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Dr. Frank V. Bright is a UB Distinguished Professor
of Chemistry and holder of the A. Conger Goodyear Chair of
Chemistry at the University at Buffalo (UB), State University
of New York. He received his B.S. degree from the University
of Redlands, Redlands, California in 1982, he completed his
Ph.D. at Oklahoma State University in 1985, and he undertook
postdoctoral studies at Indiana University from 1985-87. He
joined the UB faculty as an Assistant Professor in 1987.
 Dr.
Bright's research is focused on chemical biosensing, photophysics
within microheterogeneous systems, developing and tailoring
sol-gel-derived composites as new sensing platforms, new biodegradable
materials for tracheal wound repair, supercritical fluid science
and technology, multi-photon excitation strategies in chemical
analysis, and laser-based chemical instrumentation. He has
co-authored more than 205 scientific papers and he holds five
U.S. patents. He is the PI on a number of research projects:
"Fundamental Studies of Molecularly Imprinted Xerogels" (NSF)
and "Studies of Solvation Processes in Supercritical Fluids
and Room Temperature Ionic Liquids" (DOE). He is a founding
member of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS).
Dr. Bright is a recipient of the (i) 3M,
Inc. Non-tenured Faculty Award (1988-91), (ii) UB Faculty
of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Award for Excellence in
Teaching (1998), (iii) Eastern New York Section of the American
Chemical Society Buck-Whitney Medal (1999), (iv) State University
of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
(2000), (v) UB Distinguished Professor (2002) (first class
of awardees), (vi) State University of New York Outstanding
Inventors Award (2002), (vii) New York Section of the Society
for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal (2003), and (viii) Akron
Section of the American Chemical Society Award (2003). He
serves on the editorial boards of Applied Spectroscopy, Analytica
Chimica Acta, and Journal of Fluorescence.
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