Kenneth Karlin (chemist) explained

Kenneth D. Karlin
Birth Date:	30 October 1948
Birth Place:	Pasadena, California, US
Fields:	Inorganic Chemistry
Workplaces:	Johns Hopkins University, SUNY at Albany, Ewha Womans University
Alma Mater:	Stanford (B.S.), Columbia (Ph.D.)
Known For:	Copper and Heme-Oxygen and Chemistry

Kenneth D. Karlin was born on October 30, 1948, in Pasadena, California,^[1] a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.^[2] Research in his group focuses on coordination chemistry relevant to biological and environmental processes, involving copper or heme complexes.^[3] Of particular interest are reactivities of such complexes with nitrogen oxides, O₂, and the oxidation of substrates by the resultant compounds. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the book series Progress in Inorganic Chemistry.^[4]

Awards and honors

• Maryland Chemist of the Year Award (American Chemical Society Maryland Section), 2011^[5]
• F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, 2009^[6]
• 2009 Sierra Nevada Distinguished Chemist Award^[7]
• Appointed to Ira Remsen Chair in Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, May 1999.
• Elected Chair, 1998 Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference
• "MERIT" Award, 1993–2003, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) – elected October, 1992
• 1991 Buck-Whitney Award (ACS Eastern New York Section Research Award)
• University "Excellence in Research" Award, SUNY at Albany, 1988
• General Electric Visiting Faculty Research Fellow, GE R&D Center, Schenectady, NY, 1986–87

Positions

• 1977–1983 Assistant Professor: Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY
• 1983–1987 Associate Professor: Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY
• 1987–1990 Professor: Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY
• 1990–present Professor: Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• 2009–present Professor: Department of Bioinspired Science, WCU Program, MOBIC (Metal Oxygen BioInspired Chemistry) Group Ewha Womans University Seoul, KOREA

Personal

Karlin is the son of Stanford mathematician Samuel Karlin.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Karlin CV.
2. News: Home Department of Chemistry. Department of Chemistry. 2018-05-24. en.
3. News: Home Kenneth D. Karlin Research Group. Kenneth D. Karlin Research Group. 2018-05-24. en.
4. Web site: Progress in Inorganic Chemistry . onlinelibrary.wiley.com. en. 2018-05-24.
5. Web site: Maryland Chemist Award. Maryland Section. 2018-05-24.
6. Web site: F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry – American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society. en. 2018-05-24.
7. Web site: Sierra Nevada Local Section, American Chemical Society. www.chem.unr.edu. 2018-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20190126164347/http://www.chem.unr.edu/acs/. 2019-01-26. dead.
8. News: Samuel Karlin, Versatile Mathematician, Dies at 83. Douglas. Martin. The New York Times . February 21, 2008. NYTimes.com.