Personal and Professional Vita: Cynthia M. Friend

Harvard University
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
&
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
12 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Phone: (617) 495-4052 FAX: (617) 496-8410
E-mail: friend@chemistry.harvard.edu
   

Education and Experience:

  Harvard University
Chair of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, 2004-present
Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, 2002-2005
Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry, 1998-present
Professor of Materials Science, 2002-present
Assoc. Director, Harvard Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, 2001-present
Stanford University, Visiting Professor, Chemical Engineering, Spring 2001
Trustee, Radcliffe College, 1990-93
Professor of Chemistry, 1989 1998
Morris Kahn Associate Professor, 1988 89
Associate Professor, 1986 88
Assistant Professor, 1982 86

Brookhaven National Laboratories
Research Collaborator, November 1983 1988
National Synchrotron Light Source

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, August 1981 June 1982
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Research Advisor: Professor R.J. Madix

Visiting Researcher, January February 1981
Physical Chemistry Department, General Motors Research Laboratory Collaborative project with Dr. John Gland

Ph.D. Chemistry, 1981
University of California at Berkeley
Research Advisor: Professor E.L. Muetterties (deceased)
Thesis Title: Surface Studies of Nickel

B.S. Chemistry, 1977
University of California at Davis

   
Honors and Awards
  National Awards:
IBM Faculty Development Award, 1983 1985
Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1985
Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Program, 1988 89
American Chemical Society: Garvan Medal, 1991
Iota Sigma Pi: Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award, 1991
Smithsonian Institute, Host Scientist for Permanent Exhibit, “Science & American Life”
Langmuir Lecturer, Colloid Division of the ACS, 1995
   
Named Lectureships
  Lucy Pickett Lecturer, Mount Holyoke College, 1991
Lectureships Cargill Lecturer, University of South Florida, 1992
Robert Welch Lecturer, 1992
Bernhard Visiting Fellow, Williams College, 1992
Procter and Gamble Lecturer, University of Cincinnati, 1993
Miles Lecturer, University of New Hampshire, 1994
Research Scholar Lecturer, Drew University, 1994
Plenary Lecturer, Kansas Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1994
Mary Kapp Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1994
Spicer Memorial Lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994
Arthur Vernon Memorial Lecturer, Northeastern University, 1996
Five College Lecturer (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Smith, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke Colleges), 1996
Southern Lecturer, Furman University, 1996
Thomas Lectureship, University of Missouri, April 1998
   
Other
 

Distinguished Young Alumni Award, University of California, Davis, 1990
Elected to Iota Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, Radcliffe College, 1992

   
Offices
  Scientific Organizations
U.S. National Committee for IUPAC, Present
General & Program Chair, 1987 Biennial Inorganic Chemistry Symposium, Molecular Design of Materials
NATO Advisory Panel Organic Chemistry, 1987
Program Chair, New England Catalysis Society, 1987 89
NSF Chemistry Advisory Panel, 1989 92
Advanced Light Source: Users' Executive Committee, 1990-93
Board on Chemical Science and Technology, National Research Council, 1992
Chair, Richards Medal Award Committee, 1994-1996
56th Annual Conference on Physical Electronics Committee, 1995-96
U.S. Representative, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2000-03
Chair, Canvassing Comm., ACS Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, 1999-00
Claire Booth Luce Fellowship Selection Committee, May 2000-present
C&EN Advisory Board, Present
UNCW Editorial Board, Present
Member, Council of the Gordon Research Conferences, January 2002 – 2005.

Academic
Chair, Harvard FAS Standing Committee on Women, 1991-94
Member of Committee, 1989-91 and 1994-97
Faculty Council, Harvard University, 1992-95
Committee on Undergraduate Education, Harvard University, 1993-94
Committee on Graduate Education, Harvard University, 1994-95
President’s Work and Family Advisory Committee, Harvard University, 1995-97
Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations Advisory Committee, 1996-97
Harvard University Benefits, Administration Subcommittee, 1996-Present
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Benefits Committee, 1996-98
Hoopes Prize Committee, Spring 1996-98
Faculty Council, Harvard University 1998-2001
Chair, Elected Docket Committee, Harvard University, 1998-99 & 1999-2000
Standing Committee on the Core, Science Subcommittee, 1998-99
President’s Search Advisory Committee for Radcliffe Dean, 1999-2000
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Resources Committee, 1999-present
The Committee on Undergraduate Studies in Applied Mathematics, 1999-present
Radcliffe Institute Faculty Consultative Committee, 2000-present
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Standing Committee on Athletic Sports, 2001-present

   
Teaching
  Freshmen Chemistry (Advanced group), Chemistry 10
Integrated Course in Chemistry and Physics, Chemistry 8,9
Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry 165
Quantum Mechanics, Chemistry 160
Advanced Physical Organic Chemistry, Chemistry 105 A
Surface and Interfacial Chemistry, Chemistry 267
   
Consulting
  Advanced Technology Materials; Danbury, CT, 1988-92
Lord Corporation; Cary, NC, 1987-90
Texaco Lubricants Division, 1995-98
Ryoka Systems; Tokyo, Japan, 1995-2003
Kaelow and Assoc., LLP, 1998-1999
Pennie & Edmonds LLP, 2002-2003
   
Professional Societies
  American Chemical Society
American Vacuum Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society
Iota Sigma Pi
   
Editorial Boards
  Langmuir, 1991-Present
Journal of Cluster Science, 1990-1994
The Chemical Intelligencer, 1997-present
Chemical Engineering News, 1999-
Surface Science, 2000-present