Dr. Dana W. Mayo
Dr. Dana W. Mayo, Research Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 04011-8466
Last Updated: July 19, 2007
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Dana W. Mayo
holds the Charles Weston Pickard Research Professor of Chemistry Chair at
Bowdoin College. During the summers of 1960-1971 he co-directed with Professor
R.C. Lord one-week Summer Courses on the Technique and Applications of Infrared
Spectroscopy at MIT. From 1972-81 he continued to co-direct these programs
at Bowdoin College and became Director in 1982. The summer of 2007 will
mark his 49th year of association with these courses which were founded
by Professor Lord at MIT in 1950. Dr. Mayo has over fifty publications and
2 patents in areas of his research interests which include the application
of vibrational spectroscopy to molecular structure determination, natural
products chemistry, environmental studies of oil pollution and microscale
organic laboratory techniques. He is a co-author of "Microscale Organic
Laboratory (with Multistep and Multiscale Syntheses)" and "Microscale
Techniques For The Organic Laboratory". Among his awards are the Catalyst
National Award of the Chemical Manufacturers Association for excellence
in chemistry teaching, the Charles A. Dana Foundation Award for pioneering
Achievement in Health and Higher Education, and the American Chemical Society
Division of Chemical Health and Safety Award. Dr. Dana W. Mayo, Research Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 04011-8466 Last Updated: July 19, 2007 |