EAS News Article
Francisco honored with Purdue's top research award
As a teenager, Joseph Francisco wasn't even sure he'd go to college. Today, he's a distinguished professor and is now the recipient of the University's top research honor. Joseph Francisco, the William H. Moore Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, was awarded the 2007 Herbert Newby McCoy Award. The McCoy Award is given to a student or faculty member in the science departments of Purdue University making the greatest contribution of the year to science. Since the first award was conferred in the spring of 1965, it has remained the most prestigious research award given by the University in the science area. Francisco holds a dual appointment in Chemistry and in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and specializes in atmospheric chemistry. Francisco has worked with chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), mapping the path of a lesser-researched compound and creating a new class of fluorinated radicals. More recently, his work has focused on illuminating the role clouds play in the chemistry of the atmosphere. But it all started with an early Sunday supper and chance meeting, as he told us last year.
