Christopher B Murray

Christopher Bruce Murray is the Richard Perry University Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering He spent a year as a Rotary International Fellow at the University of Auckland in 1989. From 1990 he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he received his doctorate in chemistry in 1995. Bawendi received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of this method.

Much of Murray's has work focused on the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials, including nanoscale magnets, semiconductor nanocrystals, and nanocrystal superlattices. Murray was recognized at IBM as a Master Inventor and patent evaluator.

Murray is concerned with the synthesis and self-assembly properties of nanocrystals and the potential to create new mesoscopic materials with interesting properties and potential applications in energy, environmental sustainability, health, and information processing.

Awards and honors 1997 Nobel Laureate Signature Award of the American Chemical Society (with Moungi Bawendi) 2000, one of the most influential innovators younger than 35, Technology Review 2011, honorary doctorate, Utrecht University 2012 Fellow, Materials Research Society, for "innovations in the synthesis of nanomaterials with precisely controlled dimensions by chemical approaches; outstanding contributions in nanoparticle self-assembly; and pioneering research in the design of nanoparticle-based devices." 2019, Member, National Academy of Engineering for the "invention and development of solvothermal synthesis of monodisperse nanocrystal quantum dots for displays, photovoltaics and memory." 2020, Clarivate Citation Laureate with Moungi G. Bawendi and Hyeon Taeghwan "For synthesis of nanocrystals with precise attributes for a wide range of applications in physical, biological, and medical systems."

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