Background
Birge, Robert Richards was born on August 10, 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Robert Bowen and Dorothy (Richards) Birge.
Birge, Robert Richards was born on August 10, 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Robert Bowen and Dorothy (Richards) Birge.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Yale University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1972.
National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973-1975;
assistant professor department chemistry, University of California-Riverside, 1975-1981;
Chairman of Commission on research, University of California-Riverside, 1981-1982;
associate professor department chemistry, University of California-Riverside, 1981-1984;
Weingart sabbatical fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1982-1983;
professor, head department chemistry, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1984-1987;
director Center Molecular Electronics,, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1984-1987;
professor of chemistry, director W.M. Keck Center Molecular Electronics, W.M. Keck Center Molecular Electronics Syracuse (New York) U., since 1988;
director graduate biophysics program, Syracuse (New York) U., 1989-1993;
research director, New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Computer Applications and Software Engineering, since 1992;
distinguished professor of chemistry, Syracuse University, since 1995. North Atlantic Treaty Organization professor Advanced Study Institute, Maratea, Italy, 1983. Permanent mem.molecular and cellular biophysics study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1984-1989.
Board directors West Penn Hospital Research Foundation, 1987-1988. Co-chairman advanced.com. molecular electronics NAS, 1987.
Treasurer council Carnegie Institute Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1985-1987. Served to First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1972-1973. Member American Chemical Society (Research award 1992), American Physical Society, Biophysics Society.
Married Constance A. Reed, Aug.3, 1993. Children: Jonathan Richards, David Porter.