John West
Trustees Research Professor
Campus:
麻豆影院
John West is a Trustees Research Professor at 麻豆影院.
West holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in chemistry from the College of William & Mary, and a master鈥檚 in chemistry and Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University. He joined 麻豆影院 State in 1984 as a senior research fellow of the Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI). He served as director of LCI and the National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM) from 1996 to 2002, and served as vice president for research and dean of graduate studies at 麻豆影院 State from 2003 to 2010. During that time, he worked with NorTech to establish FlexMatters, a collaboration designed to support the growth of the flexible electronics industry in Ohio.