George Atkinson

Education

U.S. Department of State: Science and Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State, 2003-present; Senior Adviser for Science and Technology, 2002-2003; American Institute of Physics Senior Diplomacy Fellow, 2001-2003
The University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry, Department Head, 1983-1988, Professor, 1983-present; Optical Sciences, Professor, 1983-present
Syracuse University, Department of Chemistry, Professor, 1982-1983; Associate Professor, 1979-1982; Assistant Professor, 1973-1979
National Bureau of Standards, National Research Council, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1971-1973
Indiana University, Graduate Research, 1971

Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Award, University of California at Irvine, 2004
Distinguished Alumni Award for Outstanding Service, Indiana University, 2004
Honorary Ph.D., Eckerd College, 2004
Senior Alexander von Humboldt Award, Technical University of Munich, 1989, 1995, 1999
Elected Titular Board Member, Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2002-2006
First AIP Scientist/Diplomat, U.S. Department of State, 2001
Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy, Senior Awardee (for lifetime contributions), 2001
University of Arizona, Five-Star Teaching Award, Outstanding Teacher, 1992
Hebrew University and Technion, Israel, Lady Davis Professor, 1990-1992
Federal Republic of Germany, Senior Fulbright Professor, 1990
Technical University of Munich, Senior Alexander von Humboldt Award, 1989-present
Syracuse University, Provost Award for Teaching Innovation, 1988
Eckerd College, Outstanding Alumni Award, 1985
Oxford University and the Royal Institution of Great Britain, SERC Senior Visiting Fellow, 1983