Stephen K. Ritter, Senior Correspondent

Phone: 202-872-6014

Fax: 202-872-8727 or -6381

E-Mail: s_ritter@acs.org

Fields of coverage: Inorganic and organometallic chemistry; green chemistry and sustainability science; process chemistry and chemical engineering.

Education: B.S. in industrial chemistry, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C., 1986; B.A. in English (technical writing and editing), Western Carolina University, 1989; M.S. in chemistry, Western Carolina University, 1990; Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1993; postdoctoral fellow, University of Idaho, Moscow, 1993-94.