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C. V. for Professor Christopher B. Murray
Employment/Appointments: |
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2007- |
University of Pennsylvania: Richard Perry University Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering |
2000-2006 |
Manager of the Nanoscale materials and devices department leading development of nanomaterials and exploring self-organizing phenomena for applications in IT. |
1995-2000 |
Member of research staff, IBM Corp., T. J. Watson Research Center. Established a program in the preparation and characterization of nanomaterials and devices |
Education: |
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1990-1995 |
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
1989 |
Rotary International Fellow, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
1985-1988 |
B.Sc. Honors Chemistry, Summa cum Laude, St. Mary's University, Halifax N.S., Canada. |
Awards and Distinctions: |
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2004 |
Debye Chair Professor, University of Utrecht, Utrecht the Netherlands |
2004 |
R.B. Woodward Fellow, Harvard University, March 11&12, 2004 |
2003 |
IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, 2003 |
2002 |
Spring 2002 Distinguished Lecturer in Materials Science, Univ. of Maryland 03/22/ 2002 |
2002 |
Goodyear Lecturer in “The Frontiers of Chemistry” at Case Western Reserve University |
2002 |
Selected as IBM Master Inventor |
2001 |
Top 10% Patent Award for value to IBM Corporation in 2001 |
2001 |
IBM outstanding technical achievement award |
2000 |
IBM Team Award for development of the IBM Materials Research community |
1999 |
TR100: selected as one of Technology Reviews Top 100 young innovators Nov 4, 1999 |
1997 |
ACS Noble Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Research in Chemistry |
1995 |
NSERC Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined) |
1995 |
Elected as a Member of Sigma Xi |
1990-1994 |
NSERC Canada "1967 Centennial Science Scholarship" |
1989 |
Saint Mary's University Gold Medal in Sciences |
1989 |
Rotary International Fellowship, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ |
1985-1988 |
Saint Mary's University Presidential Scholarship |
1986 |
Hinman Memorial Award in Chemistry |
Research Topics: |
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2002-2006 |
Lead studies of multi-component nanoscale assembly and doping nanocrystal solids. I managed IBM’s effort to integrate carbon nanotube electronics and program focused on the use self-assembly for nanofabrication. |
2002-2004 |
Bio-directed assembly of magnetic nanostructures |
2000-2005 |
Synthesis of IR active quantum dots and quantum wires |
2000-2003 |
Granular giant magneto-resistance in nanoparticle arrays |
1995-2002 |
Synthesis of Nanostructured magnetic materials, IBM Corporation, |
1990-1995 |
Physical/Inorganic chemistry of semiconductor nanocrystals, with Professor Moungi Bawendi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1987-1988 |
Development of surfactant based additives for the reduction of hydraulic drag in turbulent flows, with Professor John Young, Saint Mary's University |
1986 (summer) |
Design and construction of salt hydrate units for energy storage in solar thermal applications with Professor John Young, Saint Mary's University |