 He was promoted to full professor at the age of 35, held the first "William H. & Janet Lycan" Professorship in Chemistry, and then in 2004 became the inaugural "Marvin T. Schmidt" Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois.Professor Suslick is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Materials Research Society, the Acoustical Society of America, the American Physical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Professor Suslick has mentored more than 75 Ph.D. students and 35 postdoctoral associates.