VITA

Dr. Donna J. Nelson

 

PERSONAL

Contact information:  phone 405-325-2288 (w), 405-321-1309 (h), email djnelson@ou.edu

1700 Winding Ridge Road, Norman, OK  73072

 

EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.   (http://cheminfo.chem.ou.edu/~djn/djn.html)

            Associate Professor of Chemistry 1990-date; Assistant Professor of Chemistry 1983-1990

            Provost’s Faculty Administrative Fellow 1989-1990

Assistant to ACS President Ann Nalley 2005-2007

American Association of State Colleges and Universities Millennium Leadership Institute 2006

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA., Visiting Professor 2003-2004

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN., Postdoctorate 1980-1983.  Supervising Professor:  H. C. Brown

University of Texas at Austin, TX. 1976-1980, Ph.D. 1980.  Supervising Prof:  M. J. S. Dewar

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; B.S. in Chemistry 1974

 

SELECTED AWARDS/HONORS

Fulbright Scholar 2007

NSF ADVANCE Leadership Award 2006 - 2009

SACNAS Distinguished Scientist of the Year Award 2006

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2005

Research featured on American Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Division calendar September 2006

Research featured on Journal of Organic Chemistry cover Feb 4, 2005

21 Leaders for the 21st Century, Women’s eNews 2006

Oklahoma City Journal Record’s “50 Making a Difference” 2004, 2005, 2006; Circle of Excellence 2006

Compact for Faculty Diversity Annual Institute Plenary Speaker 2005

National GEM Consortium Annual Conference Keynote Speaker 2005

20th Anniversary MIT Women’s Studies Program, Opening Speaker 2005

Minority Health Professions Foundation Hall of Fame Inductee 2005

Outstanding Professor, Oklahoma Educator’s Leadership Academy 2004 - 2005

American Institute of Chemical Engineering, Senior Member 2004

SACNAS National Conference Keynote Speaker 2004

Capitol Hill Press Conference Speaker, GAO Report on Gender Issues July 22, 2004

National Organization for Women (NOW) Woman of Courage Award 2004

Capitol Hill Briefing “National Analysis of Diversity in Science/Engr Faculties” Jan. 15, 2004

Guggenheim Award 2003

Ford Foundation Fellowship 2003 – 2004

Woman of Achievement, US Black Engineer & Information Technology Magazine 2003

Capitol Hill Briefing, “Diversity in Academia: A Look at Science & Engineering” Oct. 11, 2001

Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award 2001

Oklahoma Air and Space Museum permanent exhibit on Getaway Special research results 2000

Alpha Phi Omega, “Leader of the 20th Century” 1999

OU Sooners Football Team Honorary Faculty Coach, September 1995

Member Spotlight, The Iotan  March, 6, 1994, p3.  (The first such award given.)

NSF Research Grant Creativity Extension 1989

OU Associates' Distinguished Lecturer 1985-1986

OU Sooner Spotlight 1986

Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award 1985

ACS Petroleum Research Foundation Type G Award 1985

OU Junior Faculty Research Fellow 1984

Robert A. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow 1980

UT-Austin Graduate Student Assembly Representative, College of Natural Sciences 1977 - 1979

Robert A. Welch Travel Grant for Graduate Students 1979

Robert A. Welch Predoctoral Fellow 1977, 1978, 1979

 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Oklahoma State University Campus Diversity Site Team Visit.  Feb 26, 2007.

Advisory Board for Center for WorkLife Law at University of California, Hastings, 2007 - date

ACS (American Chemical Society) Roger Adams Award Selection Committee, 2006 – 2009

ACS Assistant to President E. Ann Nalley 2005 – 2007.

ACS National Meeting Presidential Symposium on SWNTs Organizer, 2005 - 2006

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics & Harvard Dept of Physics, Adv. Committee, 2005-date

Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, External Advisory Board, 2005 - date

ACS Committee on Science, 2004; 2005-2008

ACS Fall National Meeting, Presidential Event Symposium Organizer and Chair 2005 - 2006

ACS Spring National Meeting, Presidential Event, Session Chair 2006

International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem), Session Chair 2005

ACS Fall National Meeting, Committee on Science Session Organizer and Chair 2005

Langston Univ. Integrated Network College (LINC) for STEM Advisory Committee Member 2004-date

U of Wisconsin Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research and Learning Scholar 2004 - 2005

WIPP (Women Impacting Public Policy) National Advisory Board Council 2005-date

McGraw-Hill Organic Chemistry Education Advisor 2004

U of Connecticut Women in Engineering Leadership Institute 2004

Assistant Editor, Just Garcia Hill’s Progress Magazine 2002 – 2004

Associate Editor (Diversity Editor), AWIS Magazine 2002 – 2003

Sigma Xi, National Committee on Diversity, Member 2001 – 2004

AmeriCorps Smart-Start Site Supervisor 2000 - 2004

AISES (American Indians in Science and Engineering Society) Sequoyah Fellow 2003

NIH Biotechnology Institute Minority Fellows Advisory Board 2001 – 2002

Iota Sigma Pi National Vice-President 1999-2002

Expert witness, Tonya Coates vs. WalMart Stores, District Court of Jackson County, OK 1999-2001

ACS Task Force on Collection and Dissemination of Data on Women in Chemical Sciences 2001

ACS Board Task Force on US Minority Faculty in Chemical Academic Community 2001 - 2002

MIT’s National Initiative for Minority Women Faculty 2001 – 2004

Sigma Xi University of Oklahoma Norman Chapter President and Treasurer 1994 – date.

NSF Teacher Enhancement Program Presenter, Tulsa University 1993

ACS James Norris Award for Physical Organic Chemistry Canvassing Committee 1987-1990

ACS Women Chemists' Committee 1988-1991, 1991-1994

Oklahoma Pentasectional Meeting Organization Committee, ACS 1986

SACNAS Life Member 1995