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Iranian-American chemist
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 .
[1] His lab also pioneered the development of peptide self-replication.
[2]
Searle Scholars Award 1991-1994;
Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation,
Beckman Young Investigators Award , 1991-1993;
[3]
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.