Erich Uffelman Bentley Professor of Chemistry

Erich Uffelman

Science Addition A313
540-458-8040
uffelmane@wlu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 2015 Portion of sabbatical leave at the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC); another portion at NU ACCESS (Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago program)
  • 2015 Cultural Heritage Institute week-long course on Reflectance Transformation Imaging
  • 2011 McCrone Research Institute course in "Scanning Electron Microscopy and  X-ray Microanalysis"
  • 2010 McCrone Research Institute course in "Microscopy for the Conservator of Art and Artifacts" (part of sabbatical leave)
  • 2006 Sabbatical leave with Professor M.G. Finn, The Scripps Research Institute
  • 2001 Sabbatical leave with Professor M.G. Finn, The Scripps Research Institute
  • 1991-1993 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Professor James P. Collman, Stanford University
  • 1991 Ph.D., NSF Predoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Professor Terrence J. Collins;
    • Thesis Topic: Macrocyclic Tetraamido-N Ligands that Stabilize High-Valent Complexes of Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, and Copper
  • 1984 B.S., magna cum laude, Chemistry, Bucknell University

 Professional Positions

  • 2019-present Department Head, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Washington and Lee University
  • 2014-present Bentley Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University (endowed chair, inaugural professor)
  • 2012-2014 Society of the Cincinnati Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University (endowed chair)
  • 2008-2012 Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University
  • 1999-2008 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University
  • 1993-1999 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University

Research

The Uffelman group uses portable XRF, digital IR photography, SEM-EDS, stereomicroscopy, FORS, RTI, and multispectral imaging (and sometimes MS methods) to investigate art and cultural objects both in collaboration with other museums and universities as well as with W&L collections and faculty and staff.

The Uffelman group in the past developed a set of novel polyamide macrocyclic ligands in order to expand the fundamental chemistry and Green Chemistry applications of iron-catalyzed oxidation reactions.

These research programs have, to date, involved eighty different undergraduates, who have gained experience in cultural heritage science or in synthetic inorganic chemistry.

Pedagogical Research

In addition, technical analysis of 17th century Dutch painting is used to teach an interdisciplinary non-science majors course at the interface of chemistry, physics, analytical instrumentation, history, economics, and religion. The course takes students abroad to The Netherlands for four weeks.

Uffelman participated from 2005-2017 in helping teach the NSF CWCS Chemistry in Art Workshops run by Patricia Hill and Michael Henchman and Deberah Simon. Uffelman and W&L hosted the 2008 workshop.

Undergraduate Research Students Supervised

Ninety-three at W&L---many for more than one summer or semester [Tamara Hopkins, T. R. Kinsey, Ryan Aday, Matthew Smith, Robert Eison, Anna Mirk, Hilary Rhodes, Jesse Taylor, Holly Layman, Charity Forstmann, Daniel Lee, Anne McElhaney, Jon Doherty, Leonard Rorrer, Carl Schulze, Stephen Hopkins, Michele Connors, Robert Hughes, Alison Cartwright, Ashley Shreves, Tom Stoklasek, Kristen Bonnema, Amy Burke, Gary Davis, Mac Everist, Tanya Watson, Ashley Acker, Bryan Carmody, Andrew Thomas, Marisa Meyer, Johnathan Coleman, Nana Ohene-Baah, Jessica Lloyd, Matthew Reilley, Jared Meyer, Emily Binns, Christopher Diebold, Carly Levin, Scot Pittman, Robert Whitener, Kehvon Clark, Elizabeth Webb, Zachary Haulsee, M. Ian Childers, Kendall Massengill, Carolyn Small, Allison Lemon, Charles William Heaps III, EW Malachosky, Derek Barisas, Riley Hampsch, Grace Lee, Victoria Andrews, Lindsay Burns, Samuel Florescu, Kyle Turpin, Alexandria Garcia, Ashley Ooms, Mallory Stephenson, Eleni Timas, Brett Becker, Daniel Monteagudo, Michael Sullivan, Harris Billings, Madison Whitesell (JMU undergraduate), Joseph Zoeller, Christina Kargol, Casey Hamlet, Sawera Khan, Charles Weeks, David Salchert, Lindsey Hewitt, Darcy Olmstead, Dino Oikonomou, Kathryn Muensterman, JD Davis, Jensen Rocha, Trinity Perdue, Lauryn McCray, Brynne Gould, James Blatchford, Anna Blomerth, Emma Robertson, Eli Staubi, Tom Son, Ewunik McCarthy, Syd Peppe, Madison Lily, Anna Clair Mackey, Charlotte Baker, Pierson Hull, Kristen Clodgo]

Teaching

Courses Currently Taught

  • Chem 110 General Chemistry
  • Arth 356 Technical Examination of 17th Century Dutch Painting
  • Chem 156 Science in Art
  • Chem 250 Intermediate Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry

Courses Previously Taught

  • Chem 111 General Chemistry
  • Chem 206 Survey of the Periodic Table
  • Chem 207 Synthesis of Inorganic Complexes
  • Chem 241 Organic Chemistry Lecture
  • Chem 242 Organic Chemistry Lecture
  • Chem 241L Organic Chemistry Laboratory
  • Chem 242L Organic Chemistry Laboratory
  • Chem 243L Organic Spectroscopy Laboratory
  • Chem 252 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
  • Chem 254 Bioinorganic Chemistry
  • Chem 295 Special Topics in Solid State Chemistry
  • Chem 297A Materials of 17th Century Dutch Art
  • Chem 297B Instrumental Methods in Art Conservation
  • Chem 350 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chem 399B Imaging Science in Art and Medicine with Applications to Astronomy
  • Univ 202 Science in Art
  • Arth 380 Seminar in 17th Century Dutch Art
  • Arth 394 Technical Examination of Paintings

Selected Publications

(47) Murray, A.; Biggs, K.; Shugar, A.; Ploeger, R.; Uffelman, E.; Stols-Witlox, M.; Gonzales, P.; Smith, G.; Loubser, M.; Fuster-Lopez, L. F.; Di Pietro, G.; Sah, A.; Nevin, A.; Sardarli, A.; Wei, S.; Casanova-González, E. “Conservation Science Education Online (CSEO) - A Heritage Science Resource” Chemistry Teacher International 2023, in press.

(46) Uffelman, E. S.; Abraham, L.; Abry, A.; Barbi, N. Billings, H. Collins, S.; Florescu, S.; Kargol, C.; Koenen, J.; te Marvelde, M.; Mass, J.; Mazow, L.; Monteagudo, D.; Muensterman, K.; Sawyer, C.; Seymour, K.; Stephens, M. “X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Painting Analyses: Undergraduate Classroom, Teaching Laboratory, and Research” in Contextualizing Chemistry in Art & Archaeology: Inspiration for Instructors, Labby, K. and Braun, K. eds., American Chemical Society Symposium Series, volume 1386, Web Publication Date September 3, 2021, pp 135-164. [Hardcover version published July, 2022.]

(45) Uffelman, E. S.; Abraham, L.; Davis, J.P.; Delaney, J. K.; Dooley, K. A.; Hewitt, L.; Koenen, J.; te Marvelde, M.; Muensterman, K.; Oikonomou, K.; Olmstead, D.; Perdue, T.; Rocha, J.; Roeders, J.; Roy, A.; Speleers, L. “Multispectral and Hyperspectral Reflectance Imaging Spectrometry (VIS, VNIR, SWIR) in Paintings Analyses: Undergraduate Teaching and Interfacial Undergraduate Research at the Nexus of Chemistry and Art” in Contextualizing Chemistry in Art & Archaeology: Inspiration for Instructors, Labby, K. and Braun, K. eds., American Chemical Society Symposium Series, volume 1386, Web Publication Date September 3, 2021, pp 165-216. [Hardcover version published July, 2022.]

(44) Betts, Pamela; Barbi, Nicholas; Gates, Glenn; Uffelman, Erich; Jones, Howland; Kemeny, Gabor “Hyperspectral and Multispectral Reflectance Imaging of Paintings” Microsc. Microanal. 2021, 27 (Suppl 1), 3008-3010.

(43) Zumbulyadis, N; Fuchs, R.; Uffelman, E. S. “'Nim englischen Galmey welcher der beste ist …’ Hoeroldts bemerkenswerte Rezepte für das Eisenrot / 'Take English calamine which is the best…' Höroldt’s remarkable recipes for iron oxide red” Keramos 2020, 247, 15-34.

(42) Sawyer, C. W.; Suffield, B. H.; Finnefrock, A. C.; Billings, H. M.; Uffelman, E. S.; Zoeller, J. R.; Dombrowski, M. S.; Delaney, J. K.; Dooley, K. A.; Mass, J. L.; Samonina-Kosicka, J.; Whitesell, M. M. “A John White Alexander Painting: Comparison of Imaging Technologies for Resolving a Painting under Another Painting” Journal of the American Institute of Conservation 2019, 58(1-2), 37-53.

(41) Uffelman, E. S.; Stephenson, M.; Kirin, A.; K. A.; Eiland, W. U., The Scientific Imaging and Spectroscopic Investigation of the “Portrait of a Youth” Featured in the Exhibition “Gifts and Prayers: The Romanovs and Their Subjects” at the Georgia Museum of Art. Georgia Museum of Art Bulletin 2017, 25, 45-58.

(40) Uffelman, E. S.; Brown, W.; Caspers, C.; Soley, T.; Marsh-Soloway, K., Bringing together undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in cultural heritage preservation. A case study from the North Carolina Museum of Art. IIC Newsletter Issue 58, 2017, 12-16.

(39) O'Connell, C. M.; Uffelman, E. S.; Delaney, J. K.; Stephenson, M. E. “Multispectral Reflectance Imaging and Reflectance Spectroscopy at the Interface of Cultural Heritage Research and Undergraduate Education: Investigating a Golden Age Dutch Painting at The Huntington”, 50th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Asilomar, CA, Postprints; IEEE Signal Processing Society: Asilomar, CA, 2016; 149-153.

(38) Archie, E.; Fuchs, R. W., II; Mass, J.; Uffelman, E. “‘The most dangerous imitations’: A Group of Spurious Chinese Export Porcelain Decorated with Fame and the American Eagle”Ceramics in America 2016, 105-117.

(37) Huang, X.; Uffelman, E.; Cossairt, O.; Walton, M.; Katsaggelos, A.K. “Computational Imaging for Cultural Heritage”IIIE Signal Processing Magazine, 2016, September, 130-138.

(36) Albrecht, M.; Daugherty, M.; Oudheusden, S. V.; d’Hont, L.; Seymour, K.; Rief, M.; Marchant, R.; Uffelman, E. “Unravelling the History of Two Fifteenth-Century Spanish Panels” in The Non-Invasive Analysis of Painted Surfaces: Scientific Impact and Conservation Practice; Nevin, A.; Doherty, T.; eds; Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, DC; 2016; 37-51.

(35) Mass, J.; Uffelman, E.S.; Buckley, B.; Grimstad, I.; Vila, A.; Delaney, J.; Wadum, J.; Andrews, V.; Burns, L.; Florescu, S.; Hull, A. “Portable X-ray Fluorescence and Infrared Imaging Studies of Cadmium Yellow Alteration in Paintings by Edvard Munch and Henri Matisse in Oslo, Copenhagen, and San Francisco” in The Non-Invasive Analysis of Painted Surfaces: Scientific Impact and Conservation Practice; Nevin, A.; Doherty, T.; eds; Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, DC; 2016; 53-64.

(34) Pouyet, E.; Cotte, M.; Fayard, B.; Salomé, M.; Meirer, F.; Mehta, A.; Uffelman, E. S.; Hull, A.; Vanmeert, F.; Kieffer, J.; Burghammer, M.; Janssens, K.; Sette, F.; Mass, J. “2D and X-ray and FTIR micro-analysis of the degradation of cadmium yellow pigment in paintings of Henri Matisse” Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing; 2015; 121, 967-980.

(33) Mass, J.; Uffelman, E.S.; Buckley, B.; Plahter, U.; Grimstad, I.B.; Florescu, S. A.; Hull, A.M.; Andrews, V.M.; Burns, L.N. “Cadmium Yellow Degradation Mechanisms in Henri Matisse’s Le Bonheur de vivre (1905-1906) Compared to the Munch Museum’s The Scream (c. 1910): Fluorescence Imaging and Chemical Speciation as a Function of Depth Part 2: Fluorescence Imaging” In Public Paintings by Edvard Munch and His Contemporaries: Change and Conservation Challenges Frøysaker, T.; Streeton, N.; Kutzke, H.; B.; Hanssen-Bauer, F.; Topalova-Casadiego, Archetype Publications: London, 2015, 308-324.

(32) Mass, J.; Pouyet, E.; Cotte, M.; Meirer, F.; Mehta, A.; Uffelman, E.S.; Plahter, U.; Grimstad, I.B.; Buckley, B.; Hull, A.M.; Church, J.; Opila, R. “Cadmium Yellow Degradation Mechanisms in Henri Matisse’s Le Bonheur de vivre (1905-1906) Compared to the Munch Museum’s The Scream (c. 1910) Part 1: Chemical Speciation as a Function of Depth” In Munch150 Conference Proceedings Frøysaker, T.; Streeton, N.; Kutzke, H.; Hanssen-Bauer, F.; Topalova-Casadiego, B., Archetype Publications: London, 2015, 294-307.

(31) Uffelman, E. S.; Abraham, L.; Van den Burg, J.; Florescu, S.; Hoppenbrouwers, R.; Van der Knaap, F.; Koenen, J.; Te Marvelde, M.; Van Putten, H.; Roeders, J.; Seymour, K. "A New Three Legged Stool: Research and Educational Ventures Between the Frans Hals Museum, Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, and Washington and Lee University" International Council of Museums Conservation Committee 17th Triennial Conference Preprints, Melbourne, Australia, 15-19 September 2014, ed. J.Bridgland, art. 0310, 8 pp. Paris: International Council of Museums.

(30) Uffelman, E. S.; Hobbs, P. A.; Barisas, D. A. G.; Mass, J. L. “pXRF Analyses of Louise Herreshoff’s Paintings in Relation to CdS and Other Pigment Degradation Issues” Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing; 2013; A111, 9-14.

(29) Bradley, L.; Meloni, S.; Uffelman, E. S.; Mass, J. L., “Scientific Examination and Treatment of a Painting by Gijsbert Gillisz d'Hondecoeter in the Mauritshuis.” In Collaborative Endeavors in the Chemical Analysis of Art and Cultural Heritage Materials, Lang, P. L.; Armitage, R. A., Eds. American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2012; pp 23-49.

(28) Uffelman, E. S.; Court, E.; Marciari, J.; Miller, A.; Cox, L., “Handheld XRF Analyses of Two Veronese Paintings.” In Collaborative Endeavors in the Chemical Analysis of Art and Cultural Heritage Materials, Lang, P. L.; Armitage, R. A., Eds. American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2012; pp 51-73.

(27) Uffelman, E. S.; Fuchs, R. W. II; Hobbs, P. A.; Sturdy, L. F.; Bowman, D. S.; Barisas, D. A. G. “Technical Examination of Cultural Heritage Objects Associated with George Washington” In Collaborative Endeavors in the Chemical Analysis of Art and Cultural Heritage Materials, Lang, P. L.; Armitage, R. A., Eds. American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2012; pp 251-283.

(26) Uffelman, E. S. The Emergence and Spread of "Chemistry in Art" Undergraduate Courses in United States Universities, International Council of Museums Conservation Committee Triennial 16th Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, September 19-23, 2011, 2011; Criterio: Lisbon, Portugal, 2011; paper 312; 1-8.

(25) Uffelman, E. S. “Teaching Science in Art: Technical Examination of 17th-Century Dutch Painting as Interdisciplinary Coursework for Science Majors and Nonmajors” J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 83, 1617-1624.

(24) Uffelman, E. S. “A Review of Materials for Teaching Science in Art: Technical Examination of 17th-Century Dutch Painting as Interdisciplinary Course Work for Non-Science and Science Majors” J. Chem. Educ. 2007, October Web Online, 38 pages. http://www.jce.divched.org/Journal/Supplements/index.html.

(23) Uffelman, E. S. “NMR Studies of Polyamide Macrocyclic Tetradentate Ligands and Their Complexes Relevant to Green Chemistry (with Other Inorganic/Organometallic Experiments)” in Modern NMR Spectroscopy in Education; Stockland, R. A.; Rovnyak, D.; Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 969; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2007 300-316.

(22) Uffelman, E. S. “News from Online: Renewable Resources” J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 83, 220-222.

(21) Weng, T-C.; Hsieh, W-Y.; Uffelman, E. S.; Gordon-Wylie, S. W.; Collins, T. J.; Pecoraro, V. L.; Penner-Hahn, J. E. "XANES Evidence Against a Manganyl Species in the S3 state of the Oxygen Evolving Complex" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 8070-8071.

(20) Uffelman, E. S. “News from Online: Green Chemistry” J. Chem. Educ. 2004, 81, 172-176.

(19) Uffelman, E. S.; Doherty, J. R.; Schulze, C.; Burke, A. L.; Bonnema, K.; Watson, T. T.; Lee, D. W., III “Microscale Syntheses, Reactions, and 1H NMR Spectroscopic Investigations of Square Planar Macrocyclic Tetraamido-N Co(III) Complexes Relevant to Green Chemistry” J. Chem. Educ. 2004, 81, 325-329.

(18) Uffelman, E. S.; Doherty, J. R.; Schulze, C.; Burke, A. L.; Bonnema, K.; Watson, T. T.; Lee, D. W., III “Microscale Syntheses, Reactions, and 1H NMR Spectroscopic Investigations of Square Planar Macrocyclic Tetraamido-N Cu(III) Complexes Relevant to Green Chemistry” J. Chem. Educ. 2004, 81, 182-185.

(17) Uffelman, E. S.; Cox, E. H.; Goehring, J. B.; Lorig, T. S.; Davis, C. M. "An NMR-Smell Module for the First Semester General Chemistry Laboratory" J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80, 1368-1371.

(16) Rorrer, L. C.; Hopkins, S. D.; Connors, M. K.; Lee, D. W.; Smith, M. V.; Rhodes, H. J.; Uffelman, E. S. "A Convenient New Route to Tetradentate and Pentadentate Macrocyclic Ligands" Organic Letters 1999, 1, 1157-1159.

(15) France, M. B.; Uffelman, E. S. "Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization with a Well-Defined Rutheniium Carbene Complex: An Experiment for the Undergraduate Inorganic or Polymer Laboratory" J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76, 661-665.

(14) Bartos, M. J.; Gordon-Wylie, S. W.; Fox, B. G.; Wright, L. J.; Weintraub, S. T.; Kauffmann, K. E.; Münck, E.; Kostka, K. L.; Uffelman, E. S.; Rickard, C. E. F.; Noon, K. R.; Collins, T. J. "Designing Ligands to Achieve Robust Oxidation Catalysts. Iron Based Systems" Coord. Chem. Rev. 1998, 174, 361-390.

(13) Collins, T. J.; Gordon-Wylie, S. W.; Woomer, C. G.; Horwitz, C. P.; Uffelman, E. S. "Oxidation Catalysis" PCT Int. Appl. (1998), 62 pp. CODEN: PIXXD2 WO 9858735 A1 19981230 CAN 130:111826 AN 1999:27764

(12) Zhang, X.; Uffelman, E. S.; Collman, J. P. “Bridged, crown-containing tetraphenylporphyrin metal complexes as water-soluble oxygen carriers.” U.S. (1995), 24 pp. Cont.-in-part of U.S. 5,274,090. CODEN: USXXAM US 5384397 A 19950124 CAN 123:143544 AN 1995:383026

(11) Collins, T. J.; Bartos, M. J.; Gordon-Wylie, S. W.; Fox, B. G.; Kauffmann, K. E.; Münck, E.; Rickard, C. E. F.; Weintraub, S. T.; Uffelman, E. S.; Wright, L. “Designing Ligands to Achieve Robust Atom-Transfer Oxidation Catalysts,” J. Inorg. Biochem. 1995, 59, 318-319.

(10) Collman, J. P.; Zhang, X.; Herrmann, P. C.; Uffelman, E. S.; Boitrel, B.; Straumanis, A.; Brauman, J. I. “Congruent Multiple Michael Addition for the Synthesis of Biomimetic Heme Analogues,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 2681-2682.

(9) Collman, J. P.; Zhang, X.; Lee, V. J.; Uffelman, E. S.; Brauman, J. I. “Regioselective and Enantioselective Epoxidation Catalyzed by Metalloporphyrins,” Science (Washington, D.C.) 1993, 261, 1404-1411.

(8) Collman, J. P.; Zhang, X.; Uffelman, E. S. U. S. Patent 5 274 090: 1993.

(7) Collins, T. J.; Kostka, K. L.; Uffelman, E. S.; Weinberger, T. “Design, Synthesis, and Structure of a Macrocyclic Tetraamide That Stabilizes High-Valent Middle and Later Transition Metals,” Inorg. Chem. 1991, 30, 4204-4210.

(6) Collins, T. J.; Nichols, T. R.; Uffelman, E. S. “A Square-Planar Nickel(III) Complex of an Innocent Ligand System,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 4708-4709.

(5) Collins, T. J.; Powell, R. D.; Slebodnick, C.; Uffelman, E. S. “Stable Highly Oxidizing Cobalt Complexes of Macrocyclic Tetraamide Ligands,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 8419-8425.

(4) Collins, T. J.; Kostka, K. L.; Münck, E.; Uffelman, E. S. “Stabilization of Mononuclear Five-Coordinate Iron(IV),” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 5637-5639.

(3) Collins, T. J.; Powell, R. D.; Slebodnick, C.; Uffelman, E. S. “A Water-Stable Manganese(V)-Oxo Complex: Definitive Assignment of a Mn-O) Triple Bond Infrared Vibration,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 899-901.

(2) Collins, T. J.; Slebodnick, C.; Uffelman, E. S. “Chromium(V)-Oxo Complexes of Macrocyclic Tetraamido-N Ligands Tailored for Highly Oxidized Middle Transition Metal Complexes: A 18O-Labelling Reagent and a Structure with Four Nonplanar Amides,” Inorg. Chem. 1990, 29, 3432-3436.

(1) Collins, T. J.; Uffelman, E. S. “The First Macrocyclic Square-Planar Cobalt(III) Complex Relieves Ring Strain by Forming a Nonplanar Amide,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1989, 28, 1509-1511.

Awards and Grants

Awards and Fellowship

  • 2017 Advisor of the Year (awarded annually by W&L students)
  • 2014 Bentley Professor of Chemistry, Washington and Lee University (endowed chair, inaugural professor)
  • 2012 Society of the Cincinnati Professor of Chemistry (endowed chair)
  • 2009 One of 12 faculty in all higher education in Virginia chosen for an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
  • 2008 Washington and Lee Class of '65 Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 2004 Washington and Lee Class of '65 Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 1999 Certificate for Dr. Terrence Collins' Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award
  • 1999 Washington and Lee Class of '65 Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 1996 Washington and Lee Class of '65 Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 1991-1993 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
  • 1984-1987 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, California Institute of Technology
  • 1984 ACS Susquehanna Valley Section: Outstanding Senior Chemistry Major
  • 1984 Alpha Chi Sigma Senior Major with Highest Scholastic Standing
  • 1984 Elizabeth M. Oliphant Prize for Highest Class Average in Chemistry or Biological Science
  • 1984 Phi Beta Kappa
  • 1984 Sigma Xi
  • 1983 First Place Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry, ISC Convention at Temple University

External Grants and Major Internal Grants Awarded

External Grants and Major Internal Grants Awarded (numerous small internal grants, ~60, can be listed on request). In addition, we are grateful for expense money we have received to assist museum friends with research for the past several years, and cumulatively, this has added up to a significant amount (>$55K) of funding (including, but not limited to, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, North Carolina Museum of Art, Freer-Sackler Galleries, Walters Museum, Frans Hals Museum, The Mauritshuis, Dordrechts Museum, Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, Mount Vernon, Chrysler Museum, Bard Graduate Center; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum)

  • Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges Mednick Award. Awarded April, 2019---$2,320
  • Gordon Research Conference Travel support from the conference organizers to assist in attending the July 2018 Gordon Research Conference on the Examination of Cultural Heritage. Awarded June, 2018---$750
  • Johnson Strategic Initiative---“Hyperspectral Imaging in Chemistry and Art History at Washington and Lee University” [Uffelman Project Director; George Bent, Andrea Lepage, David Harbor, Jennifer Mass, Co-PIs; John Delaney and Kathryn Dooley, Consultants] Awarded November, 2016---$15,000
  • Samuel H. Kress Foundation---“Technical Art History at the 2016 and 2018 Gordon Research Seminars: Assembling an International Team of Experts to Build a Curriculum of the Latest Technical Art History”[Jennifer Mass and C. Richard Johnson Project Directors; Uffelman co-PI] Awarded December, 2015---$87,630
  • NU ACCESS (Joint program between Northwestern University and the Art Institute of Chicago)---“Multispectral Imaging, Fiber Optic Reflectance Spectrometry, Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, and Infrared Imaging Applied to Works Relevant to the Cadmium Sulfide Degradation Problem at the Art Institute of Chicago” Project grant to Uffelman, Awarded August, 2015---$3,000
  • National Science Foundation---“MRI: Fiber Optic Reflectance Spectrometry and Multispectral Imaging Applied to University Collections of Art and History at Washington and Lee University” (CHE-1337481) Uffelman Project Director, Awarded September, 2013---$87,630
  • Teagle Foundation---“The Global Classroom: Integration of Spring Term Abroad Courses with Winter and Fall Term Student Learning.” Funding for collaborative pedagogical development and assessment involving Union College, Gettysburg College, and Washington and Lee University [Dr. Marc Conner, Project Director; Uffelman, faculty participant] Awarded May, 2012---$230,000
  • Lenfest Foundation---Funding for collaborative research between Winterthur Museum, University of Delaware, the Barnes Foundation, and Washington and Lee University on CdS photodegradation in works by Matisse and his contemporaries [Dr. Jennifer Mass, Project Director; Bob Opila, Jonathan Church, Barbara Buckley, Uffelman Co-PIs] Awarded February, 2012---$113,000
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute---Funding for teaching innovation in quantitative science [Dr. Helen I’Anson, Project Director; Carrie Finch, Fred LaRiviere, Simon Levy, Robert Humston, Bob Stewart, and Chris Connors, HHMI Committee; Uffelman faculty contributor] $1,000,000
  • National Science Foundation---“MRI: Acquisition of a Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope at Washington and Lee University” (EAR-1126360 ) [Dr. Jeffrey Rahl, Project Director; Dr. Ken Van Ness, Co-PI; Uffelman, Senior Investigator] Awarded September, 2011---$355,319
  • National Science Foundation---“Portable X-Ray Fluorescence, Digital IR Photography, and Stereomicroscopy Applied to University Collections of Art and History at Washington and Lee University” (CHE-0959625) Uffelman Project Director, Awarded January, 2010---$119,678
  • National Science Foundation---"MRI: Acquisition of a Liquid Chromatograph Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer to Enhance Research at Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute" (CHE-0922599) Awarded September, 2009---$282,226 [Dr. Lisa Alty Project Director; Uffelman one of two other Co-PI’s]
  • Washington and Lee University---Class of '65 Excellence in Teaching, “Broadening the Impact of Art Conservation and Art Conservation Science at W&L, Nationally, and Internationally”Awarded April, 2008---$6,000
  • Associated Colleges of the South Mellon Faculty Renewal Grant---“Whose Art Should be Conserved?” Awarded April, 2008---$5,000
  • Jeffress Research Grant Renewal---“1H-15N HMBC Spectroscopy of Complexes Relevant to Green Chemistry” Awarded July, 2007---$10,000
  • Washington and Lee University---Class of ’63 Lecture Series, “Recent Developments in Art Conservation and Conservation Science: Considering the Works of Rembrandt and Other Master Painters.” A symposium featuring Jaap Boon (AMOLF-FOM, Amsterdam), Melanie Gifford (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC), Petria Noble (The Mauritshuis, The Hague) October 30, 2006---$10,000
  • Jeffress Research Grant Renewal---“1H-15N HMBC Spectroscopy of Complexes Relevant to Green Chemistry” Awarded July, 2005---$10,000
  • Washington and Lee University---Class of '65 Excellence in Teaching, "Codifying Materials for the Presentation of Scientific Investigations into 17th Century Dutch Art" Awarded May, 2004---$6,000
  • Associated Colleges of the South Mini-Keck Grant---“Codifying Materials for the Presentation of Scientific Investigations into 17th Century Dutch Art” Awarded May, 2004---$7,500
  • Global Stewardship Course Development Grant---“Science in Art” Awarded March, 2004---$2,500
  • National Science Foundation---Major Research Instrumentation, "Multinuclear Gradient Inverse Probe, Amplifier, and Overnight Low Temperature Dewar for High-field NMR Spectroscopy in the Chemistry Department at Washington and Lee University" Uffelman Project Director, Awarded August, 2003---$70,830
  • Jeffress Research Grant---“1H-15N HMBC Spectroscopy of Complexes Relevant to Green Chemistry” Awarded July, 2003---$25,000
  • Hewlett-Packard Company---University Donation, "Gel Permeation Chromatography in Undergraduate Education at Washington and Lee University" Awarded August, 1999---$25,646
  • Washington and Lee University---Class of '65 Excellence in Teaching, "Development of New Cross Disciplinary Experiments for Chem 112 and Chem 252" Awarded April 1999---$5,044
  • Hewlett-Packard Company---University Grants, "UV-Vis Spectroscopy in Undergraduate Education at Washington and Lee University" Awarded November, 1997---$15,788
  • National Science Foundation---Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement, "High Field Multinuclear NMR in Undergraduate Education at Washington and Lee University" Uffelman Project Director, Awarded May, 1996---$99,500
  • American Chemical Society---Petroleum Research Fund Type G, "Novel Ligands for Transition Metal and Lanthanide Complexes" Awarded April, 1995---$20,000
  • Research Corporation---Cottrell College Science Award, "Novel Macrocyclic Polyamide Ligands for Lanthanide Chemistry" Awarded May, 1995---$27,000