George M. Whitesides
Harvard University
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Primary Section: 14, Chemistry Membership Type:
Member
(elected 1978)
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Biosketch
George M. Whitesides was born August 3, 1939 in Louisville, KY. He received an A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1960 and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology (with J.D. Roberts) in 1964. He was a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1963 to 1982. He joined the Department of Chemistry of Harvard University in 1982, and was Department Chairman 1986-89, and Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry from 1982-2004. He is now the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor.
Research Interests
Research Interests Chemistry, materials science, biophysics, the role of water in biomolecular recognition, the hydrophobic effect, complexity and emergence, surface science, microfluidics, paper as a material, self-assembly, micro- and nanotechnology, healthcare for developing economies, catalysis, origin of life, dissipatice systems, soft robotics, rational drug design, simplicity, and infochemistry.
