people involved

Dr. Tim Marin is a Professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at Benedictine University in Lisle, IL, where he has taught chemistry and physics for nearly 20 years. His teaching responsibilities have included the physical chemistry lecture and lab sequence, the general chemistry course sequence, both algebra- and calculus-based physics sequences, and modern physics. He earned his Ph.D. at Northwestern University before holding postdoctoral appointments at Argonne National Laboratory and the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory. Over the years, he has maintained research collaborations and visiting faculty appointments with those two institutions, as well as the Synchrotron Radiation Center associated with the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Marin maintains a vibrant research agenda, with over 50 peer-reviewed publications. As a spectroscopist truly working at the boundary between physics and chemistry, Dr. Marin’s work has ranged from ultrafast photophysics to radiation-induced fast kinetics, radiation- and photo-induced radical chemistry, and vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy. He has served on various committees and in various roles on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society since 2010, including the Programming Committee, Nominating Committee, Director, Budget Director, Councilor, and Section Chair. A strong supporter of the liberal arts tradition in Catholic higher ed, Dr. Marin enjoys exploring the ‘great questions’ that lie at the interface of science, theology, and philosophy. To that end, he also serves as Vice President and founder of the Chicago area chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists. In his spare time, Dr. Marin is busy is a semi-professional musician, and serves as musical director, arranger, and bassist for the Nite Hawks jazz combo, the Tim Marin Orchestra, and the Chi-Town Showstoppers R&B/soul band.