C. Grant Willson is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
in organic chemistry from San Diego State University in 1969, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973.
[2][3] Prior to joining the University of Texas in 1993, Willson worked as an IBM Fellow and Manager of Polymer Science and Technology at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California.
[2][4] He also has held faculty positions at the California State University, Long Beach, and the University of California, San Diego.
[2] Willson's research focuses on the design and synthesis of functional organic materials, with a particular emphasis on microelectronics applications.