JAMES P. COLLMAN
George
A. and Hilda M. Daubert Professor of Chemistry
Personal
and Professional Vitae
Department
of Chemistry,
Phone:
(650) 725-0283, Fax: (650) 725-0259, Email: jpc@stanford.edu
Born: October
31,
Family: Married:
Patricia (Tincher) 1955; Children: Victoria, Pamela, Diane, Carolyn
Memberships: American
Chemical Society; The New York Academy of Sciences; The National Academy of
Sciences; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; The Chemical Society (London);
Sigma Xi, Phil Lamda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa; Editorial Board,
Journal of Molecular Catalysis (1990-present); Science Advisory Board,
California Museum Foundation; Editorial Board, Progress in Inorganic
Chemistry; Board of Consulting Editors, Bioorganic & Medicinal
Chemistry Letters and Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
(1993-present).
Education: B.S.
with Distinction, University of
M.S.,
Ph.D.,
Teaching: Instructor,
Univ. of North Carolina, 1958–59
Assistant
Professor, Univ. of N. Carolina, 1959–62
Associate
Professor, Univ. of N. Carolina, 1962–66
Professor
(of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry), Univ. of N. Carolina, 1966–67
Professor,
Stanford University, 1967–present
George
and Hilda Daubert Prof. of Chemistry, Stanford University, 1980–present
Honors/Awards:
Research Interests:
Distinguished Lectures:
Frontiers in Chemistry, 1964
Internatl. Conference on
Coordination Chemistry,
Venable Lecturer,
Edward Clark Lee Lecturer,
Erskine Lecturer,
Plenary Lecturer, 6th Internatl.
Conference on Organometallic Chemistry,
Plenary Lecturer, Annual Meeting
of the French Chemical Society, 1974
Drefus Lecturer,
Distinguished Inorganic Lecturer,
Reilley Lecturer,
William Pyle Phillips Lecturer,
Merck Lecturer,
Mack Memorial Award Lecturer, Ohio
State Univ., 1976
Steiglitz Lecturer, American
Chemical Society (
FMC Lecturer,
Iddles Lecturer,
Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture,
Case Western Reserve Univ., 1977
Keynote Lecturer, ANZAAS Joint
Conference New Zealand/Australia, 1979
Frank C. Whitmore Lecturer,
Pennsylvania State Univ., 1980
Plenary Lecturer, 1st Whitney
Symposium, General Electric,
Plenary Lecturer, Venable
Centennial Celebration,
Invited Lecturer, 10th
Brockman Lecturer,
Samuel C. Lind Lecturer, East
Tennessee Section, American Chemical Society,
Plenary Lecturer, 2nd Intnatl.
Plenary Lecturer, Intnatl.
Symposium on Models of Enzyme Action,
Syntex Distinguished Lecturer,
Distinguished Visiting Lecturer,
Invited Lecturer, Gordon Research
Conference "Metals in Biology," Feb. 1984
Invited Lecturer, Catalytica
Symposium "Advanced Catalytic Technologies," April 1984
Plenary Lecturer, Intnatl.
"Activation of Dioxygen Species and Homogeneous Catalytic Oxidations"
Invited Lecturer, Gordon Research
Conference on Natural Products, July 1984
Frontiers in Chemistry Lecturer,
Case Western Reserve Univ., March 1987
Nelson J. Leonard Lecturer,
Plenary Lecturer, Intnatl.
Symposium on Activation of Dioxygen and Homogeneous Catalytic Oxygenations,
Plenary Lecturer, 12th Intnatl.
Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry,
Frontiers in Chemical Research
Lecturer, Texas A&M Univ., April 1988
G.C.A. Schuit Symposium Invited
Speaker,
J. Clarence Karcher Lecturer,
Musselman Lecturer, 11th Annual
Musselman Lecture,
PLU Lecturer,
5th Intnatl. Fischer Symposium Lecturer,
Euchem Conference on
"Perspectives in Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry" Lecturer,
September 1991
Pratt Lectures,
John K. Stille Science Symposium
Lecturer,
Charles A. Stiefvater Lecturer,
Frontiers in Chemistry Lecturer,
The Scripps Research Institute, February 1993
Rowland Pettit Centennial
Lecturer,
ICBIC (International Conference on
Bioinorganic Chemistry) Invited Lecturer,
Bicentennial Symposium Lecturer,
Frontiers of Science Symposium,
Delft University of Technology, Laboratory for Organic Chemistry and Catalysis,
Delft, The Netherlands, April 1994
Three Ida Beam Lectures,
15th Biennial Gordon Research
Conference,
Dov Elad Memorial Lecturer, June
1996
Gordon Research Conference,
Jonassen Lecture,
Invited as Watkins Visiting
Professor,
10th International Conference on
Cytochrome P450,
Joseph Chatt Lecture Tour,
XXIII International Symposium on
Macrocyclic Chemistry,
Gordon Research Conference,
217th ACS National Meeting,
Sixth Symposium of Chemistry
Postgraduate Research in
Marker Lecturer,
Plenary Lecturer, 1st
International Meeting on Porphyrins,
Plenary
Lecturer, International Meeting on Porphyrin Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan, June
23-July 6, 2002. In addition to Plenary
Lecture, gave a series of lectures at various Japanese Universities
Taube
Lecture, Stanford University, “Using Functional Models to Understand the
Four-Electron Reduction of Dioxygen by Cytochrome c Oxidase Under Steady State
Conditions”, May 23, 2006
Books:
University Committee:
Within the Chemistry Department:
Member of the Industrial Affiliates Committee, the Executive Committee,
Graduate Admission Committee.
Publications: Over 370 scientific articles have been
published.