Background
Purnell, Jeffrey Wayne was born on May 2, 1965 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Wayne and Barbara Ann (Hess) Purnell.
Purnell, Jeffrey Wayne was born on May 2, 1965 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Wayne and Barbara Ann (Hess) Purnell.
AS in Engineering, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1988; Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1989; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1994.
Chemistry laboratory analyst, 3M Corporation, Charles Town, West Virginia, 1986; lab assistant, Shepherd College, 1987-1988; chemistry teaching assistant, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1988-1990; graduate assistant chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1988-1994; research fellow, Max-Planck-Institute für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Germany, 1994-1996; analytical chemist, J.M. Huber Corporation, Havre de Grace, Maryland., since 1996.
Member American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (Outstanding Graduate Research award 1994).
Married Beverly Aileen Schwartz, May 15, 1988.
