Prof. Samuel I. Stupp
Northwestern University, USA
Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine
Director, Simpson Querrey Institute
Director, Center for Bio-inspired Energy Science
| 1977 | Northwestern University, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering |
| 1972 | University of California at Los Angeles, B.S., Chemistry |
| 2014 – | Director, Center for Bio-inspired Energy Science, Northwestern University |
| 2014 – | Director, Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University |
| 2012 – | Director, Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine, Northwestern University |
| 2000-2014 | Director, Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University |
| 1999 – | Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University |
| 1980 – 1999 | Swanlund Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1977 – 1980 | Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Materials, Northwestern University |
| 2014 – | Distinguished Visiting Professor of Biochemistry, University of Hong Kong |
| 2015 – | Visiting Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
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Stupp, S. I.; Son, S.; Lin, H. C.; Li, L. S. “Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Polymers” Science 1993, 259, 59. |
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Stupp, S. I. “Promising Polymers: invited book review of Liquid Crystalline Polymers” Science 1994, 263, 1302. |
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Stupp, S. I.; Le Bonheur, V.; Walker, K.; Li, L. S.; Huggins, K.; Keser, M.; Amstutz, A. “Supramolecular Materials: Self Organized Nanostructures” Science 1997, 276, 384. |
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Braun, P. V.; Osenar, P.; Stupp, S. I. “Semiconducting Superlattices Templated by Molecular Assemblies” Nature 1996, 380 (6572), 325. |
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Stupp, S. I.; Braun, P. V. “Molecular Manipulation of Microstructures: Biomaterials, Ceramics, and Semiconductors” Science 1997, 277, 1242. |
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Zubarev, E. R.; Pralle, M. U.; Li, L.; Stupp, S. I. “Conversion of Supramolecular |
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Hartgerink, J. D.; Beniash, E.; Stupp, S. I. “Self-Assembly and Mineralization of Peptide-Amphiphile Nanofibers” Science 2001, 294 (5547), 1684-1688. |
| 8 |
Li, L.; Beniash, E.; Zubarev, E. R.; Xiang, W.; Rabatic, B. M.; Zhang, G.; Stupp, S. I. “Assembling a Lasing Medium with Supramolecular Polymers and Nanocrystals” Nature Mater. 2003, 2, 689-694. |
| 9 | Silva, G. A.; Czeisler, C.; Niece, K. L.; Beniash, E.; Kessler, J. A.; Stupp, S. I. “Selective Differentiation of Neural Progenitor Cells by High-Epitope Density Nanofibers” Science 2004, 303 (5662), 1352-1355. |
| 10 | Capito, R.; Azevedo, H.; Velichko, Y. R., Mata, A.; Stupp, S. I. “Self-Assembly of Large and Small Molecules Into Hierarchically Ordered Sacs and Membranes” Science 2008, 319(5871), 1812-1816. |
| 11 | Hsu, L.; Cvetanovich, G.; Stupp, S. I. “Peptide Amphiphile Nanofibers with Conjugated Polydiacetylene Backbones in their Core” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130(12), (2008) 3892-3899 |
| 12 | Sofos, M.; Goldberger, J.; Stone, D. A.; Allen, J. E.; Ma, Q.; Herman, D. J.; Tsai. WW.; Lauhon, L. J.; Stupp. S. I. “A Synergistic Assembly of Nanoscale Lamellar Photoconductor Hybrids” Nature Materials 2009, 8(1), 68-75. |
| 13 | Cui, H.; Pashuck, E. T.; Velichko, Y. S.; Weigand, S. J.; Cheetham, A. G.; Newcomb, C. J.; Stupp, S. I. “Spontaneous and X-Ray Triggered Crystallization at Long Range in Self-Assembling Filament Networks” Science 2010, 327(5965), 555-559. |
| 14 | Cui, H.; Webber, M. J.; Stupp, S. I.; “Self-Assembly of Peptide Amphiphiles: From Molecules to Nanostructures to Biomaterials” Biopolymers: Peptide Science 2010, 94(1), 1-18 |
| 15 | Zhang, S.; Greenfield, M. A.; Mata, A.; Palmer, L. C.; Bitton, R.; Mantei, J. R.; Aparicio, C.; Olvera de la Cruz, M.; Stupp, S. I. “A Self-Assembly Pathway to Aligned Monodomain Gels” Nature Materials 2010, 9(7), 594-601. |
| 16 | Aida, T.; Meijer, E. W.; Stupp, S. I. “Functional Supramolecular Polymers” Science 2012, 335(6070), 813-817. |
| 17 | Tayi, A. S.; Shveyd, A. K.; Sue, C-H.; Szarko, J. M.; Rolczynski, B. S.; Cao, D.; Kennedy, T. J.; Sarjeant, A. A.; Stern, C. L.; Paxton, W. F.; Wu, W.; Dey, S. K.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Guest, J. R.; Mohseni, H.; Chen, L. X.; Wang, K. L.; Stoddart, J. F.; Stupp, S. I. “Room-Temperature Ferroelectricity in Supramolecular Networks of Charge-Transfer Complexes” Nature 2012, 488(7412), 485-489. |
| 18 | Ortony, J. H.; Newcomb, C.; Matson, J. B.; Palmer, L. C.; Doan, P. E.; Hoffman, B. M.; Stupp, S. I. “Internal Dynamics of a Supramolecular Nanofiber” Nature Materials 2014, 13, 812-816. |
| 19 | Weingarten, A. S.; Kazantsev, R. V.; Palmer, L. C.; McClendon, M.; Koltonow, A. R.; Samuel, A. P. S.; Kiebala, D. J.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stupp, S. I. “Self-Assembling Hydrogel Scaffolds for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production” Nature Chemistry 2014, 6, 964-970. |
| 20 | Weingarten, A. S.; Kazantsev, R. V.; Palmer, L. C.; Fairfield, D. J.; Koltonow, A. R.; Stupp, S. I. “Supramolecular Packing Controls H2 Photocatalysis in Chromophore Amphiphile Hydrogels” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137(48), 15241-15246. ACS EDITORS’ CHOICE ARTICLE. |
| 21 | Tayi, A. S.; Kaeser, A.; Matsumoto, M.; Aida, T.; Stupp, S. I. “Supramolecular Ferroelectrics” Nature Chemistry 2015, 7, 281-294. |
| 22 | Tantakitti, F.; Boekhoven, J.; Wang, X.; Kazantsev, R.; Yu, T.; Li, J.; Zhuang, E.; Zandi, R.; Ortony, J. H.; Newcomb, C. J.; Palmer, L. C.; Shekhawat, G. S.; Olvera de la Cruz, M.; Schatz, G. C.; Stupp, S. I. “Energy Landscapes and Function of Supramolecular Systems” Nature Materials 2016, 15(4), 469-476. |
| 23 | Hestand, N. J.; Kazantsev, R. V.; Weingarten, A. S.; Palmer, L. C.; Stupp, S. I.; Spano, F. C. “Extended-Charge-Transfer Excitons in Crystalline Supramolecular Photocatalytic Scaffolds” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138(36), 11762-11774. |
| 24 | Yu, Z.; Tantakitti, F.; Yu, T.; Palmer, L. C.; Schatz, G. C.; Stupp, S. I. “Simultaneous Covalent and Non-Covalent Hybrid Polymerizations” Science 2016, 351(6272), 497- 502. |
| 25 | Harutyunyan, B.; Dannenhoffer, A.; Kewalramani, S.; Aytun, T.; Fairfield, D. J.; Stupp, S. I.; Bedzyk, M. J. “Molecular Packing of Amphiphilic Nanosheets Resolved by X-ray Scattering” J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121(2), 1047-1054. |
| 26 | Kazantsev, R. V.; Dannenhoffer, A. J.; Weingarten, A. S.; Phelan, B. T.; Harutyunyan, B.; Aytun, T.; Narayanan, A.; Fairfield, D. J.; Boekhoven, J.; Sai, H.; Senesi, A.; O’Dogherty, P. I.; Palmer, L. C.; Bedzyk, M. J.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stupp, S. I. “Crystal Phase Transitions and Photocatalysis in Supramolecular Scaffolds” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139(17), 6120-6127. |
| 27 | Kazantsev, R. V.; Dannenhoffer, A. J.; Aytun, T.; Harutyunan, B.; Fairfield, D. J.; Bedzyk, M. J.; Stupp, S. I. “Molecular Control of Internal Crystallization and Photocatalytic Function in Supramolecular Nanostructures” Chem 2018, 4, 1-13. |
| 28 | Freeman, R.; Han, M.; Álvarez, Z.; Lewis, J. A.; Wester, J. R.; Stephanopoulos, N.; McClendon, M. T.; Lynsky, C.; Godbe, J. M.; Sangji, H.; Luijten E.; Stupp, S. I. “Reversible Self-Assembly of Superstructured Networks” Science 2018, 362 (6416), 808-813. |
| 2020 | Nanoscience Prize, International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computing, and Engineering |
| 2019 | Listed in Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers, Web of Science Group |
| 2018 | Fellow, National Academy of Inventors |
| 2016 | Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 2016 | Royal Society of Chemistry Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award |
| 2016 | Elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows |
| 2015 | Member, Royal Spanish Academy of Engineering |
| 2014 | Thomson Reuters The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds |
| 2014 | International Award, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan |
| 2014 – | President, International Scientific Committee of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain |
| 2014 – | Distinguished Visiting Professor of Biochemistry, University of Hong Kong |
| 2013 | Honorary Doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 2012 | American Chemical Society Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry |
| 2012 | Member, National Academy of Engineering |
| 2012 | Member, Royal Spanish Academy of Pharmacy |
| 2011 | Honorary Doctorate, National University of Costa Rica |
| 2011 | Thomson Reuters Top 100 Chemists for 2000-2010 |
| 2009 | Fellow, Materials Research Society |
| 2009 | Honorary Doctorate from Eindhoven University of Technology for Revolutionary Research in Complex Molecular Systems, The Netherlands |
| 2005 | American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry |
| 2004 | Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering, World Biomaterials Congress |
| 2004 | The Merck-Karl Pfister Visiting Professorship in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2000 | Materials Research Society Medal Award |
| 1998 | Elected member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 1997 | Humboldt Award for Senior U.S. Scientists |
| 1991 | Department of Energy Prize for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry |
| 1991 | Fellow, American Physical Society |