Moungi Bawendi

Moungi Bawendi
منجي الباوندي
Bawendi in 2023
Born (1961-03-15) 15 March 1961 (age 63)
EducationHarvard University (BA, MA)
University of Chicago (PhD)
Known forhot-injection synthesis of quantum dots
RelativesM. Salah Baouendi (father)
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Quantum chemistry
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisFrom the Biggest to the Smallest Polyatomic Molecules: Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics in Action (1988)
Doctoral advisorKarl Freed
Takeshi Oka
Doctoral studentsChristopher B. Murray
Cherie Kagan[1]

Moungi Bawendi (Arabic: منجي الباوندي; born 15 March 1961)[2][3] is an American–Tunisian–French chemist.[4][5] He is currently the Lester Wolfe Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[6][7] Bawendi is known for his advances in the chemical production of high-quality quantum dots.[8] In 2023 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

  1. ^ Kagan, Cherie R (1969). The electronic and optical properties of close packed cadmium selenide quantum dot solids (PhD Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/10603.
  2. ^ Tiss, Mohsen (October 4, 2023). "Le Tunisien Moungi G. Bawendi parmi les lauréats du prix Nobel de chimie". Tunisie.
  3. ^ "Le Tunisien Moungi Bawendi parmi le trois Prix Nobel de chimie 2023". October 4, 2023.
  4. ^ Devlin, Hannah; correspondent, Hannah Devlin Science (2023-10-04). "Scientists share Nobel prize in chemistry for quantum dots discovery". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  5. ^ "An overview of the main Tunisian scientists in Chemistry and Materials Science" (PDF). Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Moungi Bawendi". mit.edu. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  7. ^ "Moungi Bawendi". mit.edu. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  8. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2023-10-04.

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