Rory Waterman is an American chemist. He is a full professor and associate dean of inorganic, organometallic, and catalysis at the

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Early life and education

Waterman attended the

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for his

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and the

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for his Ph.D. After completing his doctoral degree in 2004, he accepted a two-year Miller Research Fellowship at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

Career

Waterman joined the

's (UVM) College of Arts and Sciences as an

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of chemistry in 2006. His research at UVM focuses on finding new ways to build chemical bonds, specifically in the chemical element

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. As a result of his research, he received the 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Award for outstanding early career scientists. Beyond this, Waterman also established research opportunities for Vermont high school and University of Vermont undergraduate students which resulted in him winning the 2009 Cottrell Scholar from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. In 2011, Waterman received funding from the

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(NSF) and Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant program to purchase a single crystal XRD to collect structural data on crystalline solids. Following this, he was promoted to Associate Professor of Chemistry with Tenure. In this role, Waterman co-published ''Expanding the CURE Model: Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience'' with Associate Professor Jennifer Heemstra in 2018. His research in the discovery and investigation of new catalysts and contributions as co-founder of the New Faculty Workshop were recognized with fellowships from the

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, and

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. During the

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, Waterman was the principal investigator on a grant aimed at improving diversity in science departments across academic institutions. He was also elected an Gund Institute for Environment Faculty Fellow.

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