I-APS selects chem prof as fellow
Special to the Observer
Anthony Trozzolo, Huisking professor emeritus of chemistry at the University was elected a fellow of the Inter-American Photochemical Society [I-APS].
Trozzolo was recognized for his lifetime achievements in organic photochemistry and his leadership in the photochemical field, according to Frederick Lewis, vice president of the I-APS.
His nomination noted his pioneering studies of photochemically generated reactive intermediates are substances that exist, sometimes fleetingly, between what the chemist starts with and his end product.
The creation and detection of reactive intermediates are Trozzolo's chief research interests. His methodology often involves low-temperature or solid-state photochemistry.
Trozzolo has published 90 articles on this subject and has been issued 31 U.S. and foreign patents.
Additonally, he has delivered more than 300 invited lectures at universities, international meetings, American Chemical Society sympsia and industrial laboratories.
Trozzolo is an elected fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Chemists.
He also is an active member of the American Chemical Society and has served as associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, editor of Chemical Reviews and a member of the editorial advisory board of Acounts of Chemical Research.
Trozzolo was also chair of the first Gordon Research Conference on Organic Photochemistry in 1964 and has attended every meeting of that conference since.
While at Notre Dame, Trozzolo developed and taught a new course for non-science majors titled, "Seeing the Light in Science," in which the many facets of light in everyday phenomena was the focus. He served as assistant dean of the College of Science from 1993-98.
Trozzolo received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his master's and doctorate from the University of Chicago. Trozzolo was also a member of the technical staff at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., until he joined the Notre Dame faculty as Huisking professor in 1975.
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