Karl Seff

Background

Seff, Karl was born on January 23, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Rose (Hauser) Seff.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964.

Career

Research associate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965-1967; assistant professor of chemistry, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1968-1973; associate professor of chemistry, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1973-1975; professor of chemistry, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1975. Consultant Filtrol Corporation, Los Angeles, 1966-1973, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, Nagasaki, Japan, 1992-1994. Visiting scholar Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1974-1975, Oxford(England) University, 1988, 89, Pusan and Kyungpook National Universities, Korea, 1996.

Associate researcher U. Mex, 1981-1982. Visiting professor Dartmouth U., 1989. Lecturer Tokyo Institute Technology, 1980, 91, U. Salford, England, 1983, U. Bristol, 1988,Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland, 1988, Goethe U., Frankfurt, Germany, 1988,Imperial College, London, 1989, Cambridge U., 1989, Kyungpook National U., Korea, 1990, Academy Science Leningrad, 1990, Pusan National U., Korea, 1990,Northwestern University, 1994, others.

Achievements

• Karl Seff has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society (local section chair, award 1983, councilor 1992-1994), American Crystallographic Association, Vegetarian Society Honolulu (Executive Committee since 1993), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: vegan food, cactus and succulent gardening.

Connections

Father:

Joseph Seff

Mother:

Rose (Hauser) Seff