Editor Name: Thomas F. George

Designation: Chancellor and Professor

University: University of Missouri–St. Louis

Country: USA

Biography: Thomas F. George is chancellor and professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.  As chancellor, he oversees academic and administrative operations of a university with 17,000 students, 2,500 faculty and staff, 40 academic buildings and a $200 million annual operating budget.In addition, $150 million of new capital construction, renovation and landscaping on campus took place during 2015-17.  The annual amount of philanthropic contributions during his tenure as chancellor has quadrupled to over $27 million, reaching as high as $31 million in 2014.

Editor Name: Thomas F. George

Designation: Chancellor and Professor

University: University of Missouri–St. Louis

Country: USA

Biography: Thomas F. George is chancellor and professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.  As chancellor, he oversees academic and administrative operations of a university with 17,000 students, 2,500 faculty and staff, 40 academic buildings and a $200 million annual operating budget.In addition, $150 million of new capital construction, renovation and landscaping on campus took place during 2015-17.  The annual amount of philanthropic contributions during his tenure as chancellor has quadrupled to over $27 million, reaching as high as $31 million in 2014.

Editor Name: Thomas F. George

Designation: Professor

University: University of Missouri-St. Louis

Country: USA

Biography:

Thomas F. George has been chancellor and professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Missouri–St. Louis since 2003.  Prior to that, he was chancellor at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, provost at Washington State University, dean of science at SUNY-Buffalo, and promoted by age 29 to full professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester.  He received his B.A. degree (Phi Beta Kappa) with a double major in chemistry and mathematics from Gettysburg College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at age 23 from Yale University, with postdoctoral appointments at MIT and UC-Berkeley.

Tom’s research specialty is chemical/materials/laser/nanophysics, including nanomedicine.  He continues to be an active researcher with nearly 800 papers, 7 authored and 18 edited books.  His awards include the Marlow Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), Medal of Honor from Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait, and Diploma of Honour from Seinájoki University of Applied Sciences in Finland.  He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Szeged in Hungary and Phranakhon Rajabhat University in Thailand, and he has been elected as a foreign member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.

Editor Name: Thomas F George

Designation: Head & Professor

University: University of Missouri–St. Louis

Country: USA

Biography:

Thomas F. George(chancellor/professor emeritus) served as chancellor and professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Missouri–St. Louis from 2003 until his retirement in 2019. Prior to that, he was chancellor at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, provost at Washington State University, dean of science at SUNY-Buffalo, and promoted by age 29 to full professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester. He received his B.A. degree (Phi Beta Kappa) with a double major in chemistry and mathematics from Gettysburg College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at age 23 from Yale University, with postdoctoral appointments at MIT and UC-Berkeley.

Tom’s research specialty is chemical/materials/laser/nanophysics, including nanomedicine.  He continues to be an active researcher with 800 papers, 7 authored and 18 edited books. His awards include the Marlow Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), Medal of Honor from Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait, and Diploma of Honour from Seinájoki University of Applied Sciences in Finland. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Szeged in Hungary and Phranakhon Rajabhat University in Thailand, and he has been elected as a foreign member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology. As a hobby, he plays jazz keyboard and has performed throughout the St. Louis region and overseas in Bosnia, Croatia, China, Hungary, Kuwait, Oman, Romania and Russian Siberia.

Tom has been married since 1970 to Dr. Barbara Harbach, Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeritaof Music, former chair of the Department of Music, director of the School of Fine and Performing Arts, and director of Women in the Arts at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. They are the proud owners (actually, servants) of four cats – two tortoise females (Luna and Stella) and two younger, mischievous males (Jeremiah and Jarrett).