Kevin Noonan
Professor and Associate Head of Chemistry
Chemistry
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- Professor and Associate Head of ChemistryChemistry
- 412-268-3128
- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry, 4400 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
BIO
Kevin Noonan completed his Bachelor's degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax in 2003. He moved to British Columbia two months later to begin his Ph.D. under the supervision of Derek Gates. He worked on the synthesis and living polymerization of phosphaalkene molecules. From there, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Geoffrey Coates at Cornell on Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cell applications. He started at Carnegie Mellon in August 2011 as an Assistant Professor looking to design new ligands in catalysis and to develop new monomers for polymer synthesis.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate Professor of ChemistryCarnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburgh, United States2017 - present
- Assistant Professor of ChemistryCarnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburgh, United States2011 - 2017
- Postdoctoral FellowCornell University, Ithaca, United States2008 - 2011
DEGREES
- Ph.D. in ChemistryUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada2003 - 2008
CAMPUS
- Pittsburgh
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- 13 Climate Action
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy