Mark Ratner

Mark Ratner
Mark A. Ratner

Mark A. Ratner in 2009.
Born December 8, 1942 (1942-12-08) (age 68)
Residence U.S.
Nationality American
Fields molecular electronics
Institutions Northwestern University
Doctoral advisor G. Ludwig Hofacker, Jan Linderberg
Known for unimolecular rectifier

Mark A. Ratner (b. 1942, Cleveland) is Morrison Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. He describes himself as a theoretical materials chemist and focuses on the theory of fundamental chemical processes related to nanoscale applications.

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Education

Ratner graduated from Harvard University in 1964 with an undergraduate degree in chemistry. He obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry from Northwestern University working with G. Ludwig Hofacker, did postdoctoral work in Aarhus and Munich with Jan Linderberg.

Chemistry academic career

Ratner taught chemistry at New York University from 1970 until 1974. In 1974, he and Arieh Aviram proposed the first unimolecular rectifier, thus becoming a pioneer in molecular electronics.[1] He later served as a visiting professor with the National Sciences Research Council at Odense University. He served as department chair at Northwestern University from 1988 until 1991 and as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1980 until 1984.

Ratner's more current areas of research include electron transfer, self-assembly, nonlinear optical response in molecules, and theories of quantum dynamics.

Ratner is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. He was nominated to the National Academy of Sciences in 2002.[2] In 2004 he was awarded the Irving Langmuir Award.

In May 2009, Ratner delivered the 14th Annual John Stauffer Lectures at Stanford. The lecture subjects were "Transport in Molecular Junctions" and "Nano and Energy" (energy generation storage in high-tech solar cells and high-tech batteries).[3]

Personal life

Ratner enjoys trout fishing.

Selected works

  • Molecular Electronics II (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) (1998-07) ISBN 1573311561
  • Same (ed. with Ari Aviram, Vladimiro Mujica) (2002-05) ISBN 1573314102
  • Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry (with George C. Schatz) (2002-01-28) ISBN 0486420035
  • Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea (with Daniel Ratner) (2002-11-18) ISBN 0131014005
  • Nanotechnology and Homeland Security: New Weapons for New Wars (with Daniel Ratner) (2003-10-24) ISBN 0131453076
  • Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry (with George C. Schatz) (2000-05-18) ISBN 0138954917

References

  1. ^ Aviram, A and Ratner, M.A.; “Molecular Rectifier” Chemical Physics Letters 29: 277 (1974))
  2. ^ Biography of Mark A. Ratner by Emma Hitt, National Academy of Sciences, May 5, 2004
  3. ^ John Stauffer Lectures May 2009

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