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Richard J. Spontak | |
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| Born | Richard John Spontak 1961 Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Chemical engineer and materials scientist |
| Spouse | Josephine U. Spontak |
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| Education | Pennsylvania State University (B.S.) University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D.) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael C. Williams |
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| Institutions | North Carolina State University |
Richard John Spontak (born 1961,Pottsville,Pennsylvania) is an American chemical engineer and polymer materials scientist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Chemical &Biomolecular Engineering and Professor of Materials Science &Engineering at North Carolina State University. [1]
Spontak has collaborated extensively with researchers at international institutions such as the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). [1]
In March 2024,he was awarded an honorary doctorate from NTNU. [2]
Spontak was born in Pottsville,Pennsylvania,in 1961 and resided with his parents (Peter and Helen D. Spontak) in Saint Clair,Pennsylvania. [3] He earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1983 from the Pennsylvania State University. [4] [5] Later supervised by Michael C. Williams,Spontak received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988. [6] [7]
He subsequently pursued post-doctoral research in liquid crystalline polymers at the University of Cambridge (UK) [8] and in small-angle scattering at the Institute for Energy Technology (Norway). [9]
In 1988,Spontak was a Research Scholar at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge,United Kingdom. [8] In 1989,he worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Energy Technology in Kjeller,Norway. [10]
Spontak started his career as a researcher at The Procter and Gamble Company,where he remained from 1990 until 1992. In 1992,he joined the faculty at North Carolina State University. [4] He is currently an Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate and Graduate Professor,Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Professor of Materials Science &Engineering at North Carolina State University. [11] [12] [13] [14]
He has also held visiting appointments at various universities around the world,including the Lars Onsager Professor at NTNU in Norway, [15] Erudite Professor at the Mahatma Gandhi University in India, [16] [17] Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Freiburg in Germany,and Tewkesbury Fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia. [18]
He has sat on the advisory boards of more than 20 international journals and holds editorial positions in three of them as of 2023. [1]
Spontak's research includes over 300 peer-reviewed journal publications. [1]
Spontak is currently a fellow of the American Physical Society,American Chemical Society (PMSE Division),Institute of Materials,Minerals and Mining,International Association of Advanced Materials, [27] [28] Royal Society of Chemistry,and the Society of Plastics Engineers. [9] [29] He is also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. [4]
Since 1987,Spontak has been married to Josephine U. Spontak,with whom he has two children,Danielle and Joshua. [4]
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