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Dr. William J. Brittain


Department Chair, Regents' Professor


Office: CHEM 238

Email: wb20@txstate.edu

Phone: (512) 245-3308

Fax: (512) 245-2374

Educational Background

  • B.S., Chemistry, University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO) 1977

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) 1982

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University (Durham, NC) 1984

Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 2001, University of Akron

  • Chair, American Chemical Society, Polymer Chemistry Division, 2001.

  • GenCorp Signature Research Award, 1997.

  • Outstanding Chemistry Major, University of Northern Colorado: 1975, 1976, 1977

Areas of Interest

Photochromism - Mechanism and Bioapplications

Related Websites

Brittain Research Group Webpage