects, including materials, physical organic chemistry, organic photochemistry and photophysics; syntheses and properties of thermally and chemically reversible gels; study of reaction rates and mechanisms; anisotropic solvent effects on reaction mechanisms; ionic liquid crystals as mechanistic probes and 'green solvents'; molecular processes inpolymers. Moreover, he has published more than 300 scientific articles and given more than 500 lectures in universities and conferences.