Address:    Department of Chemistry                                 Telephone: (214) 768-2483

                  Southern Methodist University                         FAX: (214) 768-4089

                  Dallas, Texas  75275-0314                              Email:  pwisian@smu.edu

EDUCATION

   Undergraduate

             B.S. in Chemistry, 1971

             Texas Lutheran College

   Graduate

             The University of Texas at Austin

              Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, December, 1976

      Postgraduate

                 Duke University, 1976 - 1978

                 University of Texas at Arlington, 1978

AWARDS

W. T. Doherty Award of the American Chemical Society, Dallas - Fort Worth Section, 2006

Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 2005-2007, SMU

Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, 2005, SMU

Distinguished HOPE Professor, 2005, SMU

Alpha Lambda Delta First Year Honor Society, Faculty Student Choice Award, 2002, SMU

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Scholar/Fellow Program for Undergraduate Institutions, 1999 – 2001

Margareta Deschner Teaching Award, SMU, April, 1995