Joseph S Francisco was born on 26 March 1955 and is an American scientist and the former president of the American Chemical Society from 2009 to 2010.
17 Facts About Joseph Francisco
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Joseph Francisco currently serves as the President's Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Joseph Francisco was the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and held the Elmer H and Ruby M Cordes Chair in chemistry at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln until 2018.
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Joseph Francisco was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 26,1955.
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Joseph Francisco was born to Lucinda and Joe Francisco, Sr.
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Joseph Francisco's life consisted of day-to-day tasks and was never about future planning.
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Joseph Francisco entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as a graduate student.
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In 1983, at age 27, Francisco decided to travel to pursue and obtain his postdoctoral research fellow in Cambridge University, England.
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Joseph Francisco's research revolutionized our understanding of chemical processes in the atmosphere.
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Joseph Francisco says the discovery will allow scientists to better model how pollutants react in the atmosphere and to predict potential outcomes.
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Joseph Francisco's laboratory focuses on basic studies in spectroscopy, kinetics, and photochemistry of novel transient species in the gas phase.
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Joseph Francisco currently serves as the President's Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Joseph Francisco was president of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers from 2006 to 2008.
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Joseph Francisco was appointed a senior visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Bologna, Italy; Professeur Invite at the Universite de Paris-Est, France; a visiting professor at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden; and an Honorary International Chair Professor, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan.
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Joseph Francisco served as president of the American Chemical Society in 2010.
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Joseph Francisco was elected as the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010 and was elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences in 2013.
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Joseph Francisco received the honorary Doctor of Science degree, Tuskegee University.