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SAMUEL I. STUPP
Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science & Engineering,
Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology
Northwestern University
Telephone: (847) 491-3002Email: acsimile: (847) 491-3010
VITARESIDENCE
Born in Costa Rica January 9, 195157 E. Delaware Place, Chicago, Illinois 60611 Citizen of the United States USA
and Costa Rica Tel. (312) 643-1820
Married to Dévora Grynspan
EDUCATION
1977Northwestern University, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
1972University of California at Los Angeles, B.S., Chemistry
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2014-Director, Center for Bio-inspired Energy Science
2014-Director, Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University
2012-Director, Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine
2000-2014Director, Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University
1999-Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Medicine, Northwestern University
1992-1999Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1989-1999Professor of Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1989-1999Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1996-1998Swanlund Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1997CNRS Visiting Professor, Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France
1991-1994Chairman of Polymer Division, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1985-1989Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1980-1985Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1977-1980Assistant Professor,Department of Biological Materials, Northwestern University
AWARDS – HONORS – PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
2014Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry, Thomson Reuters Corporation
2014International Award, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
2014-President, International Scientific Committee of the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain
2014-Distinguished Visiting Scientist to the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
2014-Distinguished Visiting Professor of Biochemistry, University of Hong Kong
2013Creation of the Samuel I. Stupp Prize in Nanotechnology by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Costa Rica
2013Honorary Doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2013Australian Centre for Nanomedicine Annual Visiting Professorship
2012American Chemical Society Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry
2012Member, National Academy of Engineering
2012Foreign Member, Royal Spanish Academy
2011Honorary Doctorate, National University of Costa Rica
2011 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Chemists for2000-2010
2010Michelin Chair, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie, Paris
2010The 100 Top Most Creative People in Business 2010, Fast Company
2009Fellow, Materials Research Society
2009 Honorary membership in Israel Chemical Society
2009Israel Pollack Distinguished Lecture Series Award from the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
2009Distinguished Professorship, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
2009Honorary Doctorate from Eindhoven University of Technology for Revolutionary Research in Complex Molecular Systems, The Netherlands
2008-2013 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, DSM Biomedical
2006 Member, International Scientific Committee, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris
2006Member, Scientific Committee, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain
2006-2010Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Vienna
2005Scientific American 50, Top 50 List of Leaders Shaping the Future of Technology
2005American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry
2005Sir Edward Youde Professorship Award, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2004InstitutdeScienceetd'IngénierieSupramoléculaires, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, Visiting Professor, hosted by Professor Jean-Marie Lehn
2004Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering, World Biomaterials Congress
2004The Merck-Karl Pfister Visiting Professorship in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2003Fellow, World Technology Network
2003U.S. Senate Roundtable Discussion on Nanotechnology & Medicine, Senate Committee on Heath, Education, Labor and Pensions (September 23, 2003)
2003Discussion on Nanotechnology with the British Minister of Science, The Royal Society, London (November 18, 2003)
2003Briefing on the Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) (June 10, 2003)
2003Briefing on Bionanotechnology to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) (March 3, 2003)
2002Chair Paris-Sciences, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles
2002Senate Testimony on Nanotechnology for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (September 2002)
2001Visiting Professorship, Institut des Haute Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-Sur-Yvette, France
2000Materials Research Society Medal Award
2000-2001Chair, Review of National Nanotechnology Initiative at the Request of the White House Economic Council, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council
1999Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1998Elected member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1997Humboldt Award for Senior U.S. Scientists
1997Joliot Curie Professorship, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris
1991Department of Energy Prize for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry
1991Fellow, American Physical Society
1987Alcoa Foundation Gift to University Faculty
1985Xerox Faculty Award for Excellence in Engineering Research
1983International Association of Dental Research Lecture Award, Australia
19813M Young Faculty Award
1980International Association of Dental Research Lecture Awards, Japan
1975Motorola Company Fellowship
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2014Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Central Science
2014Member, Editorial Board, Regenerative Therapy
2013Organizer and Co-chair of the Inter-Agency Materials Genome Initiative Soft Matter Summit, Washington DC
2013 Member, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Advisory Council, Japan
2013-Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Xeltis Corporation, Zurich, Switzerland
2013Co-chair, Gordon Research Conference on Self-Assembly & Supramolecular Chemistry in Les Diablerets, Switzerland
2012-Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Biomaterials Science
2012International Scientific Advisory Board, Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials-CIC biomaGUNE, Spain
2011Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Acta Biomaterialia
2010Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Nano Letters
2010Member, International Advisory Board, Israel Journal of Chemistry
2009Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Polymer Journal
2008International Advisory Group, Swedish Government Program on Biomaterials, Gothenburg University, Sweden
2008-2009Member, Editorial Board, Nanotechnology
2008- Member, World Premier International Program Advisory Committee to Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
2006-Associate Editor, Editorial Board, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (Wiley)
2006-2008Member, Chemistry and Materials Science (CMS) Directorate Review Committee (DRC), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
2006-Member, External Advisory Board, Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences (M-NIMBS)
2005-2009Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Nanomedicine
2004-2007Member, Editorial Board, Soft Matter
2004Invited Discussant to NIH-NSF “Interagency Conference on Research at the Interface of the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences: Bridging the Sciences”, November 2004
2004-Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Small (VCH-Wiley)
2003-2004Member, Committee of Institut Universitaire de France
2003-Founding Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory
2003Member, Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
2003-Member, Scientific Advisory Board, National University of Singapore Graduate School for Integrative Sciences & Engineering
2003Participant, Joined NSF/NIH (NNI) Workshop on Nanobiotechnology, Washington, DC (November 9-10, 2003)
2002-Member, External Advisory Board, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2002Briefing to Senate and House to present the results of the Review of National Nanotechnology Initiative (June 2002)
2002Co-Chair, Department of Energy workshop: “Biomolecular Materials”, LaJolla, CA
2001Reviewer, Department of Energy, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering’s Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry Program, Berkeley, CA
2001-2007Member, Baxter Scientific Advisory Board
2001-2004Member, Solid State Sciences Committee, National Academy of Sciences
2000-2003Member, Advisory Board, Nano Letters, American Chemical Society
2000Chair, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review, Musculoskeletal and Dental Sciences, Special Emphasis Panel
2000Co-Chair, Materials Research Society Symposium, Joint Session: “Mechanical Aspects of Soft Biomaterial Interfaces and Interfaces Adhesion” and “Processing in Polymer Systems” San Francisco, CA
1999-2005Member, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Department of Energy
1999Participant and Speaker, “Vision for Nanotechnology: R&D in the Next Decade” Workshop, National Science Foundation and White House Office of Science and Technology
1999Member, International Editorial Board, Acta Polymerica
1999Member, National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Consortium Planning Committee for Nanotechnology
1998Participant, US-Pacific Workshop on Materials Research and Education, National Science Foundation, Honolulu, HI
1998Member, Editorial Board, Chemistry of Materials
1997-2004Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Polymer Science
1997Member, Advisory Board, Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies, Stanford University
1997Co-Organizer, National Science Foundation Workshop on Self-Assembling Nanostructures
1997Co-Organizer, National Science Foundation Workshop on Self-Assembly, Washington, DC
1997Member, Steering Committee for Bionics for Space Exploration Workshop, Space Studies Board, National Research Council
1997Chair, Interdisciplinary Macromolecular Science & Engineering Workshop, co-sponsored by National Science Foundation and Department of Energy
1997Participant, Department of Energy Chemical Division Workshop on “Molecules to Materials”
1996Program Chairman, Macromolecular Secretariat, American Chemical Society, Theme: Self-Organization in Polymers
1996Member, Organizing Committee for National Science Foundation Workshop on Solid State Chemistry
1995-1996Member, Materials Panel, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
1994-1996Member, Editorial Board, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
1995Member, Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest Regional Laboratory Review Panel
1995Member, Review Panel, Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, Department of Energy
1994Member, National Institutes of Health Study Section for Materials Science Centers
1994Member, Polymer Physics Division Fellowship Committee, American Physical Society
1994Member, Program Committee, IUPAC Macromolecules
1994Member, Program Committee, Society for Biomaterials
1993Member, Review Committee for Interagency Agreement, National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Standards and Technology
1993Member, Materials Science Division Review Committee, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
1992Co-Organizer, American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry-American Physical Society High Polymer Physics Division Joint Symposium on Electro-Active Polymers
1990Organizer, Division of Polymer Chemistry Symposium on Interactions of Polymers with Magnetic and Electric Fields, American Chemical Society meeting, Boston, MA
1990Visiting Lecturer, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Science, Mainz
1989-Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Polymer Science-Polymer Chemistry Edition
1989Chairman, Polymer Physics Division Short Course on Liquid Crystal Polymers, American Physical Society
1988Chairman, Materials Research Society Symposium on Liquid Crystal Polymers, Boston, MA
1988U.S.-French Embassy Lecture Tour in Materials Science
1987-1995Exclusive consultant to 3M Company
1987Chair, U.S.-West Germany Polymer Symposium, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft
1986Research Programs Consultant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
SPECIAL LECTURES
2013-2014 J.W.T. Spinks Lecture Series, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, “Managing Cells Biomimetic Nanostructures,” May 13, 2014
2013-2014 J.W.T. Spinks Lecture Series, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, “Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Materials,” May 12, 2014
H.C. Brown Lecture Symposium, Purdue University, IN, “Programming of Organic Molecules for Supramolecular Structures,” April 19, 2014
Plenary Lecture, 2014 National Institute for Materials Science Conference, Tsukuba, Japan “Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Materials,” July 1, 2014
Keynote Lecture, European Cells & Materials Conference 2014: Cartilage & Disc: Repair and Regeneration, Davos, Switzerland, “Biomimetic and Bioactive Scaffolds for Regeneration,” June 17, 2014
Keynote Lecture, 2014 3rd World Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, San Francisco, CA “Nanostructured Supramolecular Materials for Regenerative Medicine,” February 3, 2014
Plenary Lecture, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) Shanghai, China, “Supramolecular Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine," October 23, 2013
Introductory Lecture, Faraday Discussion on Self-Assembly of Biopolymers, Royal Society of Chemistry, September 16, 2013
Plenary Lecture, European Society forBiomaterials(ESB2013), Madrid, Spain, “Nanostrutures and Hierarchical Systems as Biomaterials,” September 9, 2013
Speaker, 100th Anniversary Celebration of the University of New South Wales Chemical Society, Australia, “Supramolecular Self-Assembly Strategies on Materials Chemistry,” August 2, 2013
Plenary Lecture, 11thInternational Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC11), Royal Society of Chemistry, Warwick, UK, “Supramolecular Chemistry and Self-Assembly in Materials Design” July 9, 2013
Charles Schachtele Memorial Symposium in Oral Biology, University of Minnesota, “Bioactive Nanostructures for Regenerative Medicine,” May 20, 2013
Plenary Lecture, 243rd ACS National Meeting, Chemistry of Life, San Diego, CA “Chemistry for Regenerative Medicine,” March 25, 2012
Keynote Lecture, Stem Cell Society Singapore Symposium 2011-Stem Cell Engineering, Singapore, “Artificial Bioactive Matrices for Cell Signaling,” November 17, 2011
2011 Frank C. Mathers Lecture, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, “Self-assembly in Materials Chemistry,” November 2, 2011
Plenary Lecture, 6th International Symposium on Advancing the Chemical Sciences, Beijing, China, “Self Assembly of Supramolecular Materials for Energy and Medicine," September 3, 2011
Plenary Lecture, European Polymer Congress (EPF) 2011, Granada, Spain "Ordered Supramolecular Polymers and their Hybrids with Covalent Chains," June 28, 2011
Plenary Lecture, 2nd International Symposium Frontiers in Polymer Science, Lyon, France, “Hierarchical Self Assembly of Supramolecular and Covalent Polymers,” May 29, 2011
Plenary Lecture, Swiss Nanoconvention, Baden, Switzerland, “Nanostructures and Microstructures for Regenerative Medicine,” May 18, 2011
Honorary Doctorate Recipient, National University of Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica, “Nanotecnología para la Gente y el Planeta,” March 14, 2011
Plenary Lecture, 2nd International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, Strasbourg, France, "Extracellular Materials," March 7, 2011
Visiting Professor Lecture, Organic Chemistry Conference at the Institut de Science et
d'IngénierieSupramoléculaires (ISIS), University of Strasbourg, France, "Supramolecular Codes for Self-Assembly of Materials,” March 4, 2011
Visiting Professor Lecture, Conference Le Bel, Organic Chemistry at the Institut de Science et d'IngénierieSupramoléculaires (ISIS), University of Strasbourg, France, "Biological Signaling with Supramolecular Systems,” February 28, 2011
Plenary Lecture, International Conference on “Big Ideas In Molecular Materials,” Singapore, "Biological Signaling with Supramolecular Systems," January 10, 2011
Keynote Lecture, University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine's Annual Research Symposium, Frontiers in Biomedical Research (HKU 2010), Hong Kong, China, "Bioactive Nanostructures for Regenerative Medicine,” December 3, 2010
Keynote Lecture, Molecular Nanotechnology International Symposium, Japan Society of the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Nara, Japan, "Bioactive and Electronically Conductive Nanofibers,” December 1, 2010
Keynote Lecture, 2nd International Nanotechnology Conference and Exhibition (NanoIsrael 2010), Tel Aviv, Israel, "Bioactive Nanostructures and their Hierarchical Systems," November 8, 2010
Joliot CurieProfessorship Lecture,Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI) ParisTech, Paris, "Biological Signaling with Supramolecular Systems,” November 4, 2010
Michelin Technology Center Ladoux, Clermont-Ferrand, France, "Self Assembly in Supramolecular Soft Matter,” November 2, 2010
Joliot CurieProfessorship Lecture,Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI) ParisTech, Paris "Hierarchical Self-Assembly in Soft and Hybrid Matter,” October 14, 2010
Keynote Speaker, 7th SICOT/SIROT Orthopaedic Conference: Novel Strategies in Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Gothenburg, Sweden, “Bioactive Nanostructures for Regeneration,” September 1, 2010
Plenary Lecture, International NanoBio Conference 2010, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, "Cell Signaling with Nanostructures for Regeneration,” August 24, 2010
Keynote Speaker, XII Latin American Symposium on Polymers, San Jose, Costa Rica, "Self Assembly and Functions of Supramolecular Polymers,” July 15, 2010
Plenary Lecture, International Nanomedicine Conference, Sydney, Australia, "Medicine with Bioactive Nanostructures,” June 30, 2010
Keynote Lecture, 3rd Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC) Symposium on Bioengineering and Nanomedicine, Barcelona, Spain, “Supramolecular Engineering of Bioactive Nanostructures and their Hierarchical Systems,” June 2, 2010
Keynote Lecture, 25th DSM Science & Technology Awards Ceremony, Vaals, the Netherlands, “Self Assembly in Biomedical Technologies," June 1, 2010
Kilpatrick Lecture Series, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, “Bioactive One-Dimensional Supramolecular Polymers,” February 19, 2010
Plenary Lecture, 44th Meeting of the German Colloid Society, University of Hamburg, Germany, "Bioactive One-Dimensional Nanostructures," September 28, 2009
Andrews Lectures Series, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, "Supramolecular Structures for Regenerative Medicine,” August 27, 2009
Andrews Lectures Series, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, "Hierarchical Self Assembly of Soft and Hybrid Materials,” August 26, 2009
Andrews Lectures Series, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, "Crafting Organic Molecules for Self Assembly,” August 25, 2009
Plenary Lecture, 2nd International Conference on Self-Healing Materials hosted by the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Chicago, IL, “Self-Assembling Materials: Hierarchical Structures and Repair Strategies," July 1, 2009
Keynote Speaker, The All Residential College Dinner Program, Northwestern University, “Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine,” June 4, 2009
Honorary Doctorate Recipient, Dies Natalis 2009 Polymers, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, “Materials with Supramolecular Complexity: Potential Impact on Humans,” April 24, 2009
Pollak Distinguished Lectureship, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, “Hierarchical Self Assembly of Bioactive and Electronic Materials,” February 5, 2009
Plenary Lecture, Fourth Annual Symposium of the American Academy of Nanomedicine, Potomac, Maryland, Opening Speech on Nanomedicine, September 4, 2008
Plenary Lecture, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) 2008 Meeting, Porto, Portugal, “Bioactive Nanostructures for Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Therapies,” June 24, 2008
Plenary Lecture, 8th World Biomaterials Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, "Self-Assembling Bioactive Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine,” June 1, 2008
Plenary Lecture, 7th International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics: From Laboratory to Clinical Practice, Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe, Valencia, Spain, "Self-Assembling Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine,” May 26, 2008
Melville Lecture, University of Cambridge, England, "Dynamic Self-Assembly of Macromolecules and Small Molecules",” May 16, 2008
Plenary Lecture, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Melbourne, Australia, “Bioactive Nanostructures for Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Therapies,” February 29, 2008
Hogeschool Zuyd Lecture, Herleen, The Netherlands, “Nanotechnology for the Repair of Humans,” May 10, 2007
Brinks Hofer, Gilson & Lione Lunch Seminar Series, Chicago, IL, “Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine,” August 11, 2006
Plenary Lecture, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) MACRO 2006, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, “Self-Assembly Codes and Functions for Supramolecular Polymers,” July 21, 2006
Speaker, 20th Anniversary Celebration of IBM’s Almaden Research Center, San Jose,
CA, “Innovations in Self-Assembly for Humans,” May 31, 2006
Pfizer Distinguished Lectures, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, “Chemistry in Advanced Medicine,” March 22, 2006
“Form and Function Design in Materials Chemistry,” March 22, 2006
“Supramolecular Codes for Self-Assembly,” March 21, 2006
Jean Perrin Lecture, Paris, France, “Self-Assembly Codes for Electronic and Bioactive
Nanostructures,” October 18, 2005
Speaker at Kekule-Cyclus Meeting, Antwerp, Belgium, “The Nanoscience Revolution and its Human Dimensions,” October 11, 2005
Speaker at 40th Anniversary of Jean-Marie Lehn’s Laboratory, InstitutdeScienceetd'IngénierieSupramoléculaires (I.S.I.S.), Strasbourg, France, “Supramolecular Science in Biomimetic Self-Assembly,” July 27-30, 2005
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Visiting Professorship, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, “Biomolecular Nanostructures” and “Nanotechnology for Regenerative Medicine,” May 20-June 1, 2005
NSF Distinguished Lecturer in Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Washington, D.C., “Biomaterials for Human Repair,” April 18, 2005
Stein-Bayer Seminar Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, “Crafting Supramolecular Polymers for Bioactivity,” November 17, 2004
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Designing Nanostructures Pre-Conference, Irvine, California, “Future of Tissue Engineering,” September 19, 2004