BS Clarkson University, 1962
PhD Clarkson University, 1966
Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. E. L. Eliel, Univ. of Notre Dame, 1965-66

Research Chemist, Union Carbide Corporation, 1966-1969
Scientist, Xerox Corporation, 1969-1974
Senior Scientist, Xerox Corporation, 1974-1982
Senior Member of the Research Staff, Xerox Corporation, 1982-1984
Senior Research Scientist, Allied-Signal, 1984-1986
Associate Director of Materials Research, Allied-Signal, 1986
Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 1986-present

Honors and Awards:
Cook Faculty Research Award (VT Chemistry Department), 2002
Alumni Award for Research Excellence, Virginia Tech, 2004
Outstanding Dissertation Advisor in Science & Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2006

• Mechanically linked molecules (pseudorotaxanes, rotaxanes, catenanes), synthesis and properties
• Fullerene functionalizations and applications
• Ionic liquids and ionic polymers in actuators

1. Pederson, A. M.-P.; Ward, E.; Schoonover, D. S.; Slebodnick, C.; Gibson, H. W. High-Yielding, Regiospecific Synthesis of cis-Dicarbomethoxy-Dibenzo-30-crown-10, Its Conversion to a Pyridyl Cryptand and Strong Complexation of Bipyridinium Derivatives, J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 9094-9101.
2. Lee, M.;  Schoonover, D.; Gies, A.; Hercules, D. M.;  Gibson, H. W. Synthesis of Complementary Host- and Guest-Functionalized Polymeric Building Blocks and Their Self-Assembling Behavior, Macromolecules 2009, 42, 6483-6494.
3. Niu, Z,; Gibson, H. W. Polycatenanes, Chem. Rev. 2009, 109, 6024–6046.
4. Dorn, H. C.; Reid, J.; Owens, L. S.; Cai, T.; Long, G. L.; Corwin, F. C.; Gibson, H. W.; Shu, C.-Y.; Chen, Z.-J.; Fatouros, P. P.; Zhang, J.-F. High Relaxivity Trimetallic Nitride (Gd₃N) Metallofullerene MRI Contrast Agents with Optimized Poly(ethylene glycol), (PEG) Functionality, Bioconj. Chem. 2010, 21, 610-615.
5. Lee, M.; Niu, Z.; Slebodnick, C.; Gibson, H. W. Structure and Properties of N,N-Alkylene Bis(N’-alkylimidazolium) Salts, J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 312-7319.