April 2, 2009
Donald Paul, chemical engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, has been recognized by the publisher Elsevier as the "Most Cited Author" and "Most Prolific Author" for both the 1971-2008 and 2000-2008 periods for its journal Polymer. Paul, who is director of the Texas Materials Institute at the university, has been cited a total of 4,659 times for his papers published in Polymer, of which 3,581 citations were between the years 2000-2008. A total of 173 articles by Paul have been published in this prestigious journal alone. He was recently elected as a Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS).
Paul holds the Ernest Cockrell, Sr. Chair in Engineering.
About the Cockrell School of Engineering:
The Cockrell School ranks among the top ten engineering programs in the United States and aspires to move into the top five. With the nation's fourth highest number of faculty members elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the Cockrell School's more than 7,000 students work with many of the world's finest engineering educators and researchers. This environment prepares graduates to become engineering leaders and innovators working for the betterment of society.