Paul Alivisatos(1959)
NanotechnologyArmand Paul Alivisatos is a Greek-American chemist, currently serving as the 14th president of the University of Chicago since September 2021.
United StatesLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Major Awards
724
Publications
150,889
Citations
174
h-index
461
i10-index
208.4
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
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Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
University of Chicago(Bachelor of Arts)
University of California, Berkeley(Doctor of Philosophy)
Doctoral Advisor
Charles B. Harris
Career Timeline
Bell Labs?–present
University of Chicago?–present
University of California, Berkeley?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Top Publications
Essentially Trap-Free CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> Colloidal Nanocrystals by Postsynthetic Thiocyanate Surface Treatment
Journal of the American Chemical Society2017823 citations
Design Principles for Trap-Free CsPbX<sub>3</sub> Nanocrystals: Enumerating and Eliminating Surface Halide Vacancies with Softer Lewis Bases
Journal of the American Chemical Society2018599 citations
Ligand Mediated Transformation of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals to Lead Depleted Cs<sub>4</sub>PbBr<sub>6</sub> Nanocrystals
Journal of the American Chemical Society2017446 citations
The Making and Breaking of Lead-Free Double Perovskite Nanocrystals of Cesium Silver–Bismuth Halide Compositions
Nano Letters2018337 citations
Redefining near-unity luminescence in quantum dots with photothermal threshold quantum yield
Science2019259 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Ahmed H. Zewail
Davy Medal (2011)

Omar Yaghi
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
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Robert Langer
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2024)

Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Priestley Medal (2023)

Louis E. Brus
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023)

Karl Barry Sharpless
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2022)
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Robert S. Langer, Jr.
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2014)

Richard Zare
Welch Award in Chemistry (2010)
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