Professor, Chemistry
E-mail address: cpittman@ra.msstate.edu
Website: http://www.msstate.edu/dept/chemistry/rsch-cp.htm
Charles Pittman has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. He completed postdoctoral studies with G. A. Olah, and served on active duty at the U.S. Army Solid Propulsion Laboratory. In 1967, he joined the faculty at the University of Alabama. He was appointed Full Professor in 1975 and University Research Professor in 1977.
Dr. Pittman came to Mississippi State in 1983 as Professor of Industrial Chemistry and Catalysis. He is also Research Director of the University/Industry Chemical Research Center. He has published over 460 research papers, chapters and patents; presented over 395 invited lectures; and has been supported by NSF, ARO, ONR, PRF and numerous private sources. For 10 years, he was editor of the Journal of Molecular Catalysis. He is a contributing editor to Polymer News and has been on the editorial boards of Journal of Macromolecular Science, Inorganic Chimica Acta, Reactive Polymers and Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers.
