MARC PORTER

Distinguished Prof Emeritus

Chemical Engineering

  • Distinguished Prof Emeritus
    Chemical Engineering

BIO

Marc Porter is a faculty member of the department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah and the Director of its Nano Institute of Utah. He received his PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Ohio State University. Research interests include fundamental issues in the design, characterization and apllications of chemical, physical and biological phenomena at liquid-solid interfaces, along with the development of nanomaterial strategies for infectious disease and cancer diagnostics.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Distinguished Prof Emeritus
    Chemical Engineering1 Jul 2026 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Utah, Chemistry1 Sep 2007 - 1 Jul 2019
  • Professor
    University of Utah, Chemical Engineering1 Sep 2007 - 30 Jun 2020
  • Adjunct Professor
    University of Utah, Biomedical Engineering1 Sep 2007 - 1 Jul 2019
  • Adjunct Professor
    University of Utah, Pathology1 Nov 2008 - 1 Jul 2022
  • Professor
    Arizona State University, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Tempe, United StatesAug 2006 - Jul 2007
  • Professor
    Iowa State University, Chemistry, Ames, United StatesJul 1996 - Jul 2006
  • Associate Porfessor
    Iowa State University, Chemistry, Ames, United StatesJul 1992 - Jun 1996
  • Assistant Professor
    Iowa State University, Ames, United StatesJul 1989 - Jul 1992
  • Dow Dorning Assistant Porfessor
    Iowa State University, Chemistry, Ames, United StatesAug 1986 - Jul 1989

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Chemist
    Brehm Laboratories of Natural Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USAJun 1980 - Dec 1981

DEGREES

  • BS, Chemistry
    Wright State University1977
  • MS, Physical Chemistry
    Wright State University1979
  • PhD, Analytical Chemistry
    The Ohio State University1984

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Bell Communications Research, Analytical Chemistry, Murray Hill, NJ, USA1984 - 1986
    Supervised by Allara DL

FIELDS OF RESEARCH