Professor Russell Bowers

Education

• Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Advisor: Daniel P. Weitekamp. Thesis: “Parahydrogen and Synthesis Allows Dramatically Enhanced Nuclear Alignment” 
• B.A. Chemistry, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, Summa Cum Laude in Chemistry.

Positions

• Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida
• Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida
• Visiting Scientist, Intsitute of Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
• 1994-2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida
• 1992-1993: Postdoctoral Associate, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, Advisor: Alex Pines
• 1990-1991. NATO-NSF Postdoctoral Fellow,  University of Stuttgart, 2nd Institute of Physics, Germany. Advisor: Michael Mehring
• Graduate Research Assistant, Chemistry Department, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Advisor: Dan Weitekamp
• 1984, 1985: Undergraduate Researcher, Chemistry Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Advisor: Dudley R. Herschbach

Affiliations and Activities

• University of Florida Term Professor, 2018-2021
• Center for Interdisciplinary Magnetic Resonance, National High Magnetic Field Lab.
• Executive Committee, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, University of Florida.
• Center for Chemical Physics, University of Florida.
• Faculty Senate, University of Florida; Senate Nominating Committee; General Education Committee
• Finance committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida
• International Advisory Board, Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media, a subdivision of the Groupement Ampere.
• Co-Chair, Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media Conference (MRPM-15), 2018.
• Division of Physical Chemistry, University of Florida.
• Materials Research Society, American Physical Society, Ampere Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society.
• NSF CAREER Awardee