Draft:Charles "Cody" M. Folden

Professor Charles "Cody" M. Folden is a professor in the chemistry department at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on the elements at the bottom of the periodic table, working to make conclusions regarding their chemical and physical behavior.

Education

Folden completed his B.S. in chemistry at Vanderbilt University, graduating in 1999. He then went on to graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley. His thesis advisor was Professor of the Graduate School Darleane C. Hoffman. He graduated with his PhD in 2004. His dissertation is titled "Development of odd-Z-projectile reactions for transactinide element synthesis".

Career

From 2004 to 2006, he remained at UC Berkeley as a postdoctoral researcher, working with Professor Heino Nitsche. He then went on to Michigan State University where he worked as a visiting research associate at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. Here he primarily worked alongside University Distinguished Professors Bradley M. Sherrill and David J. Morrissey. He left in 2008 begin his role as a professor at Texas A&M University. As the head of the Heavy Element Nuclear and Radiochemistry group, he and his team conducts research into such topics as heavy element chemistry, nuclear forensics, and nuclear reactions. In 2012, he was the recipient of the Department of Energy's Early Career Award.

Folden became tenured at Texas A&M University in September 2016 and promoted to full professor in September 2023.