Paul S Cremer

Paul S. Cremer (born 1967) is an American chemist and biophysicist whose work focuses on ion-specific effects, biological interfaces, and surface chemistry. He is currently the J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Natural Sciences and a Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Pennsylvania State University.

Early life and education Cremer earned his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1990. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley in 1996, under the supervision of Gabor A. Somorjai. He then pursued postdoctoral work at Stanford University (1996–1998) as a Sigal Postdoctoral Fellow, working on supported lipid bilayers and biomembranes. As of Oct. 2025, his number of publications listed on Google Scholar profile is 320, received ~30500 citations. This productivity and citation impact place him among the most influential scientists globally, ranked high among the world's top 2% scientists, a list created by a Stanford research group.

Honors, awards, and service Prof. Cremer has received a number of distinguished honors: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010), Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2009), Arthur E. Martell Chair of Chemistry (2007), Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2003), Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2002), Beckman Young Investigator Award (2001), NSF CAREER Award (2001), Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2000), 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, Research Corporation Innovation Award, and others for early-stage research recognition.

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