Mark Reed (physicist)

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Mark Arthur Reed
Born(1955-01-04)January 4, 1955
Suffern, New York
DiedMay 5, 2021(2021-05-05) (aged 66)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSyracuse University
Known forQuantum dots
Scientific career
FieldsNanotechnology
InstitutionsTexas Instruments, Yale University
Doctoral advisorArnold Honig

Mark Arthur Reed (January 4, 1955 – May 5, 2021) was an American physicist and professor at Yale University. He is noted particularly for seminal research on quantum dots.[1][2][3]

Career and education

He coined the term quantum dots,[4] for demonstrating the first zero-dimensional electronic device that had fully quantized energy states. Reed did research in electronic transport in nanoscale and mesoscopic systems, artificially structured materials and devices, molecular electronics, biosensors and bioelectronic systems, and nanofluidics. He was the author of more than 200 publications, had given over 75 plenary and over 400 invited talks, and held 33 U.S. and foreign patents on quantum effect, heterojunction, and molecular devices.  He was the editor in chief of the journal Nanotechnology (2009–2019) and of the journal Nano Futures, and held numerous other editorial and advisory board positions. Reed received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 1983. He worked at Texas Instruments from 1983 to 1990, where he demonstrated the first quantum dot device. He had been at Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science since 1990, where he held the Harold Hodgkinson Chair of Engineering and Applied Science. Notable work there included the first conductance measurement of a single molecule,[5] the first single molecule transistor,[6] and the development of CMOS nanowire biosensors.[7]

Awards and recognition

Reed had been elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and Who's Who in the World.  His awards included; Fortune Magazine “Most Promising Young Scientist” (1990), the Kilby Young Innovator Award (1994), the Fujitsu ISCS Quantum Device Award (2001), the Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science (2002), Fellow of the American Physical Society (2002), the inaugural IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology (2007),[8] Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2009), and a Finalist for the World Technology Award (2010).

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Schaefer on August 24, 1996. He died on May 5, 2021.[9]

Awards

  • Fortune Magazine's "Most Promising Young Scientist" (1990)
  • Kilby Young Innovator Award (1994)
  • DARPA ULTRA Most Significant Achievement Award (1997)
  • Syracuse University Distinguished Alumni award (2000)
  • Fujitsu ISCS Quantum Device Award (2001)
  • American Physical Society Fellowship (2002)[10]
  • Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science (2002)
  • IEEE Fellowship (2009)[11]

References

  1. ^ Calvet, Laurie E.; Chen, Jia; Lee, Takhee; Seabaugh, Alan (March 24, 2022). "Mark A. Reed (1955–2021)" (PDF). Nature. 17 (4): 336. doi:10.1038/s41565-022-01093-5. PMID 35332295. S2CID 247633468.
  2. ^ "Reed Lab @ Yale University: Members". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  3. ^ Lenahan, Brian T.; Hughes-Castleberry, Kenna (2023). "Mark A. Reed: The Quantum Cowboy". On the Shoulders of Giants: 10 Quantum Pioneers of the Past. Aquitaine Innovation Advisors. pp. 164–179. ISBN 978-1-989478-20-2.
  4. ^ Reed, M.; Randall, J.; Aggarwal, R.; Matyi, R.; Moore, T.; Wetsel, A. (February 1988). "Observation of discrete electronic states in a zero-dimensional semiconductor nanostructure". Physical Review Letters. 60 (6): 535–537. Bibcode:1988PhRvL..60..535R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.535. PMID 10038575.
  5. ^ Reed, M. A. (October 10, 1997). "Conductance of a Molecular Junction". Science. 278 (5336): 252–254. doi:10.1126/science.278.5336.252. S2CID 97922206.
  6. ^ Song, Hyunwook; Kim, Youngsang; Jang, Yun Hee; Jeong, Heejun; Reed, Mark A.; Lee, Takhee (December 2009). "Observation of molecular orbital gating". Nature. 462 (7276): 1039–1043. doi:10.1038/nature08639. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 20033044. S2CID 4308859.
  7. ^ Stern, Eric; Klemic, James F.; Routenberg, David A.; Wyrembak, Pauline N.; Turner-Evans, Daniel B.; Hamilton, Andrew D.; LaVan, David A.; Fahmy, Tarek M.; Reed, Mark A. (February 2007). "Label-free immunodetection with CMOS-compatible semiconducting nanowires". Nature. 445 (7127): 519–522. doi:10.1038/nature05498. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 17268465. S2CID 205211233.
  8. ^ "2007 Awardees". IEEE Nanotechnology Council. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  9. ^ Hahamy, Madison. "Mark Reed, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Electrical Engineering, dies at 66". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  10. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2023-09-11. For pioneering contributions to the investigation of electronic transport in quantum confined heterojunction devices, nanostructures and molecular scale systems.
  11. ^ "IEEE Fellows Directory". For contributions to nanoscale and molecular-scale electronic devices

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