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Gerald L. Roberts Weatherspoon

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MSN 3E2
Fairfax, VA 22030
Office: (703) 993-1456 ; Fax: (703) 993-1055
grobert1@gmu.edu

Education University of California-Davis, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, 1995 Jackson State University, B. S. in Chemistry, 1984
Research Experience: Postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ; Applied Materials Research Department, October 1994 - August 1996; Dr. Robert J. Cava, advisor. Doctoral dissertation with Professor Susan M. Kauzlarich, 1991-1995, University of California-Davis. Dissertation title: "Investigation of the Mechanism of the Electrosynthesis of the Superconductor Ba_1-xK_xBiO₃ and Cu-O Materials".
Employment:
2016 - present	Chair, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
2008-2016	Associate Chair, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
2002-present	George Mason University, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Summer 2006	Louisiana State University, Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry, NSF Summer Research Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry
1996-2002	George Mason University, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
1994-1996	Lucent Technologies, Postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff
1990-1994	University of California-Davis, Graduate Research Student
1985-1991	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Analytical Chemist


Organizations:	NOBCChE, ACS, MRS, VAS, (AAUP
	GMU - Golden Key; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Lambda Delta; Sigma Xi