Parsons named Celanese Acetate Professor

Dr. Gregory Parsons has been named the Celanese Acetate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Parsons has been a member of the NC State faculty since 1992.

His research interests include atomic layer deposition and related processes; physics of electronic materials and devices; polymer fiber and film formation, coating and chemical surface modification; metal-organic-framework (MOF) materials and thin films; advanced energy storage and solar energy conversion.

Parsons is a member of several professional societies, including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Sigma Xi and the American Vacuum Society.

He has authored more than 200 publications, has given more than 150 invited presentations and has received four U.S. patents. He has more than 7,600 citations and an h-index of 48.

His many honors and awards include being named a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society and receiving the Alcoa Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award, the NC State Outstanding Teacher Award and the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension. He was previously named the Alcoa Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State in 2009.

Parsons received his B.S. degree in physics from the State University of New York, College of Geneseo in 1980 and his Ph.D. in physics from NC State in 1990.