University of Illinois at Chicago

Surface Science Laboratory

Professor Michael Trenary Group

Dr. Michael Trenary

Office: Department of Chemistry, 845 W. Taylor Street, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607

Home: 303 N. Cuyler Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302

Personal: Born July 8, 1956, Los Angeles, California U.S. Citizen. Married. Two Children.

Education:

1978-1982: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. PhD in Physical Chemistry, 1982. Thesis title: "An Angle-Resolved Photoemission Study of CO on the Pt(111) and Pt(321) Surfaces" Thesis Advisor: Dr. F. Read McFeely

1974-1978: University of California, Berkeley. BS in Chemistry, with honors, 1978.

Professional Experience:

September-December 1998, Guest Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

August 1994-August 1995, Visiting Scholar, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

1992: Promoted to Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

1989-1992: Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

1984-1988: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

1982-84: Postdoctoral research with Prof John T. Yates, Jr., University of Pittsburgh. Research on the vibrational properties of molecules chemisorbed on metal surfaces using the technique of infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy.

1978-82: Research assistant in the group of Dr. F. Read McFeely, Department of Chemistry, MIT. Research on the geometric and electronic structures of chemisorbed molecules.

1976-78: Undergraduate research under the direction of Professor H. F. Schaefer III, using ab initio calculations to study stability, geometry and electronic structure of small molecular complexes.

Professional Organizations:

American Chemical Society, member since 1981

American Vacuum Society, member since 1982

Awards:

Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1989

University of Illinois, University Scholar Award, 1990

Fellow of the American Vacuum Society, elected 2002

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