R. Tom Baker

 R. Tom Baker

R. Tom Baker

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Biography

University of Ottawa - Chemistry



Experience

  • University of Washington

    Collaborator

    Member of CENTC

  • Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation

    Director

    The CCRI is a capability based research center with 37 faculty participants from the faculties of Chemistry, Engineering and Medicine working to develop new catalysis science and applications in fine chemicals/pharma, renewable resource conversion, nanostructured catalysts, sustainable energy and biocatalysis.

  • University of Ottawa

    Professor

    My research group pursues catalysis applications for hydrogen storage, biomass conversion to chemicals and fuels, supported molecular catalysts for hydrocarbon transformations and green routes to fluorocarbons. I teach inorganic and organometallic chemistry and catalysis courses.

  • Canadian Inorganic Chemists

    uOttawa prof

    R. Tom worked at Canadian Inorganic Chemists as a uOttawa prof

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Guest Scientist

    My research group at uOttawa collaborated on three different projects with Chemistry Division personnel at Los Alamos.

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    PhD

    Inorganic Chemistry
    Conducted research on homogeneous catalysis using metallacarboranes with M. Fred Hawthorne.

  • The University of British Columbia

    BSc (honours)

    Chemistry

  • Penn State University

    Postdoc

    Metal Atom Chemistry