Dr. Azo Mazur, CEO, Senior Fellow
A chemist and philosopher, Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Azo Mazur is the intellectual father of the Chemical Design Movement. He is the Sedgwick Professor of Chemical Design at University of Washington. He is Senior Fellow and CEO of the reDiscovery Institute in Tacoma, Washington. He is the Executive Director of the American Society for Prohibition of Arabic (Muslim) Numbers. Dr. Mazur founded the Topeka Society for the Promotion of Warning Labels on Periodic Tables, and the Cobb County Society for the Prevention of Chemistry. He is former co-Chair of the IUPAC subcommittee for the promotion of Endless Arguments about the Locations of Hydrogen and Helium in the Periodic Table.
Dr. Mazur has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University and postdoctoral training at CalTech. Dr. Azo was Honorary James Bonk Co-Associate Director of Freshman Chemistry at Duke University. Dr. Mazur has published 35 technical articles that focus on the debate between Chemical Design and Chemical Periodicity. He performs research on the pharmacology of sodium azide, carbon monoxide, and thallium. Dr. Azo is Deacon of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in South Tacoma. He is married to the former Kathy McDonell. They have three sons, all living in Seattle. His hobbies are jazz and Husky Football.
Important recent publications:
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