John C. Wright | Wright Group

Address	Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1101 University Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Email	wright@chem.wisc.edu
Personal	Born September 17, 1943 in Lubbock, Texas Married with two children and three grandchildren
Education	PhD in Physics, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1970 BS in Physics, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1965
Honors	NSF Creativity Grant Extension, 2005-2007 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005 Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2003 Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Teaching Excellence in Engineering, 2002 Andreas C. Albrecht Chair of Chemistry, 2001-present Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Award, 1994 Upjohn Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1992 Evan Helfaer Chair of Chemistry, 1991-1996 American Chemical Society Award in Spectrochemical Analysis, 1991 A.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow, 1984 Applied Spectroscopy Society William F. Meggars Award, 1981 Dupont Assistant Professor, 1972 Phi Beta Kappa
Employment	Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 2001-2004 Andreas C. Albrecht Professor of Chemistry, 2001-present Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980-present Chair, Analytical Sciences Division, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983-1991 Consultant with Lawrence Berkeley & Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, 1980-1988 Consultant with 3M Corporation, 1985-1987 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978-1980 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972-1978 Postdoctoral Student with Professor F.K. Fong, Purdue University, 1970-1972
Professional	NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award Selection Committee, 1994
Activities	ACS Analytical Chemistry Exam Committee, 1977-1981 Co-Chair, International Conference on Luminescence, Madison, Wisconsin, August 1984 Program Committee, International Conference on Luminescence, Beijing, 1987 International Program Committee, International Conference on Luminescence, University of Connecticut, 1992 Program Organizer for Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopic Societies (FACSS); Detroit, MI, October 2001 Molecular/Vibrational Spectroscopy Chair for Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Providence, RI; October 2002 International Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Two Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy, Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK 2003 Chairman of the ICL Prize Committee for the International Conference on Luminescence International Organizing Committee, Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy Conference, 2004 - Present.
Society	American Chemical Society
Memberships	American Physical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science