Geraldine L. Richmond

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Geraldine Richmond
Under Secretary of Energy for Science
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 15, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byPaul Dabbar
Personal details
Born (1953-01-17) January 17, 1953 (age 71)
Garvan-Olin Medal

Geraldine Lee Richmond (born January 17, 1953, in Salina, Kansas)

Under Secretary of Energy for Science in the US Department of Energy.[2][3] Richmond was confirmed to her DOE role by the United States Senate on November 5, 2021.[4] Richmond is the Presidential Chair in Science and professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon (UO).[5] She conducts fundamental research to understand the chemistry and physics of complex surfaces and interfaces. These understandings are most relevant to energy production, atmospheric chemistry and remediation of the environment. Throughout her career she has worked to increase the number and success of women scientists in the U.S. and in many developing countries in Africa, Asia and South America.[6] Richmond has served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
, and she received the 2013 National Medal of Science.

Education

Richmond received her B.S. in chemistry in 1975 from Kansas State University and her Ph.D. in 1980 at University of California, Berkeley, in physical chemistry.[1]

Career

From 1980 to 1985 she was an assistant professor of chemistry at

vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy for studying surfaces and interfaces;[10]
her review on the technique has been cited nearly 800 times since it was published.

Using these spectroscopic techniques with mixtures of

hydrophobic surfaces, Richmond found that weaker dipoles in an organic phase is more effective for orienting individual water molecules near the interface.[16] The interactions at aqueous / hydrophobic interfaces are important for understanding biochemical properties at boundaries such as cell membranes, as is the solvation of charge in such environments.[17] The study of zwitterionic species like amino acids is important for similar reasons.[18]

In 1997 Richmond co-founded COACh along with Jeanne E. Pemberton; Richmond is currently its director.[19] COACh grassroots organization based at the University of Oregon that organizes international conferences and provides career building workshops aimed at increasing the number and success of women scientists in the U.S. and in many developing countries. Over 22,000 women have attended COACh career building workshops to date.

Service

Richmond was appointed by Governor Kitzhaber to the Oregon State Board of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003 and reappointed by Governor Kulongoski from 2004 to 2006. From 1998 to 2003 she served as chair of the Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC).[20] In 2014, Richmond was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for a term beginning in February 2015.[21] In 2014, she was appointed by Secretary John Kerry to serve as the Science Envoy for the Lower Mekong River Countries.[22] She was appointed by President Obama to the National Science Board for a term of 2012–2016 and reappointed by President Trump from 2016 to 2022.[23] Since 2016 she has served as Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[24] and is the 2019–2020 President of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.[25]

Richmond is director of the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Oregon. Started in 1987 it is one of the longest-running REU programs in the United States. In the over 30 years of the REU program, it has hosted over 400 undergraduates from across the country with 90% continuing to graduate school.[26]

Honors

  • 1989 Coblentz Society Spectroscopy Award[27]
  • 1993 Fellow, American Physical Society, "For seminal contributions to the understanding of dynamics at interfaces accomplished by innovative applications of nonlinear optical phenomena."[28]
  • 1996 Francis P. Garvan-Olin Medal of the American Chemical Society[29]
  • 1997 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering Mentoring[30]
  • 2001 Oregon Outstanding Scientist Award, Oregon Academy of Science[31]
  • 2003 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science[32]
  • 2004 Spiers Medal of the UK Royal Society of Chemistry[33]
  • 2006 Council on Chemical Research Diversity Award[34]
  • 2006 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[35]
  • 2008 Bomem-Michaelson Award[36]
  • 2008 Fellow, Association for Women in Science[37]
  • 2011 Fellow, American Chemical Society[38]
  • 2011 Joel Henry Hildebrand Award of the American Chemical Society, "For pioneering applications of nonlinear optical spectroscopies and modeling of liquid surfaces and the resulting new understanding of water structure and bonding at liquid interfaces."[39]
  • 2011 Member, National Academy of Sciences[40]
  • 2013 Charles Lathrop Parsons Award of the American Chemical Society, "For distinguished public service to chemistry through advocacy for higher education, wise counsel and leadership in national science policy, and tireless advocacy for women chemists."[41]
  • 2013
    Davisson-Germer Prize for "elegant elucidation of the molecular structure and organization of liquid-liquid and liquid-air interfaces using nonlinear optical spectroscopies"[42]
  • 2013 National Medal of Science[43][44][45] for “her landmark discoveries of the molecular characteristics of water; for her creative demonstration of how her findings impact many key biological, chemical and technological processes; and for her extraordinary efforts in the United States and around the globe to promote women in science"
  • 2014 Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award of the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh[46]
  • 2017 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Illinois Institute of Technology[47]
  • 2017 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Kansas State University[48][49]
  • 2018 Linus Pauling Award, Northwest Region American Chemical Society
  • 2018 Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society[50]
  • 2019 Linus Pauling Legacy Award, Oregon State University
  • 2020 Oregon History Maker, Oregon Historical Society[51]
  • 2020 Dickson Prize, Carnegie Mellon University[52]

References

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  52. ^ University, Carnegie Mellon. "Homepage – Dickson Prize in Science – Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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