HERNANDEZ, RIGOBERTO Georgia Section. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Academic Record: Princeton University, B.S.E., 1989; University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., 1993.
Honors: Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences, SERMACS, 2018; Herty Medal, 2017; ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, 2014; Outstanding Service Award, ACS Georgia Section, 2012; ACS Fellow, 2010; Cottrell IMPACT Award, Research Corporation, 2020; RSC, Fellow, 2020; Transformational Research and Excellence in Education Award, Research Corporation, 2016; Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, 2015-16; Diversity Award, Council of Chemical Research, 2015; Diversity Champion Award, Georgia Tech 2013; APS Fellow, 2011; Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellow, Georgia Tech, 2011-13; Humboldt Research Fellow, 2006-08; American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 2005; Goizueta Foundation Junior Professor, Georgia Tech, 2002-06; Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 2000; Sigma Xi Southeast Regional Young Investigator, 2002, 2000; Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar, 1999; Blanchard Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Georgia Tech, 1999-01; National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1997; Feinberg Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994; AT&T CRFP Fellow, 1989-93; NSF Graduate Fellow, 1989-92; and Sigma Xi, Member, 1994.
Professional Positions (for past 10 years): Johns Hopkins University: Gompf Family Professor of Chemistry, 2016 to date; Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, by courtesy, 2020 to date; Professor Materials Science and Engineering, by courtesy, 2020 to date; Director, Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE), 2011 to date; Georgia Institute of Technology: Adjunct Professor, 2016-18; Professor, 2009-16; Associate Professor, 2002-09; Co-Director of Center for Computational Molecular Sciences & Technology, 2000-16.
Service in ACS National Offices: Society Committee on Publications, 2012-2014; Committee on Budget & Finance, 2016-21, Member; National Awards Advisory Board, Chair, 2018-21; Board of Directors, Director, District IV, 2014-19: Councilor ex officio, 2014-19; Committee on Professional and Member Relations, 2018-19, 2014; Committee on Grants and Awards, 2014-16; Committee on Science, Member, 2013; Committee on Committees, 2009-12; Committee on Divisional Activities, 2004-08; Joint DAC/LSAC Subcommittee, Co-Chair, 2005-07; Board Committee on “Minorities in Academe Implementation Team,” 2003-04; Hildebrandt Award Canvassing Committee, 2002-04.
Service in ACS Offices: Georgia Section: Bylaw Councilor, 2012, Alternate Councilor, 2012-13, Councilor, 2003-11; Past-Chair, 2000; Chair, 1999, Chair-Elect, 1998; Herty Award Committee, Chair, 2006-16; 75th Herty Medal Celebration Chair, 2009; Herty Medal Undergraduate Research Symposium, Founding Chair, 2006-10. Computers in Chemistry Division: Alternate Councilor, 2013.
Member (current): Member ACS since 1992. American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Physical Society; Biophysical Society. ACS Division(s): Computers in Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Professional Relations; Chemical Education; and Inorganic Chemistry.
Related Activities: EAB of Accounts of Chemical Research, EAB of Chemical Reviews, 2022 to date; Committee on Opportunities in Science, AAAS, 2020-2023, and Chair 2022-2023; EAB of Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2019 to date; Academic Leadership Training Workshop, co-Founder and Chair, 2016 to date; Minority NSF STEM PhD Advisory Committee, Sloan Foundation, 2013 to date; Scialog Review Committee, Chemical Machinery of the Cell, Research Corporation, 2018-21; Science and Software Advisory Board (SSAB), Molecular Sciences Software Institute, 2017-19, Chair, 2019, Vice-Chair, 2018; STEM Education Review Committee, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015-16; Executive Board, Georgia Tech Faculty, 2013-16; NIH MSFB Study Section, 2009-13; Research Corporation Cottrell Scholars Advisory Committee Member, 2011-17 and Chair, 2016-17; National Academies Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 2007-10; Board of Directors of Telluride Science Research Center, 2007-09; External Review Committee for Morehouse College Chemistry Department, 2007; Steering Committee for NSF Workshop on complexity and emergent phenomenon, 2007; Steering Committee for NSF Workshop on excellence empowered by a diverse workforce, 2007; National Academies Committee on Revealing Chemistry through Advanced Chemical Imaging, 2005-06; published over 175 peer-reviewed articles to date.