Dr. Shirish Shah Honored by Cambridge Who's Who

    TOWSON, MD, October 12, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Shirish Shah, Lecturer and Professor of Chemistry at Towson University, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in chemistry in higher education.

Dr. Shirish Shah is a professor at Morgan State University, where he has lectured and taught chemistry for more than 12 years. His latest tenure augments over 43 years of professional dedication in higher education, which includes stints at Villa Julie College, the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Coppin State University, and Washington State University, to name a few. In addition to his professorships, Dr. Shah worked as a project manager for MCI and a director of quality control for Vita Foods.

His more notable work in two-way electronic communication was honored with the "Grant Award" by the Mayor's Manpower Office of Baltimore in Maryland and he organized the "Science Education Symposium in Maryland from 1996 to 2003. He has presented at Lily Conferences on the East Coast and been published in local newspapers. He also worked on different projects involving water and wastewater treatment plans from 1982 to 1989. His undergraduate research was awarded by the National Institute of Health's Office of Science Education in 1999, and he was given the Science Policy Award in 2000, the Salute for Active Participation in National Chemistry Week in 2004 and the Best Co-Coordinator Award for a Chemagination Program by the American Chemical Society in 2005. Additionally, he was nominated for the International Peace Award in 2007 and honored as a "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare" by The Marquis Who's Who Publication Board. He also gained international recognition by the American Biographical Institute earlier this year.

Dr. Shah holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Delaware and a bachelor's degree in chemistry and physics from Xavier University. Certified in business management, he has served as chairman for such organizations as the Chesapeake Section of Industrial Hygiene and the Maryland Chapter of the American Chemistry Society. For more information on Towson University, visit http://pages.towson.edu/sshah.

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