Paul Bohn

Paul William Bohn was born in 1955 in Kentucky[1] to parents Catherine née Nally and Joseph Robert Bohn. He grew up with one brother.[2] He attended the University of Notre Dame, graduating in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He then attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a PhD in chemistry, graduating in 1981.[3]

Bohn primarily researches molecular nanotechnology, particularly nanofluidics, low-dimensional topology, and ghost imaging. After finishing his PhD, Bohn worked at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey in their Special Materials Group from 1981 to 1983.[3] In 1983, he accepted a faculty position as an assistant professor at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; in 1989 he was promoted to associate professor, and in 1992 he became a full professor. He was head of its chemistry department from 1994 to 1999. In 2001 and 2002 he was the Interim Vice Chancellor for Research. He was the Centennial Professor of the Chemical Sciences from 2003 to 2006, at which point he accepted a position at the University of Notre Dame as the Arthur J. Schmitt Professor.[4] He has been a co-editor of the Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry since 2016.[5]

He received the Coblentz Award in 1990 for his contributions to molecular spectroscopy; scientists younger than 36 are eligible for the award. He was also the recipient of the 2005 Bomem-Michelson Award from the Coblentz Society and the 2010 Theophilus Redwood Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is an elected member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Society for Applied Spectroscopy.[3]

He is married to Raylene Bohn[2] and has two children.[6]