B.S. (1982), SUNY, Oneonta; Ph.D. (1988), SUNY, Stony Brook (T. W. Bell); Camille & Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Teaching & Research Fellow, & Visiting Asst. Professor of Chemistry (1988-89), Bucknell University (H. W. Heine); Visiting Asst. Professor of Chemistry (1989-90), Bard College.