Prof. Lewis graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry in 1977 working with Prof. Harry B. Gray.  In 1981, he obtained a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after working under the supervision of Prof. Mark S. Wrighton in 1981. Prof. Lewis then began as an Assistant Professor at Stanford University and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 1986. In 1988, Prof. Lewis returned to Caltech where he is currently the George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry.