Member
Ray Baughman
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Chemical Sciences; Nanotechnology
  • ray.baughman@utdallas.edu

Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry and Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Dallas; Director of the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas, Dallas; Member of the US National Academy of Engineering; Member of Academia Europaea; Fellow of the Royal Soc. of Chemistry and the Amer. Phys. Society

Information

Membership Number: FCA2508

Membership Type: Full Fellowship

Division: Engineering and Applied Sciences

Corresponding Email: ray.baughman@utdallas.edu

Homepage(s): https://profiles.utdallas.edu/ray.baughman 

 

Present and Previous Positions

Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry and Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Dallas

Director of the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas, Dallas

 

Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests

  • Nanoscale Self-Assembly

  • Nanomaterials Processing

  • Electronics/Optics/Magnetics

  • Nanoscale Devices

  • Photonic Crystals

  • Electrochemical Devices

  • Highly Conducting Organic Polymers

  • Carbon Nanotubes

  • Artificial Muscles

  • Ferroelectrics

  • New Forms of Carbon

  • Auxetic Materials

  • Solid-State Synthesis

  • Nano-Bio Interface

 

Honors, Awards and Other Membership

  • Member of US National Academy of Engineering (Elected 2008)

  • Member of Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (Elected 2008)

  • Member of Academia Europaea (Elected 2017)

  • Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Elected 2017)

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Elected 2019)

  • Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (Elected 2015)

  • Foreign Member of the European Academy of Sciences (Elected 2015)

  • Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Elected 1997)

  • Fellow of the Royal Soc. of Chemistry (2010) and the Amer. Phys. Society (1981)

  • Editorial Boards of Science (2000-), Synthetic Metals (1978-07) and Int. J. of Nanosci. (2002-)

  • Strategic Advisory Board Member, International Center of Future Science, Jilin University (18-23)

  • 2018 Honor for Top 1% Most Highly Cited in Cross-Fields Category

  • Tech Titans Inventors Award, Awarded for the impact of inventions on society (2015)

  • R&D 100 Special Recognition Gold Award for Market Disruptor Product (2015)

  • The SGL Carbon Award of the American Carbon Society (2013)

  • European Network on Artificial Muscles Award for pioneering work on artificial muscles (2012)

  • Tech Titans Award in Education (2011)

  • Time Magazines 50 Best Inventions of the Year (2011)

  • Listed 30th on Top 100 Materials Scientists of the Decade (2000-2010)

  • Honorary Graffin Lectureship of the American Carbon Society (2009-2010)

  • Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award of Carnegie Mellon University (2007)

  • Kapitza Metal of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2007)

  • Nano 50 Awards (06&07), Scientific American 50 List (06), NanoVic Prize (Australia, 06)

  • CSIRO Metal for Technical Achievement (Australia, 06)

  • New Materials Innovation Prize, Avantex Intern. Forum for Innovative Textiles (2005)

  • Chemical Pioneer Award of the American Institute of Chemists (1995)

  • Allied Signal Technical Achievement Awards for Sonar Hydrophones (1996), Polyaniline Compositions and Applications (1994), Time-Temperature Indicators (1988)

  • Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering (PMSE, ACS, 1996)

 

Selected Publications

Ray has 106 issued US patents and 487 refereed publications, with over 81,400 citations and a Web of Science H-index of 126. He was listed 30th in the Top 100 Material Scientists of the Decade (2000-2010) and the Top 1% Most Cited in Cross-Fields in 2018.


https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1fQlsRcAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Other Information

https://www.nae.edu/31022/Dr-Ray-H-Baughman