UNL ORCA Interview Series
Date of this Version
3-2026
Document Type
Article
Citation
Transcript, March 26, 2026
Abstract
Prof. David Hage was awarded the ORCA in 2018. He was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and earned a bachelor’s in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in La Crosse. Next, he earned a doctorate from Iowa State University and did postdoctoral work at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In 1989, he joined UNL as an assistant professor of chemistry and quickly rose through the ranks. He has won many awards and, for the past 13 years, has been the James Hewet University Professor of Chemistry. Allow me to share some remarkable facts about Dave before we get into the interview. One is that his lab found a way to make very small chromatography columns that could withstand very high pressures, which allows rapid analysis of a wide range of molecules. Another fact is that he has published over 365 peer-reviewed publications and that 10% of those papers have been cited more than 100 times. My third fact is that he has mentored over 77 graduate students who have received M.S. or PhD degrees, which places him among the most productive advisors in the department’s history. Since more than half his graduate students have been women, it also means he has mentored more women than any other.
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