Mohammadreza Ghadiri

M. Reza Ghadiri is an Iranian-American chemist who studies nanoscale science and technology.

Ghadiri holds a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (1987) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is currently a Professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute.

The 1998 Feynman Prize was awarded to Ghadiri for work in constructing molecular structures through the use of self-organization. His lab also pioneered the development of peptide self-replication.

Awards

 * Searle Scholars Award 1991-1994;
 * Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation, Beckman Young Investigators Award, 1991-1993;
 * Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow 1993-1995;
 * Eli Lilly Grantee 1994-1995;
 * ACS Award in Pure Chemistry 1995;
 * Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society 1999;
 * Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology 1998;
 * Merck-Frosst Lecturer, University of Victoria, British Columbia 2001;
 * Belleau Lecturer, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec 2001.