David Cliffel, Ph.D.

David Cliffel, Ph.D.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair & Professor, Chemistry
Professor, Pediatrics
Director of Graduate Studies, Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Nanotechnology

David E. Cliffel, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, directs an innovative research effort in instrumental design and electroanalytical methods applied to nanotechnology and biotechnology. He is the deputy director in the Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE), and the Technical Editor for Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry for the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. He was a member of the Board of Directors for Society Electroanalytical Chemistry (SEAC) from 2011-2016, and is the current Treasurer. He served as department chair from 2016-2019. He received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from UT-Austin under the direction of Allen J. Bard in 1998, was a post-doctoral assistant with Royce W. Murray at UNC-Chapel Hill, and joined Vanderbilt University in September 2000.