Professional Activities
  
     
 

I have been extensively involved in numerous leading professional activities at the national and international levels. This include the following:

  • Advisory Board Member, Second Annual Conference on ‘Materials in the Heartland’, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
  • Organizing Chair, Spring Symposium of the Catalysis Club of Chicago, Chicago
  • Organizer and Program Chair, Kilpatrick International Symposium on ‘Host-Guest Interactions & Supramolecular Structures in Chemical & Materials Sciences’, Chicago.
  • Appointed Chair, Symposium on ‘Cluster Synthesis’, American Chemical Society's National Meeting, Chicago.
  • Participant in over 60 international and national conferences, symposia, and workshops.
  • Reviewer of research Articles for the following international Professional Journals:
    • Journal of the American Chemical Society
    • Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
    • Inorganic Chemistry
    • Chemical Reviews
    • Journal of Molecular Structure
    • Journal of Solid State Chemistry
    • Journal of Cluster Science
    • Crystal Engineering
    • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
    • Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry
  • Reviewer of Research Grants Proposals and Education Grants Proposals Submitted for funding to the following Federal and State Funding Agencies:
    • National Science Foundation
    • Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society
    • US Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
    • Illinois Board of Higher Education, IL
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Panel Member
    • Served on the NSF Panels to review the Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team Proposals, Washington, DC
    • Member, Review Panel for the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Proposals of NSF, Washington, DC
    • Served on the NSF Panels to review NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Program Proposals. Washington, DC

At the local level, I have substantial interest and involvement in the community activities promoting and helping in local schools and community educational projects. Some of these activities are summarized here:

  • Chairman, Faculty Recruitment and Retention Committee, Chairman, Principal Search Committee, and Member, School Council, MCC Jr. High School, Morton Grove, IL.
  • Member, School Council MCC Week End School, Morton Grove, IL.
  • Member, Academic Program Committee, University of Science, Technology, and Management, New Delhi, India.
  • Member, Oral Board for Sanitary Chemists II, III, and IV Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago, IL.
  • Volunteer in Public Outreach program (VIP) of the American Chemical Society.
  • Invited Judge at:
    • 7th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference and IPRO Projects Presentation, IIT Chicago, IL.
    • 4th Annual Undergraduate Research &Presentation Conference, IIT Chicago.
    • Science Fair at Jones Academic Magnet High School, Chicago, IL.
    • Science Fair at MCC Jr. High School, Morton Grove, IL.
    • Science Fair at O. A. Thorp Scholastic Academy, Chicago.
    • Science Fair at Edison Regional Gifted Center, Chicago, IL.
    • Science Fair at James Ward Elementary School, Chicago, IL.