2009 Herman F. Mark Award Winner

The Herman F. Mark and Mark Scholars awards recognize outstanding research and leadership in Polymer Science and are sponsored by Elsevier.

 Jean Frechet with POLY chair Dennis Smith

The Herman F. Mark Polymer Chemistry Award winner for 2009 was Jean M. J. Frechet. He is the Henry Rapoport Chair of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley.  From his seminal contributions to photolithography to his pioneering work on dendrimers he has an international reputation for excellence in Polymer Science. During a career beginning as an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa in 1973, he has authored nearly 800 scientific papers and holds over 70 United States Patents. His research areas include organic synthesis and polymer chemistry applied to nanoscience and nanotechnology with emphasis on the design, fundamental understanding, synthesis, and applications of functional macromolecules.

Awardees group