James R. Heath

American chemist

James R. Heath (born 1962) is an American chemist and the president and professor of Institute of Systems Biology. Previous to this, he was the Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, after having moved from University of California Los Angeles.²

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Born 1962.¹

Companies

California Institute of TechnologyPresident Jan 2, 2018 to 2035¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedBaylor University³
Date not recordedRice University³

Early years

Heath graduated with a degree in Chemistry in 1984 from Baylor University in Texas, where he was an active member of the NoZe Brotherhood. He completed his Ph.D. in Physics and Chemistry from Rice University in 1988.

Academic career

From 1988 to 1991, he was a Miller Research Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley. From 1991 to 1994, he was a Research Staff Member at IBM T.J. Watson Research Laboratory in Yorktown, New York. He joined the faculty at UCLA in 1994 and became Professor of Chemistry in 1997. He founded the California NanoSystems Institute in 2000 and served as its Director until moving to become the Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor of Chemistry at Caltech.

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Career

Occupation: university teacher, chemist.⁸

2018 to 2035President, California Institute of Technology^{4 7}
Date not recordedWorked at University of California, Los Angeles^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at Institute for Systems Biology^{4 6}

Personal life

CitizenshipUnited States⁹

Awards

2001Sackler Prize for Chemistry¹⁰
2000Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology¹⁰
1994Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering^{10 11}
Date not recordedFellow of the American Physical Society¹⁰

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WikidataJames R. Heath: Worked at University of California, Los Angeles, on Wikidata
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WikidataWorked at University of California, Los Angeles, as reported
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WikidataWorked at Institute for Systems Biology, as reported
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WikidataPresident, California Institute of Technology, as reported by ORCID Public Data File 2024
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WikidataJames R. Heath: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataJames R. Heath: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataCalifornia Institute of Technology, President