Professor Frank V. Bright’s research program centers on:
[i] Professor Frank V. Bright earned a Chemistry B.S. degree
from the University of Redlands in 1982. He studied the chemistry
of superoxide and DDT under the direction of Prof. Julian L.
Roberts. He completed his Ph.D. in 1985 at Oklahoma State
University in Prof.
Linda B. McGown’s laboratory. He conducted
postdoctoral research with Prof. Gary M.
Hieftje at Indiana University (1985-’87). In 1987,
Frank joined the University at Buffalo, The State University of New
York (UB) Department of Chemistry as a tenure-track Assistant
Professor; he is currently SUNY & UB Distinguished Professor
and the A. Conger Goodyear Professor of Chemistry. In 1994/95 Frank
completed a highly productive sabbatical stay with Prof.
Charles A. Eckert at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Professor Frank V. Bright’s research program centers on:
hybrid materials for chemical sensing and anti-fouling coatings;
[ii] molecular-level interactions in supercritical fluids and ionic
liquids; and [iii] biodegradable platforms for accelerated wound
restitution. Professor Frank V. Bright has co-authored more
than 300 peer-reviewed publications on these subjects along with 10
issued US Patents. He has also served on numerous journal and
corporate advisory boards. He has been awarded the 3M Non-Tenured
Faculty Award (1988-’91), Eastern New York American Chemical
Society Buck-Whitney Medal (1999), SUNY Chancellor’s Award
for Excellence in Teaching (2000), New York Section of the Society
for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal (2003), Akron Section Award of
the American Chemical Society (2003), A.A. Benedetti-Pichler Award
in Microchemistry from the American Microchemical Society (2005),
Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal of the Western New York American
Chemical Society (2006), and Society for Applied Spectroscopy
Fellow (2010).
