Background
Martinez, Richard Isaac Came to United States, 1950. Son of Joseph Louis and Susana (Nardea) Martinez.
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Richard Isaac Martinez
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Richard Isaac Martinez, consultant, health science administrator, research scientist, music promoter and producer, education and health policy consultant. Fellowship Council for Excellence in Government, 1995-1996, Senior fellowship, since 1996; recipient I-R 100 award, 1983, Bronze medal, United States Department Commerce, 1981; Postdoctoral Research Associate fellowship National Academy of Sciences, 1976-1978.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, 1976.
Career
Laboratory assistant DuPont of Canada Ltd., Maitland, Canada, 1962. Teaching assistant McGill University, Montreal, 1964-1965. Teaching and research assistant San Diego State University, 1965-1967.
Chemist Shell Chemical Company, Torrance, California, 1967-1970. Research chemist University of California at Los Angeles, 1971-1976, Department Commerce National Institute Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1976-1992. Chief Executive Officer, president aDoReMe Productions, since 1990, OmniSciHCD Consultant, since 2006.
Health scientist administrator Office Science Review, National Institute General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1992—2006. Appointed member City of Gaithersburg's Technology and Innovation Committee, 1998-2008.
Achievements
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Achievements include patents in methods for producing carbocyclic compounds, flue-gas desulfurization (I-R 100 award 1983). Discovered dioxiranes (Encyclopedia British Yearbook of Science and the Future, 1979), metastable excited sulfur dioxide, vicinal hydroxy-substituted alkyl and oxoalkyl nitrates, peroxynitrates. Research in development, standardization and application of Master of Science/Master of Science Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the study of the kinetics and mechanisms of complex ion-molecule reactions.
Research on the kinetics and mechanisms of complex organic reaction systems relevant to oxidation and atmospheric chemistry (including the oxidation chemistry of olefins and sulfur compounds. Free-radical reactions. Ozone-olefin and ozone-sulfide reactions).
Developed cutting-edge research methodologies.
Membership
President, chairman board directors Bethesda-Chevy Chase Jewish Community Group, 1991-1993. Member American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi Science Research Society.
Connections
Children: David Bachelor of Journalism, Robyn S.M. Entertainment.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Fellowship Council for Excellence in Government, 1995-1996, Senior fellowship, since 1996. Recipient I-R 100 award, 1983, Bronze medal, United States Department Commerce, 1981. Postdoctoral Research Associate fellowship National Academy of Sciences, 1976-1978.Fellowship Council for Excellence in Government, 1995-1996, Senior fellowship, since 1996. Recipient I-R 100 award, 1983, Bronze medal, United States Department Commerce, 1981. Postdoctoral Research Associate fellowship National Academy of Sciences, 1976-1978.