Research (vol 50(6) and vol 51(6) ). He has also served on the editorial boards for The Chemical Educator, International Journal of Science Education, Journal of Chemical Education, and Journal of College Science Teaching. As of 2016 his research interests were listed as, "mechanism and synthetic applications of dipolar cycloaddition reactions and in chemistry curriculum design, implementation, assessment, and evaluation." Awards and honors Phi Beta Kappa, 1977 Sigma Xi, 1978 Golden Apple Award for outstanding teaching, University of Michigan, 1994. Undergraduate Computational Science Education Award, United States Department of Energy, 1996. Amoco Foundation Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1999. Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 2001. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002. NSTA Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher Award, 2003. Society for College Science Teachers (SCST)/Kendall-Hunt Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher Award, 2004/5. CASE/Carnegie State of Michigan Professor of the Year, 2004. James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry, 2006. CASE/Carnegie United States National Professor of the Year (doctoral), 2009. Pinkerton Academy Alumni Hall of Fame, 2011. Robert Foster Cherry Award (finalist), 2011. Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, Awardee for 2012-14. Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2015 Michigan Association of State Universities Distinguished Professor of the Year, 2016. Selected recent publications (1) Coppola, B. P. “Broad & Capacious: A New Norm for Instructional Development in a Research Setting” Change, 2016, 48 (2), 34-42. (2) Coppola, Brian P. “Where is the line?” In R. A. Duschl & A. S. Bismack (Eds.), “Reconceptualizing STEM Education: The central role of practices.” London: Routledge; 2016, pp. 131–142. (3) Coppola, B. P. “Do Real Work, Not Homework” In, Garcia-Martinez, J.; Serrano-Torregrosa, E., Eds. Chemistry Education: Best Practices, Opportunities and Trends. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH, 2015; pp. 203–257. (4) Coppola, B. P. "An Inevitable Moment: US Brain Drain" Change 2015, 47 (4), 36-45. (5) Coppola, B. P. “Making Your Case: Ten Questions for Departments and Individuals Building an Argument for Work in Discipline-Centered Education” International Journal on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2011, 5. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl. References 1957 births Living people University of Michigan faculty University of New Hampshire alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Wisconsin–Whitewater faculty People from Lawrence, Massachusetts People from Methuen, Massachusetts People from Derry, New Hampshire Scientists from Michigan 20th-century American chemists 21st-century American chemists Pinkerton Academy alumni