Samuel I. Stupp

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Samuel Isaac Stupp
Biomedical Engineering
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
Doctoral advisorStephen Carr
Websitehttp://stupp.northwestern.edu/

Samuel I. Stupp (b. Jan. 9, 1951 in San José, Costa Rica), is a Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Medicine at

peptide amphiphiles that self-assemble into high aspect ratio nanofibers with extensive applications in regenerative medicine. He has also made significant contributions to the fields of supramolecular chemistry, nanotechnology
, and organic electronic materials. He has over 500 peer-reviewed publications and was one of the 100 most cited chemists in the 2000–2010 decade.

Education and academic career

Early life and education

Stupp was born in San José, Costa Rica, the son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. He attended high school at Liceo de Costa Rica, and in 1968 came to the United States to attend UCLA, where he graduated with a BS in chemistry in 1972. He subsequently went to Northwestern University and earned a PhD under Stephen Carr in 1977, studying the molecular origins of electrical polarization in polymers.

Research at UIUC

Stupp began his independent research career in 1977 as an assistant professor at Northwestern University, but after three years moved to UIUC where he held appointments in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and Bioengineering. At UIUC his research focused on materials chemistry and self-assembly.

Research at Northwestern

In 1999, Stupp returned to Northwestern University as a Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Medicine. In 2000 he was also appointed the Director of the newly formed Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (IBNAM) at Northwestern’s medical school campus in downtown Chicago.

One of Stupp’s major discoveries occurred soon after his arrival at Northwestern. In 2001, Stupp and postdoctoral fellow Jeffrey Hartgerink discovered a new class of

neurodegenerative diseases, stem cell differentiation,[6] spinal cord injury,[7] diabetes,[8]
and many other areas.

In addition, Stupp’s laboratory is pursuing fundamental research on hierarchical self-assembly,[9][10] novel materials for solar energy, self-assembling catalytic systems, and robotic soft matter.[11] Stupp is also director of the Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science.

Professional achievements

Stupp has published over 500 papers in highly respected peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Science, Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and PNAS. He has mentored hundreds of graduate students and postdocs throughout the course of his career.

His awards include the

MIT. He has served on numerous scientific advisory boards in the US and Europe and is also a member of multiple scientific journal editorial boards. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012 and the National Academy of Sciences
in 2020.

In 2001 he chaired the first review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative at the request of the White House Economic Council and the National Academy of Engineering. He gave one of the plenary lectures at the 2012 spring meeting of the American Chemical Society on the subject of “Chemistry for Regenerative Medicine”.

Personal life

Stupp married Dévora Grynspan in 1972. They currently reside in Chicago, IL. His sister, Roxana Stupp, also resides in Chicago and works as the Director of the Disability Resource Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

References

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  11. S2CID 228088972.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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