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Date of Birth: March 4, 1957 1975-1978: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; Chemistry Honors student; B.S. Degree in Chemistry (ACS); Summa Cum Laude. 1978-1982: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry; Research Advisor: Professor Jerry L. Atwood. 1982-1987: Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 1987-1994: Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 1994-1995: Professor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 1995-1996: Presidential Research Professor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 1996-2004: Professor, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1998-: Director, The University of Alabama, Center for Green Manufacturing, Tuscaloosa, AL 2004-: Distinguished Research Professor, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 2005-: Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry, The Univesity of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Visiting and Adjunct Positions:
Memberships and Offices in Societies: · Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, American Nuclear Society, American Crystallographic Association; American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Materials Research Society; American Association of Crystal Growth; Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry · American Chemical Society: Rock River Local Section: Chairman Elect (Program Chairman), 1983-84; Chairman, 1984-86; Executive Committee, 1986-87; Secretary-Treasurer, 1988. Separation Science and Technology Subdivision (Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (I&EC)): Program Committee, 1992-; Executive Committee, 1993- ; Vice Chair-Elect, 1993; Chair-Elect, 1994; Chair, 1995; Past-Chair, 1996. Practical Pollution Prevention Subdivision (I&EC): Co-Chair, 1998-99. Green Chemistry & Engineering Subdivision (I&EC): Program Committee, 2000-. I&EC Division: Program Committee, 1994-2002; Membership Committee (Academic Chemists Task Force Chair), 1996-2000; Executive Committee, 1995- ;Program Secretary, 1995-98 ; Chair-Elect, 1998; Chair, 1999; Past-Chair, 2000. Parliamentarian, 2004-. Committee on Science, 2004-06. Editorial Boards and Editorships: · Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research: Editorial Board, 1989-93; Associate Editor, 1993 · Journal of Chemical Crystallography: Associate Editor, 1994-96; Editor, 1996-2000 · Separation Science and Technology: Associate Editor, 1996-99 · Crystal Engineering: Founding Co-Editor, 1998-99 · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research: Editorial Board, 1999-2001 · Journal of Chromatography, B, Guest Editor, Volume 743 (1 + 2), 2000 · Crystal Growth & Design, an ACS journal: Founding Editor-in-Chief, 2000- · Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, Editorial Board, 2002- · Green Chemistry, International Advisory Board, 2002- · Chemical Communications, Editorial Advisory Board, 2005- Other Professional Activities: · International Advisory Board member for the 9th International Conference on Partitioning in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems, Zaragoza, Spain, 1995. · International Advisory Board member for the 6th Conference on Separation of Ionic Solutes, Piestany Spa, Slovakia, 1995. · International Scientific Committee member for the 10th International Conference on Partitioning in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems, Reading, United Kingdom, 1997. · Scientific Advisory Board, EIChroM Industries, Inc., Darien, IL, 1995-2000. · Program Committee for the Tenth Symposium on Separations Science and Technology for Energy Applications, Gatlinburg, TN, 1997. · The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board, 1997-2002. · Technology Review Council, Environmental Technology Demonstration and Commercialization Center (ETDCC), Texas City, TX, 1998-2000. · Program Committee for the Third Department of Energy/Basic Energy Sciences Separations Research Workshop, Savannah, GA, 1999. · Program Committee for the Eleventh Symposium on Separations Science and Technology for Energy Applications, Gatlinburg, TN, 1999. · Steering Committee Member for Chemistry in the 21st Century, ACS-2000, San Francisco, CA, 2000. · National Academy of Sciences Board on Radioactive Waste Management Committee on Long Term Research Needs for High-Level Waste at Department of Energy Sites, 1999-2001. · Program Committee for IUPAC CHEMRAWN XIV World Conference, Toward Environmentally Benign Processes and Products, Boulder, CO, 2001. · Program Committee for the Twelfth Symposium on Separations Science and Technology for Energy Applications, Gatlinburg, TN, 2001. · Chair, Scientific Committee for Bio Partitioning & Purification 2003 Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2003. · Instructor, NSF/DOE Pan American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) on Green Chemistry, Montevido, Uruguay, 2003 · International Symposium Committee for the First International Symposium on Process Intensification and Miniturisation, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 2003. · Program Committee for the Thirteenth Symposium on Separations Science and Technology for Energy Applications, Gatlinburg, TN, 2003. · Scientific Committee for the Internatinal Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2003)/International Union of Materials Research Societies International Conference in Asia (ICA 2003), Singapore, Symposium D: New Materials by Crystal Engineering Design. · National Academy of Sciences Board on Radioactive Waste Management Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste, 2003-2005. · Group of Advisors, LICP Discussions No. 1 - Ionic Liquids: Progress and Prospects, Lanzhou China, 2004. · Organizing and Scientific Advisory Committee, Canada-US Joint Workshop on Innovative Chemistry in Clean Media, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2004. · International Program Committee, EUCHEM 2004 Molten Salts Conference, Piechowice, Poland, 2004. · Instructor, ACS-PRF Summer School in Green Chemistry, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004. · International Advisory Board, 1st International Congress on Ionic Liquids (COIL), Salzburg, Austria, 2005. · Program Committee for the Fourteenth Symposium on Separations Science and Technology for Energy Applications, Gatlinburg, TN, 2005. · Advisory Board, Second International Symposium on Green/Sustainable Chemistry, Delhi, India, 2006. · Organizing Committee 10th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference: Washington, DC, 2006. · Scientific Committee, EUCHEM Conference on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2006. · International Advisory Committee, International Conference and Exhibition on Green Chemistry, Malaysian Chemical Congress (MCC 2006), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006. · Organizing Committee, International Solvent Extraction Conference (ISEC 2008) to be held September 2008. · Chair, 23rd Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, DeKalb, IL, 1990. · Conference Chair, 11th International Conference on Partitioning in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems: The Expanding Boundaries of Aqueous Two-Phase Partitioning: Fundamentals and Applications of Environmentally-Benign Polymers in Biological, Industrial and Environmental Processes, Gulf Shores, AL June 27-July 2, 1999. (Conference URL: http://bama.ua.edu/~rdrogers/aq2phase/11thconf.html.) · Co-Director (with K, R, Seddon), NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids, Crete, Greece, April 12-16, 2000. (Conference URL: http://bama.ua.edu/~rdrogers/NATO.) · Organizer, Industries of the Future Alabama Symposium: Sustainable Industry through Green Chemistry and Engineering, Mobile, AL July 27-28, 2000. · Co-Vice Chair (with J. C. Warner), Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 8-13, 2002. · Co-Chair (with A. S. Myerson, S. M. Reutzel-Edens, and R. J. Davey), ACS ProSpectives Series: Polymorphism in Crystals: Fundamentals, Prediction, and Industrial Practice, Tampa, FL, February 23-27, 2003. · Co-Chair (with A. S. Myerson, S. M. Reutzel-Edens), ACS ProSpectives Series: Polymorphism in Crystals, Tampa, FL February 8-11, 2004. · Organizer, Ionic Liquids Workshop: Background State-of-the-Art, and Academic/Industrial Applications, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 23-24, 2004 (Workshop URL: http://www.bama.ua.edu/~rdrogers/ILWorkshop04/) · Co- Chair (with J. C. Warner), Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry, Bristol, RI, July 4-9, 2004 (URL: http://bama.ua.edu/~rdrogers/GreenChemistryGRC04) · U.S. Organizer, NSF Joint China-USA Workshop "Determining the Grand Challenges of Green Chemistry Developement and Implementation," Bejing, China, May 27-31, 2005. · Organizer, EPA/Green Chemistry Institute Workshop "Incorporating Toxicology into the Design Criteria for New Ionic Liquids Synthesis," Washington, DC, June 9-10, 2005. · Program Chair, 2nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry; 9th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference: "Taking Measures of Green Progress: Opportunities to Meet Global Challenges," Washington, DC, June 20-24, 2005. · Program Chair, 2005 Rare Earth Research Conference, Keystone, CO, June 26-30, 2005. · Co-Organizer (with D.A. Dixon), Alabama Actinide Day, April 6, 2005, Tuscaloosa, AL. · Local Organizer, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Ionic Liquids Research Workshop, Tuscaloosa, AL, February 7-8, 2006. · Organizer, Ionic Liquids Workshop: Background, State-of-the-Art, and Academic/Industrial Applications, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 23-24, 2006 (Workshop URL: http://www.bama.ua.edu/~rdrogers/ILWorkshop06/) · Co-Chair (with A.S. Myerson) ACS ProSpectives Series: Process Crystallization in the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries, Philadelphia, PA, April 25-27, 2006. · Organizing Committee (with K.R. Seddon and J.F. Brennecke), Biodegradability and Toxicity of Ionic Liquids, Berlin, Germany, May 6-9, 2007. · Conference Chair, Rare Earth Research Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, to be held 2008. · Conference Chair, Congress on Ionic Liquids, Tuscaloosa, AL, to be held 2011. · "Aqueous Biphasic Separations: Biomolecules to Metal Ions," (with C. K. Hall) for the 207th ACS National Meeting (1994), San Diego, CA. · "Lanthanide Coordination Chemistry," for the Rare Earth Research Conference (1996), Duluth, MN. · "Current Trends in Applied Chemistry: The Industrial/Academic Interface in Separation Science," for the 213th ACS National Meeting (1997), San Francisco, CA. · "Recent Advances in Metal Ion Separation and Preconcentration," (with M. L. Dietz and A. H. Bond) for the 214th ACS National Meeting (1997), Las Vegas, NV. · "Crystal Engineering: Functional Solids by Design," (with M. J. Zaworotko) for the Fifth Chemical Congress of North America (1997), Cancún, Mexico. · "Transactions Symposium: Crystal Engineering," (with M. J. Zaworotko) for the American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting (1998), Arlington, VA. · "Nuclear Separations for Radiopharmacy," (with M. L. Dietz and A. H. Bond) for the 216th ACS National Meeting (1998), Boston, MA. · "Calixarene Molecules for Separations," (with G. Lumetta and A. S. Gopolan) for the 217th ACS National Meeting (1999), Anaheim, CA. · "Toward Vision 2000: Sustainable Technology for the Future," (with A. Manheim and A. H. Bond) Poster Session for the 217th ACS National Meeting (1999), Anaheim, CA. · "Synthesis of New Materials by Coordination Chemistry, Self Assembly and Template Formation," (with M. J. Zaworotko) for the 217th ACS National Meeting (1999), Anaheim, CA. · "Crystal Engineering," Microsymposium 110D (G. R. Desiraju, Chair; M. J. Zaworotko and R. D. Rogers, Co-Chairs) for the XVIIIth International Union of Crystallography Congress and General Assembly (1999), Glasgow, Scotland, UK. · "Separation Science and Technology Award Honoring E. Philip Horwitz: Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange in the 21st Century," (with S. Alexandratos) for the 219th ACS National Meeting (2000), San Francisco, CA. · "Advances in Solvent Selection and Substitution for Extraction," (with M. Overcash) for the 2000 Spring National AIChE Meeting (2000), Atlanta, GA. · “Crystal Engineering,” (with W. T. Pennington) for the 52nd Southeast/56th Southwest Combined Regional Meeting of the ACS (2000), New Orleans, LA. · “Separation Science: Trends for the New Century,” (with S. Alexandratos, A. Jyo, and M. J. Zaworotko) for the 2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Pacifichem 2000 (2000), Honolulu, HI. · “Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids,” (with K. R. Seddon) for the 221st ACS National Meeting (2001), San Diego, CA (URL: http://bama.ua.edu/~rdrogers/sandiego). · “Crystal Engineering to Crystal Growth: Design and Function,” (with A. S. Myerson and K. R. Seddon) for the 223rd ACS National Meeting (2002), Orlando, FL. · “Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects,” (with K. R. Seddon) for the 224th ACS National Meeting (2002), Boston, MA (URL: http://bama.ua.edu/~rdrogers/Boston). · “Ionic Liquids III: Fundamentals, Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities,” (with K. R. Seddon) for the 226th ACS National Meeting (2003), New York, NY (URL: http://bama.ua.edu/~rdrogers/New York). · "Ionic Liquids in Polymer Systems," (with C.S. Brazel) for the 227th ACS National Meeting (2004), Anaheim, CA (highlighted in Freemantle, M. "Designer Liquids in Polymer Systems," Chemical & Engineering News, May 3, 2004, pp 26-29.) · "Polymorphism," Microsymposium MS04 (with E. Vlieg) for the XXth Internatinal Union of Crystallography Congress and General Assembly (2005), Florence, Italy. · "Lanthanide-containing Functional Edifices," (with J.-C. Bunzli, H. Tskube, and J. Takats) for the 2005 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Pacifichem 2005 (2005), Honolulu, HI. · “Ionic Liquids: Perspectives on the Present, Visions for the Future" (with J. Davis, Jr., D. MacFarlane, and H. Ohno) for the 2005 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Pasifichem 2005 (2005), Honolulu, HI. · “Organic Reactions in Neotoric Media" (with C.-J. Li, T.-H. Chan, D.H. Busch, S. Kobayashi, and P. Jessop0 for the 2005 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Pacifichem 2005 (2005), Honolulu, HI. · “Ionic Liquids: Not Just Solvents Anymore OR Ionic Liquids: Parallel Futures," (with J.F. Brennecke and K.R. Seddo) for the 231st ACS National Meeting (2006), Atlanta, GA (URL: http://bama.ua.edu/~rdrogers/Atlanta2006/) · Northern Illinois University Outstanding Faculty Advisor - 1993 · Northern Illinois University Presidential Research Professor – 1995 · American Chemical Society Newsmaker Award – 2001 ("ACS Newsmakers honored in Chicago," Chemical & Engineering News, September 24, 2001, p 49.) · The University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences Leadership Board Fellow - 2002-2005 · The University of Alabama Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award - 2003 · The University of Alabama Distinguished Research Professor - 2004 · 2005 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (Academic): "A Platform Strategy Utilizing Ionic liquids to Dissolve and Process Cellulose for Advanced New Materials," - 2005 (Ritter, S.K. "Green Success," Chemical & Engineering News, June 27, 2005, pp 40-43.) · The University of Alabama Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry - 2005
Utilizing Ionic Liquids and Green Chemistry for Sustainable Technology Through Innovation. Major thrusts include: Materials: Advanced polymeric and composite materials from biorenewables; Separations: Novel strategies for separation and purification of value added products from biomass; Energy: New lubricant technologies and selective separations; Medicine: Elimination of waste while delivering improved pharmaceutical performance. · Rogers, R. D.; Horwitz, E. P.; Bond, A. H. "Process for Recovering Pertechnetate Ions from an Aqueous Solution also Containing Other Ions," 2/18/97, U. S. Patent No. 5,603,834. · Rogers, R. D.; Horwitz, E. P.; Bond, A. H. "Process for Recovering Chaotropic Ions from an Aqueous Solution also Containing Other Ions," 3/10/99, U. S. Patent No. 5,888,397. · Rogers, R. D.; Horwitz, E. P.; Bond, A. H. "Process for Separating and Recovering an Anionic Dye from an Aqueous Solution," 1/13/98, U. S. Patent No. 5,707,525. · Mays, J. W.; Bu, L.; Rogers, R. D.; Hong, K.; Zhang, H. “Polymer Formation in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids,” U.S. Patent Application U.S. 60/280,201; International Application PCT/US02/10091; International Publication Number WO 02/079269 A1, October 10, 2002. · Wu, B.; Reddy, R. G.; Rogers, R. D. “Production, Refining and Recycling of Lightweight and Reactive Metals in Ionic Liquids,” 4/19/05, U.S. Patent No. 6,881,321 B2. · Holbrey, J. D; Spear, S. K.; Turner, M. B.; Swatloski, R. P.; Rogers, R. D “Cellulose Matrix Encapsulation and Method,” 10/6/04, U.S. Patent No. 6,808,557 B2. · Swatloski, R. P.; Rogers, R. D.; Holbrey, J. D. “Dissolution and processing of cellulose using ionic liquids,” U.S. Patent Application U.S. 10/256,521; International Application PCT/US02/31404; International Publication Number WO 03/029329 A2, April 10, 2003. · Wu, B.; Reddy, R. G.; Holbrey, J. D.; Rogers, R. D. “Ionic Liquid Temperature Sensor,” 6/15/04, U.S. Patent No. 6, 749, 336 B2; International Application PCT/US03/00102; International Publication Number WO 03/058185 A1, July 17, 2003. · Holbrey, J.D.; Turner, M.B.; Rogers, R.D. "Ionic Liquids Containing Secondary Hydroxyl-Groups and a Method for Their Preparation." U.S. Patent filed. International Application PCT; International Publication Number WO 2005026179 A1. · Holbrey, J.D.; Swatloski, R.P.; Chen, J.; Daly, D.T.; Rogers, R.D. "Polymer Dissolution and Blend Formation In Ionic Liquids." U.S. Patent Filed March 27, 2005; PCT International Application (2005) WO2005098546 A2. · Daly, D.T.; Rogers, R.D. "Method of Preparing High Orientation Nanoparticle-Containing Sheets or Films Using Ionic Liquids, and the Sheets or Films Produced Thereby" U.S. Patent Filed May 31, 2005. · Roger, R.D.; Daly, D.T.; Turner, M.B.; Spear, S.K.. "Ionic Liquid Reconstitutied Cellulose Composites as Solid Support Matrices." U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/694,902 Filed June 29, 2005. · Rogers, R.D.; Daly, D.T.; Swatloski, R.P.; Hough, W.L.; Davis Jr., J.H.; Smiglak, M.; Pernak, J.; Spear, S.K. "Multi-Functional Ionic Liquid Compositions for Overcoming Polymorphism and Imparting Improved Properties for Active Pharmaceutical, Biological, Nutritional, and Energetic Ingredients," U.S. Provisional Patent Application Filed February 3, 2006. 1. Aqueous Biphasic Separations: Biomolecules to Metal Ions; Rogers, R. D.; Eiteman, M. A., Eds.; Plenum: New York, 1995; 191 pp. 2. Metal-Ion Separation and Preconcentration, Progress and Opportunities; Dietz, M. L.; Bond, A. H.; Rogers, R. D., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 716, American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1999; 418 pp. 3. Crystal Engineering, Rogers, R. D.; Zaworotko, M. J., Eds.; Transactions of the American Crystallographic Association, Vol. 33; American Crystallographic Association: Buffalo, NY, 1999; 177 pp. 4. Calixarenes for Separations; Lumetta, G.; Rogers, R. D.; Gopalan, A. S., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 757, American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2000; 366 pp. 5. Ionic Liquids; Industrial Applications to Green Chemistry, Rogers, R. D.; Seddon, K. R. (Eds.); ACS Symposium Series 818; American Chemical Society: Washington DC, 2002; 474 pp. 6. Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids, NATO Science Series II. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry – Vol. 92, Rogers, R. D.; Seddon, K. R.; Volkov, S. (Eds.); Kluwer: Dordrecht, 2003; 553 pp. 7. Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects, Rogers, R. D.; Seddon, K. R. (Eds.); ACS Symposium Series 856; American Chemical Society: Washington DC, 2003; 599 pp. 8. Ionic Liquids IIIA: Fundamentals, Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities - Properties and Structure, Rogers, R.D.; Seddon, K.R. (Eds.); ACS Symposium Series 901; American Chemical Society: Washington DC, 2005; 334 pp. 9. Ionic Liquids IIIB: Fundamentals, Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities - Transformations and Processes, Rogers, R.D.; Seddon, K.R. (Eds.); ACS Symposium Series 902; American Chemical Society: Washington DC, 2005; 397 pp. 10. Ionic Liquids in Polymer Systems: Solvents, Additives, and Novel Applications, Brazel, C.S.; Rogers, R.D. (Eds.); ACS Symposium Series 913; American Chemical Society: Washington DC, 2005; 206 pp. Current External Contracts and Grants: · Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $440,000; 7/1/03-9/30/06. “Energetic Ionic Liquids: Fundamental Studies Relating Target Structures and Key Physical Properties,” PI (with A. R. Katritzky, University of Florida, Co-PI). · U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Management Science Program, Office of Energy Research, $375,088; 11/1/04-9/30/07. "A New Class of Solvents for TRU Dissolution and Separation: Ionic Liquids," PI. · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Technology for a Sustainable Environment Program, $325,000; 10/15/03-10/14/06. "Solvent Properties of Ionic Liquids: Enabling the Assessment of Ionic Liquids for Clean, Enviornmentally Benign Technologies," PI (with J. D. Holbrey, Co-PI). · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Technology for a Sustainable Environment Program, $527,715; 5/1/00-4/30/03. "Investigation of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids as Environmentally Benign Solvents for Industrial Separations," (with A. R. Katritzky, University of Florida, Co-PI). · U.S. Department of Energy, Division of Chemical Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Energy Research, $344,268; 2/1/03-1/31/06. "Alternative (Potentially Green) Separations Media: Aqueous Biphasic and Related Systems - Extending the Frontier," PI · National Science Foundation, $84,357; 3/1/03-2/28/06. “Upgrade of a High Resolution Mass Spectrometer,” Co-PI (with L. Kispert, PI, and C.J. Cassady, M.P. Cava, R. Timkovich, Co-PIs) · Merck/EMD Chemicals, $40,000; 5/1/04-6/1/05. "Support for Ionic Liquids Research at the Center for Green Manufacturing," PI. · BASF Corporation, $370,000; 11/30/05-10/31/07. "Sponsored Research Agreement," PI. A. Refereed Publications: 575 B. Patents: 8 published; 4 submitted C. Non-Refereed Reviews, Reports, and Articles: 52 D. Presentations (including students and collaborators) before National and International Meetings: 588 E. Presentations (including students and collaborators) before Regional Meetings: 84 F. Seminars: 145 |
