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Paul Alivisatos

ポール・アリヴィサトス　/　ぽーる・ありゔぃさとす

American chemist

November 12, 1959 (age 66)　・　Chicago, Illinois, United States

Illinois
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university teacher

My Take

Alivisatos strikes me as the rare scientist who reshaped both a field and an institution. A Chicago-born chemist whose nanocrystal research earned the Wolf Prize and the National Medal of Science, he helped pioneer the quantum-dot world that quietly powers our screens and medicine. What impresses me beyond the lab is his arc into leadership, directing Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and now serving as president of the University of Chicago. That willingness to shoulder the burden of returning knowledge to society, rather than retreating into pure research, reveals real character. I find myself genuinely drawn to thinkers who change the world without ever raising their voice.

Overview

Armand Paul Alivisatos (born November 12, 1959) is an American chemist who has been the 14th president of the University of Chicago since September 2021. Previously at the University of California, Berkeley, he served as the 7th director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2009 to 2016, as interim vice chancellor for research from 2016 to 2017, and as executive vice chancellor and provost from 2017 to 2021.…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Paul Alivisatos
Name (Japanese): ポール・アリヴィサトス
Reading: ぽーる・ありゔぃさとす
Born: November 12, 1959 (age 66)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Boar
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: chemist / university teacher

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Chicago

Awards & achievements

1991 Presidential Young Investigator Award
2012 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
2015 National Medal of Science
2009 ISNSCE Nanoscience Prize
Fellow of the American Physical Society
2011 Von Hippel Award
2017 NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9

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