Michael G. Campbell was born in 1986 in Pennsylvania. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry in 2008 from Loyola University Maryland, graduating summa cum laude. While at Loyola he conducted research in organic synthesis as a Hauber Research Fellow, under Prof. Jesse D. More. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2014 under Prof. Tobias Ritter, where he worked mainly on the chemistry of palladium in unusual oxidation states. From 2014–2016 he was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT with Prof. Mircea Dincă, working in the area of electrically conductive metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). In July 2016, he joined the Department of Chemistry at Barnard College as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2023.
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Outside of the lab, Mike is an active musician. His work playing drums
with rock group The Fire and The Rose can be found here.
Education
2014
Ph.D. Chemistry | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2011
M.A. Chemistry | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2008
B.S. Chemistry | Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
professional Experience
2023–present Associate Professor | Barnard College, New York, NY
2016–2023 Assistant Professor | Barnard College, New York, NY
2014–2016 Postdoctoral Fellow | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
selected Honors and Awards
Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award | 2021
Barnard College Presidential Research Award | 2020
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award for Undergraduate Research | 2018
(Joint Award with Barnard Student Choi Mak '18)
MIT Infinite Kilometer Award | 2015
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Environmental Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2014
Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching | 2013
US Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) | 2010