- Reza Ghadiri
M. Reza Ghadiri is an
Iran ianchemist who studiesnanoscale 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 atThe Scripps Research Institute .The 1998
Feynman Prize was awarded to Ghadiri for groundbreaking work in constructing molecular structures through the use of self-organization, the same forces used to assemble the molecular machine systems found in nature. [cite web|url=http://www.foresight.org/FI/1998Feynman.html|title=1998 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology|publisher="Foresight Nanotech Institute"|accessdate=2006-12-01]Awards and honors
*
Searle Scholars Award 1991-1994;
*Arnold & Mable Beckman Young Investigator Award 1991-1993;
*Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow 1993-1995;
*Eli Lilly Grantee 1994-1995;
*American Chemical Society 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.References
See also
*Iranian science
External links
* [http://www.scripps.edu/research/faculty.php?rec_id=1364/ Faculty profile] at [http://www.scripps.edu/ The Scripps Research Institute]
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