| Kenneth S. Suslick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 Chicago |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology, Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | James P. Collman and John I. Brauman |
| Known for | Sonochemistry, sonoluminescence, chemical sensors and artificial olfaction |
Kenneth S. Suslick (born 1952) is the Marvin T. Schmidt Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, and Professor of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the world’s leading expert on the chemical and physical effects of ultrasound and has received numerous awards for his work on sonochemistry and sonoluminescence. Professor Suslick has also introduced new technology in chemical sensing, specifically the use of colorimetric sensor arrays as an optoelectronic nose.
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Ken Suslick received his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology in 1974, his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1978, and came to the University of Illinois immediately thereafter. He was promoted to full professor at the age of 35, held the first William H. & Janet Lycan Professorship in Chemistry, and then in 2004 became the inaugural Marvin T. Schmidt Professor of Chemistry.
Professor Suslick is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society, the Acoustical Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Professor Suslick has mentored more than 50 Ph.D. students and 30 postdoctoral associates. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, edited four books, and holds more than 20 patents. His papers have been cited more than 13,000 times and his h-index is 62 (i.e., 62 papers with 62 or more citations), as of March, 2010. His five most cited papers are listed below.[1][2][3][4][5]
The Suslick Research Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is multi-disciplinary with three major research areas: (1) the chemical effects of ultrasound (which includes nano-materials synthesis and sonoluminescence); (2) the bioinorganic and materials chemistry of metalloporphyrins; and (3) chemical sensing, molecular recognition, and artificial olfaction, particularly the development of his patented "optoelectronic nose". Suslick Group Website with Recent Publications
Some of his recent publications include papers and reviews on
sonoluminescence[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
and chemical sensing and electronic nose technology [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Suslick's Scheme of Priorities: If it isn't worth doing, it isn't worth doing right.
Suslick's Law of Threes: It always takes three times to do anything right. The first time you either overshoot or undershoot; the second time you either over-compensate or under-compensate; it's not until the third time that you have a chance to get it right.
Suslick's First Law of Maps: All countries are the same size—one map page.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
Science is fundamentally a neurotic behavior. The 'well-adjusted', by definition, do not wish to understand or change the world; they simply accept it. Only the neurotic wants to know why and how. Only the neurotic wants change.
Never be intimidated by your own ignorance. All of us are mostly ignorant of what is known and infinitely ignorant of everything that isn't!
Ego is a house cat. It's nice to stroke, but watch out for the claws; it needs feeding often, and heaven help you if it gets out the front door.
Ties are what administrators use to cut off the flow of blood to their brains.
Student Leader: a thug with big friends. Political Leader: a thug with rich friends. World Leader: a thug with an army.
Cynicism is the first refuge of the romantic.