Dr. William E.(Gene) Hill
Professor of Chemistry
367 Chemistry Building
Department of Chemistry
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-6967
FAX: 334-844-6959
e-mail: hillwil@auburn.edu
PERSONAL
Born: Marianna, FL
Married: Marcia Lou Hasty
Children: Keith, Andrew, Deborah, Jason
Member: Parkway Baptist Church, Auburn - Deacon
Member: Gideons International
PROFESSIONAL Affiliations
Member: American Chemical Society
Member: The Royal Society of Chemistry
EDUCATION
B.S. Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1963
M.S. Inorganic Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1965, major professor- Dr. J. V. Quagliano
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, 1970, major professor- Dr. D. W. A. Sharp
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1966-1969 Research Chemist, Rohm and Haas Chem. Co., Redstone Division, Huntsville, AL
1970-1976 Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Auburn University, AL
1976-1982 Associate Professor, Chemistry, Auburn University , AL
1984-1989 Alumni Professor, Chemistry, Auburn University, AL
1984- present Professor, Chemistry, Auburn University, AL
1990- present Member Standard Methods Committee, Joint Task Group
on Odor in Water and Waste Water, American Water Works Association
2004-2005 Interim Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
General coordination chemistry (synthesis, structure and reactivity). Compounds of Groups IVB and VB. Boron hydride chemistry. Chemistry of phosphorus and nitrogen fluorides. Asymmetric syntheses and homogeneous catalysis by chiral and achiral phosphine complexes.Fate of contamiants in the aquatic and subsurface environment. Enhanced phosphorus removal in activated sludge. Low level detection of compounds which cause taste and odor in drinking water. Analytical techniques for low level pollutant detection. Environmental Chemistry.
QUALIFICATIONS
Dr. Hill has has published over 85 papers in peer reviewed journals as well as a number of conference proceedings and technical reports. He holds eight patents and has directed fourteen Ph.D students and eight M.S. students.Research funding has been in excess of $2.1 million.
HONORS
Promoted to Team Leader of High Burning Rate Group at Rohm and Haas Redstone Research Laboratories, 1968
Recognized For "Outstanding Contributions to the Research Program of Rohm and Haas Redstone Laboratories", 1968.
Cited by the Army Propulsion Lab and Center of the U.S. Army Missile Command for "Outstanding Contributions to the Army's Exploratory Research Program in Solid Rocket Propellants", 1969
Invited Lecturer at a Boranes Workshop held at Redstone Arsenal as a guest of the Office of Army Research, 1975.
Presented invited session lecture at the 4th International Symposium on Boron Chemistry held in Salt Lake City, Utah, July, 1979, as a guest of the organizing committee.
Invited to the 11th National Chilean Chemical Society as Distinguished Foreign Scientist, December, 1979. Attended as a guest of the Organization of American States, the Chilean Chemical Society, and the University of Concepcion.
Named Alumni Professor at Auburn University, 1984.
Invited to give a session lecture at the 5th International Meeting on Inorganic Chemistry sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry held at Concepcion, Chile, January 1993.
Elected Interim Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2004-2005, Auburn University
FORMER STUDENTS
Ph.D.-Luis Moises Silva-Trivino, 1977, moises_silva@umayor.cl; John Gerrard Taylor, 1981, taylorj@dow.com; David Michael Anthony Minahan, 1982, David.M.Minahan@ConocoPhillips.com; Vincent Francis Newberry, 1984, newberry@athenet.net; Abdul Salaam Abdul Mageed Al-Baker, 1986, albakers@hotmail.com; Mohammad Safiqul Islam, 1986, safiqul@aol.com; Mohammad Quamrul Islam, 1986, mq_islam01@juno.com; Rosalind Mary Wharf, 1988, RosalindHumerick@sjrcc.edu; Mohammad Abdus Salam Biswas, 1988, salam_biswas@hotmail.com; Ernest James Sekabunga, 1995, sekabuej@wvstateu.edu; Paul Daniel Norgaard, 1999, norgaard@physics.auburn.edu; Ralph David Anderson, 2000, RDAnders@southernco.com; Kent Lee McCorkle, 2003, kentymac@kentmccorkle.com; Michele Lee Smith, 2003, msmith@canes.gsw.edu
M.S.- Leo Kling III, 1974, lkling@faulknerstate.edu; Francis Patrick McCullough, Jr., 1975, fmccullough@carbtex.com; Lynn Meredith Perry, 1987; Douglas Edward Patton, 1988, apatton399@aol.com; Michael Arthur Stuart, 1992; Lingbo Huang, 1997; Hong Gao, 1998; Robert Kipling Kelley, 2001, rkkelley@southernco.com