Dr. Tully is Sterling Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Yale University, where he carried out theoretical studies on how atoms move during chemical events, such as how old chemical bonds break and new ones form during a chemical reaction. He was the founding Director of the Yale Materials Research Center, CRISP. Prior to joining the Yale faculty in 1996, he was a researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he served as their Environmental Coordinator and Head of the Materials Chemistry Research Department. He has served on the boards of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Sheffield Scientific School. His honors include the Bell Laboratories Affirmative Action Award, the Peter Debye Award of the American Chemical Society, the National Academy of Sciences Award in the Chemical Sciences, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He has been active in sports and in coaching youth soccer, basketball and baseball.