WCAS faculty profile: Joseph Lambert

Name/Title
Joseph B. Lambert, Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of chemistry, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence

Hometown
Glenview, Illinois

School
WCAS

Department
Chemistry

Recent/notable publications, awards, honors, exhibits
1998 American Chemical Society Award in Silicon chemistry
2002 publications on newly described organic material
2002 discovery of "missing" molecule, pentamethylcyclopentadienyl cation
2003 American Chemical Society Mosher Award

Hobbies
Genealogy, languages, archaeology

Questions and Answers

What is the best thing about being a teacher at Northwestern?

The caliber of student we encounter.

How does your research influence your teaching?

In graduate courses, the two are the same. I could not teach them if I were not carrying out research in those areas. For undergraduate courses, active research means that we are creating material that we are covering in the courses.

On average, what size are the classes you teach?

They vary from less than 10 to over 100.

What's your favorite thing about Chicago?

O'Hare Airport.

Joseph Lambert

Joseph Lambert