Professor Krzysztof MATYJASZEWSKI

Kris Matyjaszewski is J.C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of a Center for Macromolecular Engineering. He discovered Cu-mediated atom transfer radical polymerization, commercialized in 2004 in US, Japan and Europe. He has co-authored >1000 publications (cited >1,000 times, h-index 148) and holds 56 US patents. Matyjaszewski received 2017 Franklin Medal in Chemistry, 2015 Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sciences, 2014 National Institute of Materials Science (Japan) Award, 2011 Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, and from the ACS: 2015 Overberger Prize, 2013 AkzoNobel North America Science Award, 2011 Hermann Mark Award, 2011 Award in Applied Polymer Science, 2002 Polymer Chemistry Award, 1995 Creative Polymer Chemistry Award. He received 10 honorary degrees and is a member of National Academy of Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Inventors.