Kenneth Poeppelmeier
Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier | |
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| Born | 6 October 1949 |
| Alma mater | University of Missouri, Iowa State University |
| Known for | Solid-state chemistry, Materials chemistry, Catalysis, crystal growth, nonlinear optical materials |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Elected foreign member (2016) of Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Elected Honorary Member (2017) of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Academic advisors | John D. Corbett |
Kenneth Reinhard Poeppelmeier (born 6 October 1949) is the Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University.
Poeppelmeier completed his bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of Missouri in 1971. From 1971 to 1974 he taught chemistry at Samoa College as part of the Peace Corps.
After returning from Samoa, he attended Iowa State University and in 1978 was awarded a doctorate for his work on reduced scandium halide compounds under the direction of John Corbett. After graduation, he joined Exxon Central Research and Development where he studied the synthesis and properties oxygen-deficient perovskites. In 1984, he joined Northwestern University as an inorganic chemistry professor.
His work at Northwestern has focused on the role of materials synthesis, transport properties, and materials design in the isolation of new compounds with applications in superconductivity, nonlinear optical materials, catalysis, and energy storage. From 1995-2015, he was the materials editor for the American Chemical Society journal Inorganic Chemistry.