Professor David A. Blank

2023–Present Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
2017–2023 Department Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
2014–Present Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
2001–Present Member of the Graduate Faculty in Chemical Physics, University of Minnesota
2010–2017 Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
2006–2017 Founding DIrector of the University of Minnesota's "Energy and U" STEM outreach program
2006–2014 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
2000–2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota

Postdoc University of California at Berkeley, Department of Chemistry, 1997–2000. Under the direction of Professor Graham R. Fleming

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Chemistry, 1997 Dissertation Title: Molecular Beam Studies of
Unimolecular and Bimolecular Chemical Reaction Dynamics using VUV Synchrotron Radiation as a Product Probe. Under the direction of
Professor Yuan T. Lee

B.S. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1992

2023–Present Mr. and Mrs. George W. Taylor Distinguished Professorship
2016–2021 3M - Alumni Distinguished Endowed Professorship
2016 University of Minnesota President's Award for Outstanding Service
2016 George W. Taylor Distinguished Service Award
2010 Horace T. Morse Award for Undergraduate Education
2008 Charles E. Bowers Faculty Teaching Award
2006, 2007 Institute of Technology Student Board Professor of the Year (Chemistry)
2003–2008 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering
2002–2004 3M Company Nontenured Faculty Award
2000 Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award