Prof. Craig A. Grapperhaus

Craig Grapperhaus is originally from Southern Illinois and he received his B.S. in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 1994. He then completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1998 from Texas A&M University under the direction of Marcetta Darensbourg. From 1998 to 2000, Prof. Grapperhaus was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry with Karl Wieghardt in Mülheim, Germany. He joined the chemistry faculty at the University of Louisville (UofL) in 2000, was promoted with tenure to associate professor in 2006, and promoted to full professor in 2011. Dr. Grapperhaus served as the Director of Graduate Studies in the Chemistry from 2005 to 2010, the Chemistry Department Vice Chair from 2009 to 2012 and 2015 to 2017, the Chemistry Department Chair from 2017 to 2020, and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Chemistry from 2021 to 2022.

Honors and Awards

2023 Distinguished Faculty Award in Research – Sciences – College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville
2022 Outstanding Mentor of a Doctoral Student - University of Louisville
2020 Distinguished Faculty Award for Service to the University – College of Arts and Sciences
2019-2020 ACC-Academic Leadership Network Participant
2017 Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research & Creative Activity in Applied Sciences – College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville
2017 Research Exemplar Award
2011 Provost Award for Exemplary Advising
2001 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
1998 – 2000 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship
1997 – 1998 Dow Teacher/Scholar Fellowship, Texas A&M
1996 – 1997 NIH Chemistry/Biology Interface Training Program Fellowship, Texas A&M
1994 – 1996 Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program Fellowship, Texas A&M
1994 Medallion of Lincoln, Academy of Lincoln
1993 Council on Undergraduate Research Fellowship, SIUE