Dr. Donna J. Nelson

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Selected Awards and Honors Oklahoma Chemist Award 2012 ACS Stan Israel Award for Diversifying the Chemical Sciences 2011 ACS E. Ann Nalley Volunteerism Award 2011 American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow  2010 OETA "Oklahoma News Report," Nov. 11, 2011 OCAST's science radio show "Oklahoma Innovations," Nov. 7, 2009 "Breaking Bad" Science Advisor  2008 - 2012 ACS Inorganic Nanoscience Subdivision Chair Elect  2009 Chemical Heritage Foundation Biographee  2008 Fulbright Scholar  2007 - 2008 NSF ADVANCE Leadership Award  2006 - 2010 Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century  2006 AAAS Fellow  2005 Minority Health Professions Foundation Hall of Fame  2005 NOW  Woman of Courage National Award  2004 Guggenheim Fellow  2003 - 2004 Ford Foundation Fellow  2003 - 2004 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Travel Grant 2003 OU Provost's Faculty Fellow  1989 - 1990 NSF Special Creativity Extension 1989 Other awards and honors

Professor

• Chancellor's Diversity Scholar, UC San Diego 2008
• Visiting Professor, Rice University 2007
• Visiting Professor, MIT 2003
• Faculty Fellow in Provost's Office
• Postdoctorate (Purdue w/ Herbert C. Brown)
• Ph D (UT-Austin w/ Michael J. S. Dewar)
• B.S. (University of Oklahoma)

Research Interests

• Single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) functionalization, characterization, and application.
• Scientific workforce development:  Identify current status, trends, and possible improvements.
• Correlations of additions to alkenes
• New techniques in chemical education

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