Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Professor of Chemistry
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Education and Professional Experience
- B.A. Princeton University, 1988
- Ph.D. Stanford University, 1993
- Postdoctoral research scientist, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1993-1995
- Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, 1995-2000
- Shaffer Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University, 2000-2003
- Professor of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 2003-2012
- Eberly Professor of Biotechnology, Pennsylvania State University, 2006-2012
- Swanlund Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012-2017
- John Gamble Kirkwood Professor of Chemistry, Yale University, 2018-2021
- Sterling Professor of Chemistry, Yale University, 2021-2023
- A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University, 2024-present
- Emerson Center Lectureship Award, Emory University, 2022
- Willard Gibbs Medal Award from American Chemical Society Chicago Section, 2021
- American Chemical Society Award in Theoretical Chemistry, 2021
- Royal Society of Chemistry Bourke Award, 2020
- Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry, 2020-21
- G. M. Kosolapoff Award from Auburn University, 2019
- Fellow, Biophysical Society, 2015
- Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, 2014
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2013
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2013
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012
- Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2011
- NIH MERIT Award, 2011
- Fellow, American Physical Society, 2010
- American Chemical Society Akron Section Award, 2008
- International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science Medal, 2005
- Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award, 2005
- Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecturer, Gordon Research Conference on Isotopes in Biological & Chemical Sciences, 2004
- NSF Creativity Extension Award, 2003
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1999
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 1998
- Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 1998
- NSF CAREER Award, 1996
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