Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street , Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: (410) 516-4328 Fax: (410) 516-8424 e-mail: howardf@jhu.edu

Professional Preparation:

Oxford University ( England) Chemistry B.A., 1989

Northwestern University Chemistry Ph.D., 1994

University of California , Berkeley Chemistry – Postdoctorate, 1994-1997

 

Appointments:

2007-present Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (Joint Appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering)

2003-2007 Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University

1997-2003 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University

 

Honors and Awards:

National Science Foundation, CAREER Award - 2000

Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award (Northwestern University - 1994)

American Vacuum Society Illinois Award - 1994

Donald E. Smith Award for Graduate Teaching (Northwestern University -1992)

American Vacuum Society Student Award Winner / Varian Finalist 1991

 

Recent Scientific Activities:

Secretary, Colloids and Surfaces Division, American Chemical Society.

Symposium Organizer (w/ F. Geiger and J. Smith), “Environmental Interfaces,” 232 nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006.

Symposium Organizer (w/ B. Ball and R. Lohman), “Characterization and Properties of Environmentally Relevant Black Carbon Particulates,” 230 th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2005.

Symposium Organizer (w/ J. Morris and G.Yu), “Applications of Self Assembled Monolayers in the Chemical Sciences,” 230 th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2005.

Local Organizing Committee Member, American Vacuum Society, Baltimore, MD (November 2003).