M. Reza Ghadiri is an Iranian-American chemist who studies nanoscale science and technology.
Ghadiri holds a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (1987) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is currently a Professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute.
The 1998 Feynman Prize was awarded to Ghadiri for work in constructing molecular structures through the use of self-organization. His lab also pioneered the development of peptide self-replication.
Awards
- Searle Scholars Award 1991-1994;
- Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation, Beckman Young Investigators Award, 1991-1993;
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow 1993-1995;
- Eli Lilly Grantee 1994-1995;
- ACS Award in Pure Chemistry 1995;
- Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society 1999;
- Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology 1998;
- Merck-Frosst Lecturer, University of Victoria, British Columbia 2001;
- Belleau Lecturer, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec 2001.
See also
References
- "1998 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology". Foresight Nanotech Institute. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
- Lee, David H.; Granja, Juan R.; Martinez, Jose A.; Severin, Kay; Ghadiri, M. Reza (1996-08-08). "A self-replicating peptide". Nature. 382 (6591): 525–528. Bibcode:1996Natur.382..525L. doi:10.1038/382525a0. PMID 8700225.
- "Reza Ghadiri". Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Retrieved 1 August 2018.