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Richard Dean McCullough (born April 9, 1959) is an American chemist and entrepreneur who is the president of
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. He previously served as Vice Provost for Research at
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, where he was also a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. In 2021 McCullough was selected to serve as the 16th president of
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after the departure of former President John E. Thrasher. He assumed office on August 16, 2021. McCullough is best known for his work in developing printable electronic materials. McCullough was the Vice President for Research at
Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...
in Pittsburgh from 2007 to 2012, where he had previously served as the Dean of the Mellon College of Science, and head of the Department of Chemistry.


Early life and education

McCullough was born in Dallas, Texas in 1959. He received his B.S. in chemistry from the
University of Texas, Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD or UT Dallas) is a Public university, public research university in Richardson, Texas, United States. It is the northernmost institution of the University of Texas System. It was initially founded in 1961 ...
in 1982 and earned his Ph.D. in chemistry under
Dwaine O. Cowan Dwaine O. Cowan (25 November 1935 – 5 May 2006) was an American chemist. He was a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. He is best known for his pioneering work in the field of organic conductors. His other research interests in ...
at
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in 1988. He was a
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fellow at
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for two years.


Research and career

McCullough's research at Carnegie Mellon University focused on the self-assembly and synthesis of highly conductive organic
polymer A polymer () is a chemical substance, substance or material that consists of very large molecules, or macromolecules, that are constituted by many repeat unit, repeating subunits derived from one or more species of monomers. Due to their br ...
s and oligimers, conjugated polymer sensors, nanoelectronic assembly and fabrication of molecular circuits and transistors, printable metals, new design methods and the synthesis of organic-inorganic hybrid
nanomagnet In magnetism, a nanomagnet is a nanoscopic scale system that presents spontaneous magnetic order (magnetization) at zero applied magnetic field (remanence). The small size of nanomagnets prevents the formation of magnetic domains (see single doma ...
s and high-spin materials, crystal engineering and novel nanocrystalline
semiconductor A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. Its conductivity can be modified by adding impurities (" doping") to its crystal structure. When two regions with different doping level ...
materials. In 1991, the McCullough group reported the first synthesis of regioregular head-to-tail coupled poly (3-alkylthiophenes).


Awards and honors

As co-founder and chief scientific officer for Plextronics, McCullough received the 2006 Carnegie Science Center Start-Up Entrepreneur Award. McCullough is a member of the American Chemical Society, receiving its Akron Award in 2002 and its Pittsburgh Award in 2007. In 2014, he was elected to the National Academy of Inventors. McCullough has published over one hundred articles, books, and book chapters and serves on the editorial boards of ''
Advanced Materials ''Advanced Materials'' is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering materials science. It includes communications, reviews, and feature articles on topics in chemistry, physics, nanotechnology, ceramics, metallurgy, and biomaterials. Accor ...
'' and ''Advanced Electronic Materials''.


Personal life

McCullough is married with two sons and lives with his wife, Jai Vartikar, PhD, in
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. While living in Pittsburgh, McCullough lived near
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and appeared on
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three times with his son.FSU May 6, 2 PM Graduation speech
timestamp 2:11:01


See also

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List of Florida State University people This list of Florida State University people includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Florida State University (FSU). Florida State alumni are generally known as Seminoles. Florida State University is a ...
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List of presidents of Florida State University The president of Florida State University is the executive officer of the Florida State University Board of Trustees, and essentially, the leader of the university. Florida State's campus is in Tallahassee, Florida, the state capitol. Although th ...


References

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