David N. Beratan | |
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Born | 1958 Evanston, Illinois |
Alma mater | Duke University (B.S.) California Institute of Technology (Ph.D.) |
Known for | Biophysics Electron tunnelling |
Awards | Irving Langmuir Award (2024) Bourke Award (2019) Murray Goodman Memorial Prize (2018) Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (2013) Guggenheim Fellow (1999) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Duke University University of Pittsburgh |
Thesis | The theory of long distance electron transfer reactions (1985) |
Doctoral advisor | John Hopfield |
Website | chem |
David N. Beratan (born 1958) is an American chemist and physicist, the R.J. Reynolds Professor of Chemistry at Duke University.[1] He has secondary appointments in the departments of Physics[2] and Biochemistry.[3] He is the director of the Center for Synthesizing Quantum Coherence, a NSF Phase I Center for Chemical Innovation.[4]