Samuel I. Stupp
Board of Trustees Professor
Samuel Stupp is Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He also directs Northwestern’s Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine.
Stupp’s interdisciplinary research is focused on developing self-assembling supramolecular nanostructures and materials for functions relevant to renewable energy, regenerative medicine, and robotic soft matter. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Spanish Academy, the National Academy of Sciences of Latin America, the National Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica, and the U.S. National Academy of Inventors.
Stupp has won numerous awards over the course of his career, including three American Chemical Society national awards: the Award in Polymer Chemistry, the Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry, and the Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry. He recently received the 2022 Materials Research Society Von Hippel Award, the highest honor awarded by this society. Other awards include the Department of Energy Prize for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry, the Materials Research Society Medal Award, the Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry, and the Nanoscience Prize from the International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation, and Engineering, which recognizes lifelong achievement in the field.
| 1977 | Northwestern University, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering |
| 1972 | University of California at Los Angeles, B.S., Chemistry |
Academic Appointments
| Materials Science and Engineering |
| Chemistry |
| Medicine |
| Biomedical Engineering |
Professional Appointments
| 2021-present | Severo Ochoa Distinguished Professor, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain |
| 2020-present | Visiting Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 2015-2020 | Visiting Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 2014-present | Director, Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science, Northwestern University |
| 2014-2024 | Director, Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University |
| 2013-present | Board of Trustees Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University |
| 2012-present | Director, Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine, Northwestern University |
| 2000-2014 | Director, Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University |
| 1999-present | Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Medicine, Northwestern University |
| 1992-1999 | Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1989-1999 | Professor of Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1989-1999 | Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1996-1998 | Swanlund Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1997 | CNRS Visiting Professor, Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France |
| 1991-1994 | Chairman of Polymer Division, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1985-1989 | Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1980-1985 | Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1977-1980 | Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Materials, Northwestern University |
| 2023 | Bauerman Medal, Materials Department at Imperial College London |
| 2022 | Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society |
| 2022 | Member, Academy of Sciences of Latin America |
| 2022 | Member, National Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica |
| 2022 | American Chemical Society Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry |
| 2021 | Member, Royal Spanish Academy of Engineering |
| 2020 | Member, National Academy of Sciences |
| 2020 | Nanoscience Prize, International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation, and Engineering |
| 2019 | Listed in Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers, Web of Science Group |
| 2018 | Fellow, National Academy of Inventors |
| 2016 | Most Cited Researchers in Materials Science & Engineering, Elsevier Scopus Data |
| 2016 | Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 2016 | Royal Society of Chemistry Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award |
| 2016 | Elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows |
| 2015 | Member, Royal Spanish Academy of Engineering |
| 2014 | Thomson Reuters The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds |
| 2014 | International Award, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan |
| 2014 | President, International Scientific Committee for the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain |
| 2014 | Distinguished Visiting Scientist of the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore |
| 2014 | Distinguished Visiting Professor of Biochemistry, University of Hong Kong |
| 2013 | Creation of the Samuel I. Stupp Prize in Nanotechnology by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Costa Rica |
| 2013 | Honorary Doctorate from University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 2013 | Australian Centre for Nanomedicine Annual Visiting Professorship for Eminent Scientists |
| 2012 | American Chemical Society Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry |
| 2012 | Member, National Academy of Engineering |
| 2012 | Member, Royal Spanish Academy of Pharmacy |
| 2011 | Honorary Doctorate, University of Costa Rica |
| 2011 | Thomson Reuters Top 100 Chemists for 2000-2010 |
| 2010 | Michelin Chair, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie, Paris |
| 2010 | The 100 Top Most Creative People in Business 2010, Fast Company |
| 2009 | Fellow, Materials Research Society |
| 2009 | Honorary Membership in Israel Chemical Society |
| 2009 | Israel Pollak Distingushed Lecture Series Award from the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology |
| 2009 | Distinguished Professorship, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands |
| 2009 | Honorary Doctorate from Eindhoven University of Technology for Revolutionary Research in Complex Molecular Systems, The Netherlands |
| 2008 | Member, Scientific Advisory Board, DSM Biomedical |
| 2006 | Member, International Scientific Committee, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris |
| 2006 | Member, Scientific Committee, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain |
| 2006 | Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Vienna |
| 2005 | The Scientific American 50 for 2005, Leaders Shaping the Future of Technology, Scientific American |
| 2005 | Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Visiting Professorship, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong |
| 2005 | American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry |
| 2004 | Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, Visiting Professor, hosted by Professor Jean-Marie Lehn |
| 2004 | Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering, World Biomaterials Congress |
| 2004 | The Merck-Karl Pfister Visiting Professorship in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2003 | Fellow, World Technology Network |
| 2002 | Chair Paris-Sciences, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles |
| 2001 | Visiting Professorship, Institut des Haute Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-Sur-Yvette, France |
| 2000 | Materials Research Society Medal Award |
| 1999 | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1998 | Elected member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 1997 | Humboldt Award for Senior U.S. Scientists |
| 1997 | Joliot Curie Professorship, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, Paris |
| 1991 | Department of Energy Prize for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry |
| 1991 | Fellow, American Physical Society |
| 1987 | Alcoa Foundation Gift to University Faculty |
| 1985 | Xerox Faculty Award for Excellence in Engineering Research |
| 1983 | International Association of Dental Research Lecture Award, Australia |
| 1981 | 3M Young Faculty Award |
| 1980 | International Association of Dental Research Lecture Awards, Japan |
| 1975 | Motorola Company Fellowship |
| 2023 | Member, Advisory Board, Chemical Society Reviews |
| 2020 | Member, Executive Advisory Board, Giant |
| 2017 | Member, Advisory Board, Indian Association of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IANN), India |
| 2016 | Member, External Executive Committee (EEC) of CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) Nanoscience Initiative, New York, NY |
| 2015 | Member, Editorial Advisory Board, npj Regenerative Medicine |
| 2015 | Member, Editorial Board, Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine |
| 2014 | Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Central Science |
| 2014 | Member, Editorial Board, Regenerative Therapy |
| 2013 | Organizer and Co-Chair of the Inter-Agency Materials Genome Initiative Soft Matter Summit, Washington DC |
| 2013 | Member, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Advisory Council, Japan |
| 2013 | Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Xeltis Corporation, Switzerland |
| 2013 | Co-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Self-Assembly & Supramolecular Chemistry in Les Diablerets, Switzerland |
| 2012- | Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Biomaterials Science |
| 2012 | International Scientific Advisory Board, Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials-CIC biomaGUNE, Spain |
| 2011- | Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Acta Biomaterialia |
| 2010- | Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Nano Letters |
| 2010- | Member, International Advisory Board, Israel Journal of Chemistry |
| 2009- | Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Polymer Journal |
| 2008- | Member, World Premier International Program Advisory Committee to Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan |
| 2008 | International Advisory Group, Swedish Government Program on Biomaterials, Gothenburg University, Sweden |
| 2008-2009 | Member, Editorial Board, Nanotechnology |
| 2006- | Associate Editor, Editorial Board, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (Wiley) |
| 2006- | Member, External Advisory Board, Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences (M-NIMBS) |
| 2006-2008 | Member, Chemistry and Materials Science (CMS) Directorate Review Committee (DRC), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA |
| 2005- | Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Nanomedicine |
| 2005 | National Research Council Committee review of National Nanotechnology Initiative |
| 2004- | Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Small (VCH-Wiley) |
| 2004-2007 | Member, Editorial Board, Soft Matter |
| 2003-2004 | Member, Committee of Institut Universitaire de France |
| 2004 | Invited Discussant to NIH-NSF "Interagency Conference on Research at the Interface of the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences: Bridging the Sciences", November 2004 |
| 2003 | Founding Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 2003- | Member, Scientific Advisory Board, National University of Singapore Graduate School for Integrative Sciences & Engineering |
| 2003 | Briefings on the review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) |
| 2003 | Senior-member Selection Committee, Institut Universitaire de France |
| 2002 | Member, External Advisory Board, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2002 | Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, NanoMateria, Inc. |
| 2002 | Senate Testimony on Nanotechnology for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee |
| 2002 | Co-Chair, Department of Energy workshop: “Biomolecular Materials”, LaJolla, CA |
| 2001 | Chair, Review of National Nanotechnology Initiative at the Request of the White House Economic Council, National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council |
| 2001 | Reviewer, Department of Energy, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering’s Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry Program, Berkeley, CA |
| 2001-2007 | Member, Baxter Scientific Advisory Board |
| 2001-2004 | Member, Solid State Sciences Committee, National Academy of Sciences |
| 2000 | Chair, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review, Musculosketal and Dental Sciences, Special Emphasis Panel |
| 2000 | Co-Chair, Materials Research Society Symposium, Joint Session: “Mechanical Aspects of Soft Biomaterial Interfaces and Interfaces Adhesion” and “Processing in Polymer Systems” San Francisco, CA |
| 2000-2003 | Member, Advisory Board, Nano Letters, American Chemical Society |
| 1999-2005 | Member, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Department of Energy |
| 1997-2004 | Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Polymer Science |
| 1989 | Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Polymer Science-Polymer Chemistry Edition |
| American Chemical Society, Polymer Chemistry Division; Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Division |
| American Physical Society, High Polymer Physics Division; Biological Physics Division |
| Society for Biomaterials |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Materials Research Society |