Moungi Bawendi
American chemist of French and Tunisian descent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moungi Gabriel Bawendi (Arabic: منجي الباوندي; born 15 March 1961)[1][2] is an American-Tunisian-French chemist.[3][4] He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5][6] Bawendi is known for his works in the chemical production of high-quality quantum dots.[7] In 2023, he was honored with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Moungi Bawendi | |
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منجي الباوندي | |
| Born | 15 March 1961 |
| Education | Harvard University (AB,AM) University of Chicago (PhD) |
| Known for | hot-injection synthesis of quantum dots |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry Quantum chemistry |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | From the Biggest to the Smallest Polyatomic Molecules: Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics in Action (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl Freed Takeshi Oka |
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