L. Gary Leal

Education

1969–1970: Cambridge University, NSF Fellow
1970–1975: California Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
1975–1978: California Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
1978–1986: California Institute of Technology, Professor of Chemical Engineering
1986–1989: California Institute of Technology, Chevron Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
1989–2003: University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor of Chemical Engineering
2003–present: University of California, Santa Barbara, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering

1976–1977: Cambridge University, Senior Visitor in Applied Mathematics
1989–1998: University of California, Santa Barbara, Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering
1996–1996: Cambridge University, Rothschild Visiting Professor, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematics
1998–present: Physics of Fluids, Editor
2004–2008: University of California, Santa Barbara, Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering

1975–1979: Consultant, Richards of Rockford, Inc.
1981–1989: Consultant, Firestone Research Development
1982–1991: Consultant, Dynamics Technology, Inc.
1985–1988: Consultant, Dowell-Schlumberger
1985–1988: Member, Advisory Council for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1991–1995: Consultant, Fracturing Fluid Characterization Project, University of Oklahoma
1991–present: Member, United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
1992–present: Member, General Assembly, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
1993–1997: Member, Committee on Microgravity Research, Space Studies Board, National Research Council
1994–1996: Chair, United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
2000–present: Member, Congress Committee, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

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