SEAM LIFETIME AWARD

http://www.poly.edu/faculty/okamotyoshio/index.php

Professor Yoshi Okamoto is awarded the SEAM Lifetime Award
This is the first time this has been awarded

Research Professor of Organic and Polymer Chemistry




Interests

• Lanthanide metal ion complexes for optoelectronic applications
• Design, synthesis and characterization of polymer optical fiber materials
• Synthesis of amorphous perfluoro polymers

Education

• Purdue University, 1952-1956, PhD in Organic Chemistry (H.C. Brown, 1979 Nobel-Laureate)
• Purdue University postdoctoral fellow, 1956-1957 (H.C. Brown)