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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Born (1950-04-08) April 8, 1950 (age 74)
Konstantynów Łódzki, Poland
CitizenshipPoland, United States
Alma materLodz University of Technology
Known forAtom transfer radical polymerization
AwardsGrand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie (2020)
Franklin Institute Award (2017)
Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences (2015)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2011)
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2009)
Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Polymer chemistry
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
Doctoral studentsKathryn Beers

Krzysztof "Kris" Matyjaszewski (Polish: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf matɨjaˈʂɛfskʲi]; born April 8, 1950) is a Polish-American[1] chemist. He is the J.C. Warner Professor of the Natural Sciences at the Carnegie Mellon University[2] Matyjaszewski is best known for the discovery of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), a novel method of polymer synthesis that has revolutionized the way macromolecules are made.[3]

Matyjaszewski was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2019[4] for expanding the capabilities of controlled/living polymerizations and developing ATRP, a robust catalytic process for the radical polymerization of monomers. He received the prestigious Wolf Prize in Chemistry[5] in 2011, the Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences[6] in 2015, and the Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, France in 2020.[7]

Education and career

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Matyjaszewski began studying chemistry at Lodz University of Technology in late 1960s and later graduated from the Petrochemical University in Moscow.[8] He received his doctorate from the Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1976 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Florida in 1977. From 1978 to 1984, he was a research associate of the Polish Academy of Sciences. From 1984 to 1985, Matyjaszewski held appointments at the University of Paris, first as a research associate and then as a visiting professor.[2] In 1985, he joined the chemistry department at Carnegie Mellon University. He founded and currently directs the university's Center for Macromolecular Engineering.[9] This center is funded both by an active consortium and government agencies, including the National Science Foundation. In 1998, Matyjaszewski was appointed the J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences. In 2004 he was named a university professor, the highest distinction faculty can achieve at Carnegie Mellon.[10] Matyjaszewski is also an adjunct professor in Carnegie Mellon's department of materials science and chemical engineering.[11]

From 1994 to 1998, Matyjaszewski served as head of the department of chemistry at Carnegie Mellon and assisted in recruiting additional faculty with strengths in polymer chemistry. At the same time, he formed a research consortium with various industrial corporations to expand the understanding of controlled radical polymerization, including ATRP, and accelerate the transfer of this technology to different commercial applications. A second consortium, the CRP Consortium, formed under his leadership in 2001, continues and expands these efforts, training university and industrial scientists in procedures for responsive polymeric material development [12] and has comprised 60 industrial members.[13] The same year, Matyjaszewski became an adjunct professor at Polish Academy of Sciences and at the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering of the University of Pittsburgh.[2]

Matyjaszewski is a co-inventor on 66 issued U.S. patented technologies and holds over 150 international patents.[10]

One of the leading educators in the field of polymer chemistry, Matyjaszewski has mentored more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students since joining Carnegie Mellon. He has co-authored 25 books, 100 book chapters and more than 1200 peer-reviewed scientific papers. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited in the scientific literature more than 170,000 times, with an h-index of 203,[14] making him one of the most cited chemists in the world.[1][2][15][13]

Matyjaszewski has received numerous awards for his work, including the 2020 Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, France,[7] 2017 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry,[16] 2017 Medema Lecture Award,[17] 2015 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences,[18] 2014 National Institute of Materials Science (Japan) Award,[16] 2012 Dannie Heineman Prize from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, 2011 Wolf Prize in Chemistry and the 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. He has been honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) with the 2002 Polymer Chemistry Award,[19] 2011 Applied Polymer Science Award,[20] 2011 Herman Mark Award,[21] 2015 Charles G. Overberger Prize,[22] 2019 Chemistry of Materials Award,[23] 2020 Paul Flory Polymer Education Award[24] and 2020 Nichols Medal.[25] He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Inventors, as well as a member of the Polish, Australian and European Academies of Sciences.[26] He also is an honorary member of the Israeli and Chinese Chemical Societies.[27][28]

Matyjaszewski's work has been recognized in his native country of Poland. In 2004, he received the annual Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science, the most prestigious scientific award in Poland, referred to as the Polish Nobel Prize.[1] In 2005 he became a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Science. He received honorary degrees from Polish universities Lodz University of Technology in 2007 and Poznań University in 2016.[26] He has also received honorary degrees from the Technion,[29] Israel, the University of Ghent, Belgium, Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Athens, Greece, Polytechnic Institute in Toulouse, France, Pusan National University in South Korea.[citation needed], Universite P. & M. Curie, Sorbonne in Paris,[30] University of Padua, Italy and University of Coimbra, Portugal.[31]

Awards and honors

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Visiting professorships

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski – The laureate of the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards". Polish Academy of Sciences. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Faculty Profile: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, J.C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences". Carnegie Mellon Department of Chemistry. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. ^ Wang, Jin-Shan; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof (May 1995). "Controlled/"living" radical polymerization. Atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of transition-metal complexes". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117 (20): 5614–5615. doi:10.1021/ja00125a035.
  4. ^ "Member Search Results". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  5. ^ a b "The 2011 Wolf Prize in Chemistry". Wolf Fund. Archived from the original on May 17, 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
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  7. ^ a b c "Les anciens lauréats". Actions (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  8. ^ "Krzysztof Matyjaszewski | BioHybrid Solutions". Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  9. ^ "Center for Macromolecular Engineering". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Krzysztof Matyjaszewski". Matyjaszewski Polymer Group. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Department of Materials Science and Engineering". Carnegie Mellon University. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Present Status of the CRP Consortium". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  13. ^ a b University, Carnegie Mellon. "Krzysztof Matyjaszewski – Matyjaszewski Polymer Group – Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  14. ^ Krzysztof Matyjaszewski publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  15. ^ "CMU's Krzysztof Matyjaszewski on Radical Polymerization". Reuters Science Watch. February 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  16. ^ a b c "Krzysztof Matyjaszewski". The Franklin Institute. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  17. ^ "PTN Medema Lecture Award". PTN Dutch National Graduate School of Polymer Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Awarded 2015 Dreyfus Prize". The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Carnegie Mellon News Online Edition: January 7, 2002". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  20. ^ "ACS Award In Applied Polymer Science". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  21. ^ "POLY – Herman Mark Award 2011 – Matyjaszewski". old.polyacs.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  22. ^ a b "Charles G. Overberger International Prize for Excellence in Polymer Research". Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  23. ^ a b "Past Recipients". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  24. ^ a b "Paul J. Flory Award for Polymer Education". Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  25. ^ a b "2020 William H. Nichols Award Symposium". www.newyorkacs.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  26. ^ a b c "Krzysztof Matyjaszewski". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  27. ^ "Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski". Lodz University of Technology. 2021-01-09. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  28. ^ "Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Daniel M. Neumark join the CCS Chemistry Editorial Advisory Board". Chinese Chemical Society. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  29. ^ "Technion Salutes its Honorary Doctors | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology". www.technion.ac.il. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  30. ^ "Krzysztof Matyjaszewski". UPMC. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  31. ^ a b Coimbra, Universidade de. "About Us". About Us. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  32. ^ "Carl S. Marvel Award for Creative Polymer Chemistry Award". 2017-11-28. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  33. ^ "2004 Awardee for the Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering, sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  34. ^ "The Scientific Business of Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates". PR Newswire. 3 October 2008.
  35. ^ "June 22: Carnegie Mellon's Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Receives EPA's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  36. ^ Smaglik, Paul (14 October 2009). "Krzysztof Matyjaszewski". Nature. 461 (1015): 1015. doi:10.1038/nj7266-1015a.
  37. ^ "2011 ACS Applied Polymer Science Award". American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  38. ^ a b c Wang, Linda. "Kris Matyjaszewski Wins Madison Marshall Award". American Chemical Society. p. 31.
  39. ^ "AkzoNobel North America Science Award". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  40. ^ "Current NAI Fellows". National Academy of Inventors. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  41. ^ "NIMS Conference 2014 and Announcement of NIMS Award 2014". National Institute for Materials Science. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  42. ^ "The Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences". Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  43. ^ "Two new Corresponding Members admitted to the Academy". Australian Academy of Science. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  44. ^ "European Academy of Sciences – Krzysztof Matyjaszewski". www.eurasc.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  45. ^ "The CNRS Institute of Chemistry welcomes Krzysztof Matyjaszewski as the Ambassador in Chemical Sciences | INC". www.inc.cnrs.fr (in French). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  46. ^ "Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski doktorem honoris causa UAM" (in Polish). naukawpolsce.pap.pl. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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