Background
Barbara, Paul Frank was born on April 24, 1953 in Jamaica, New York, United States. Son of Dominic and Virginia Barbara.
Barbara, Paul Frank was born on April 24, 1953 in Jamaica, New York, United States. Son of Dominic and Virginia Barbara.
Paul Barbara received his bachelor"s degree in 1974 at Hofstra University and completed his doctoral work in 1978 at Brown University under the supervision of Ronald G. Lawler. From 1978 to 1980 he carried out postdoctoral work at Bell Laboratories with Peter M. Rentzepis and Louis East. Brus. He joined the faculty of Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota in 1980, achieving the rank of full professor in 1990.
He moved to the University of Texas at Austin in 1998, as full professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry until his death.
Postdoctoral fellow Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1978-1980. Assistant professor chemistry University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1980-1986, associate professor, 1986-1990, professor, 1990-1995, 3M-Alumni Distg. professor chemistry, 1995—1998. Richard J.V. Johnson Welch chair chemistry University Texas, Austin, since 1998, director Center Nano & Molecular Science and Technology, since 2000.
Consultant Honeywell, 1983—1986, 3M, 1985—1998. Visiting associate professor National Center for Science Research, France, 1988. Executive committee Inter-American Photochemical Society, 1992—1996.
Visiting professor Catholic University, Belgium, 1996—1997. Co-chair Ultrafast Phenomena X Optical Society of America, 1996—1997. Co-chair United States-Japan cooperative progressive on near-field scanning optical microscopy, 1998.
Member development resource for biophysical imaging study group National Institutes of Health, 1998. Chair radiation chemistry workshop United States Department Energy, Chesterton, Indiana, 1998. Vice chair Gordon conference on radiation chemistry, 2002.
International lecturer.
Fellow American Physical Society, American Academy Arts Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society (executive committee division physical chemistry, 1992, vice chair, chairman elect, chairman, 1993-1995, chair centennial issue committee, Journal Physical Chemistry, 1997, E. Bright Wilson award in Spectroscopy, 2009), Optical Society of America.