Professor & Department Chair
Materials Science & Engineering
University of Pennsylvania 
Philadelphia
PA 19104-6272
USA

 
Mailing
Address
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272, USA.
Phone: 
(215)898-1013
FAX:
(215)573-2128
E-mail:
davies@lrsm.upenn.edu
URL:
 http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~davies/

Education

1981
Ph.D
Solid State Chemistry, Arizona State University
1978
M.A.
Natural Sciences, Oxford University
1975
B.A.
Chemistry, New College, Oxford University
1971
 
Leeds Modern School, Leeds, England

Positions Held

2002-
Department Chair
Materials Science & Engineering 
University of Pennsylvania
1997- 2002
Graduate Group Chair
Materials Science & Engineering 
University of Pennsylvania
1996 -
Professor
Materials Science & Engineering 
University of Pennsylvania
1993-1994
CNRS Visiting Scientist
Institut Des Materiaux de Nantes 
Nantes, France
1987-1996
Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engineering 
University of Pennsylvania
1983-1987
Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engineering 
University of Pennsylvania
1981-1982
Research Associate
Center for Solid State Science 
Arizona State University
1981
Visiting Research Associate
Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry 
University of Stockholm, Sweden 

Honors/Distinctions/Editorships

Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 1998
UPS Chair for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 1997-98
Fellow, American Ceramic Society, 1997.
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1991-
Editorial Advisory Board; International Journal of Inorganic Materials, 1999 -
Editorial Advisory Board; Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 1992 -
International Advisory Committee, Reactivity of Solids, 1993 -
National Science Foundation Creativity Award (Ceramics), 1986
F.M. Becket Memorial Award, Electrochemical Society of America, 1981