Mark Hersam

Mark Christopher Hersam (born January 31, 1975)

is a professor of Chemistry and Materials Science Mark C. Hersam
Engineering at Northwestern University (2000–
present) who, according to the National Science
Foundation, has made "major breakthrough[s]" [1] in
the field of nanotechnology. He is a 2014 recipient of
the MacArthur "Genius" Award and a 1996 Marshall
Scholar.[2] He is also an Executive Editor of ACS
Nano. As of October 2023, he has been cited over
68,000 times according to Google Scholar.[3]

Mark C. Hersam
Education and early academic Born January 31, 1975

work Downers Grove, Illinois, U.S.

Nationality American
Alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana-
Education Champaign
University of Cambridge
Mark Christopher Hersam[4] attended Downers Grove
South High School in Downers Grove, IL where he Known for Density Gradient
was Valedictorian[5] and an Eagle Scout. He then went Ultracentrifugation (DGU) of
on to receive his B.S. in electrical engineering at the carbon nanotubes
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996.
Upon winning the Marshall Scholarship,[6] Hersam Contributions in the fields of
received a M.Phil. in Microelectronic Engineering and nanotechnology and
Semiconductor Physics from the University of nanochemistry.
Cambridge in 1997. His Ph.D was granted from the Awards Materials Research Society
Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Outstanding Young Investigator
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000.[4] Award (2010)
SES Research Young
Investigator Award,
Early work Electrochemical Society (2010)
While at UIUC, Hersam did research[7] under Peter Mark Memorial Award
Professor David Ruzic[8] in the Nuclear Engineering (2006)
Department and Professor Joseph Lyding[9] in the TMS Robert Lansing Hardy
Electrical Engineering Department. Award (2006)
Presidential Early Career Award
After graduating from UIUC, Hersam was an intern at for Scientists and Engineers
the Argonne National Laboratory where he did (2005)
research in the Energy Technology Division studying Scientific career
the energy-related applications of surface acoustic-
wave-based sensing.
While at Cambridge University, Hersam was advised Fields Chemistry, Materials Science and
by Mark Welland and the two co-authored the paper Engineering
"Potentiometry and repair of electrically stressed Institutions Northwestern University
nanowires using atomic force microscopy"[10] in the
Thesis Silicon-based molecular
journal of Applied Physics Letters.
nanotechnology: Fabrication and

As a doctoral candidate, Hersam again worked with characterization with the

Professor Joseph Lyding at the Beckman Institute scanning tunneling microscope
(https://www.proquest.com/openv
where they studied "atomic level manipulation and
iew/74ef68071107c606ea2b1035
silicon-based molecular nanotechnology."[11]
e3df2a55/1) (2000)
Doctoral Joseph W. Lyding
Research advisor
Doctoral Nathan Guisinger
As head of the Hersam Group at Northwestern students
University,[12] Hersam has authored more than 600
peer-reviewed publications[13] studying hybrid hard and soft nanoscale materials[14] for applications in
information technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and alternative energy.

Corporate connections and applications

Co-Founder of NanoIntegris[15]
Intern at IBM Nanoscience [16]

Honors and achievements

Honors
Teacher of the Year[17] in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Northwestern University 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010
Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award,[18] 2010
SES Research Young Investigator Award, Electrochemical Society,[19] 2010
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009
Young Alumni Achievement Award, ECE Department, UIUC,[20] 2007
AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award,[21] 2006
TMS Robert Lansing Hardy Award,[22] 2006
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers,[23] 2005
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2005
Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, 2005
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship,[24] 2005
Northwestern University Associated Student Government Faculty Honor Roll,[25] 2004
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002[24]
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, Beckman Young Investigators Award, 2001[26]
 Gregory Stillman Semiconductor Research Award, 2000[27]
American Vacuum Society Graduate Research Award, 1999[28]

Scholarships[29]
Searle Center for Teaching Excellence Junior Fellow, 2001
IBM Distinguished Fellowship, 1999
Koehler Graduate Fellowship, 1998
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1997
British Marshall Scholarship, 1996

Professional organizations and societies

Co-Chair of the NSF International Study of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, 2009-
AVS Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Division Executive Board Member, 2003-
2005, 2007-2009[30]
Review of Scientific Instruments Editorial Board Member, 2001-2003[31]
Nanopatterning Synergistic Research Group Leader, Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Center, 2001-[32]
Director of the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center Research Experience for
Undergraduates, 2001-[33]
National Science Foundation SBIR, IMR/MRI, MRSEC and NUE Panelist
Member of IEEE, MRS, AVS, AIP, APS, ACS, TMS, ASEE, AAAS
In 2016, he was selected as a U.S. Science Envoy by the United States State Department.[34]

Selected works
2006 -Sorting carbon nanotubes by electronic structure using density differentiation, MS
Arnold, AA Green, JF Hulvat, SI Stupp, MC Hersam, Nature nanotechnology 1 (1), 60-65[35]
2014 - Emerging device applications for semiconducting two-dimensional transition metal
dichalcogenides, D Jariwala, VK Sangwan, LJ Lauhon, TJ Marks, MC Hersam, ACS nano 8
(2), 1102-1120[36]
2015 - Synthesis of borophenes: Anisotropic, two-dimensional boron polymorphs, AJ
Mannix, XF Zhou, B Kiraly, JD Wood, D Alducin, BD Myers, X Liu, Science 350 (6267),
1513-1516[37]

Personal life
Hersam hosts Undergraduate Research Experience opportunity[33] for students each summer.

See also
Notable Carbon Nanotube Scientists:
 Richard Smalley
Sumio Iijima
Phaedon Avouris
Notable Northwestern University Professors:

Chad Mirkin
Tobin J. Marks

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