MICHAEL D. WARD

Director, Molecular Design Institute, NYU Contact Info: Phone: (212) 998-8439 Email: mdw3@nyu.edu

Professional Preparation William Paterson College of New Jersey, Chemistry, B.A., 1977 Princeton University, Chemistry, Ph.D., 1981 Robert A. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, 1981-1982 Professional Appointments Director, Molecular Design Institute, NYU, 2006-Present Distinguished McKnight University Professor, UMN, 1999-2005 Director, UMN NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, 1998-2005 Professeur Invité, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 1998 Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1993-2005 Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1990-1993 Research Scientist, E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Inc., 1984-1990 Project Leader, Standard Oil Company of Ohio, 1982-1984 Selected Publications K.T. Holman, S.M. Martin, D. P. Parker, M.D. Ward, “The Generality of Architectural Isomerism in Designer Inclusion Frameworks,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 4421 (2001) K.T. Holman, M.D. Ward, “Metric Engineering of Crystalline Inclusion Compounds by Structural Mimicry,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 39, 1653 (2000) D.E. Hooks, T. Fritz, M.D. Ward, “Epitaxy and Molecular Organization on Solid Substrates,” Adv. Mater. 13, 227 (2001) C. Mitchell, L. Yu, M.D. Ward, “Selective Nucleation and Discovery of Organic Polymorphs through Epitaxy with Organic Single Crystal Substrates,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 10830 (2001) C.C. Evans, F.S. Bates, M.D. Ward, “Control of Hierarchical Order in Crystalline Composites of Diblock Copolymers and a Molecular Chromophore,” Chem. Mater. 12, 236 (2000) K.T. Holman, A.M. Pivovar, J.A. Swift, M.D. Ward, “Metric Engineering of Soft Molecular Host Frameworks,” Acc. Chem. Res. 34, 107 (2001) A.M. Pivovar, M.D. Ward, T. Yildirim, D.A. Neumann, “Vibrational Mode Analysis of Isomorphous Hydrogen-Bonded Guanidinium Sulfonates with Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Density Functional Theory,” J. Chem. Phys. 115, 1909 (2001) M.D. Ward, “Bulk Crystals to Surfaces: Combining X-ray Diffraction and Atomic Force Microscopy to Probe the Structure and Formation of Crystal Interfaces,” Chem. Rev. 101, 1697 (2001) M.J. Horner, K.T. Holman, M.D. Ward, “Lamellae-Nanotube Isomerism in Hydrogen-Bonded Host Frameworks,” Angewandte Chemie 40, 4045 (2001) K.T. Holman, A.M. Pivovar, M.D. Ward, “Engineering Crystal Symmetry and Polar Order in Molecular Host Frameworks,” Science 294, 1907 (2001) Selected Awards Michael Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1999 "Professeur Invité", Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 1998 & 1999 George Taylor Distinguished Research Award, 1998 Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 1993-1995 Robert A. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow, 1981-1982 Synergistic Activities Chair, Gordon Conference, “Organic Structures and Properties,” 2000 Co-organizer, MRS Symposia: "Morphology and Dynamics of Crystal Surfaces in Complex Molecular Systems," April 2000; "Organics with Supramolecular Structure and Function," Fall 1998 Associate Editor, Chemistry of Materials, 1999-present Chair, ACS Solid State Subdivision, 1999-2000 Planning Committee, NSF Workshop on Solid State Chemistry and Materials, 1997 Chemistry of Materials, Editorial Advisory Board Supramolecular Science, Editorial Advisory Board Chemistry of Materials, Co-Editor, Special Issue on Organic Solid State Chemistry