Education
Ghadiri holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in chemistry (1987) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Ghadiri holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in chemistry (1987) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
He is currently a Professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute. The 1998 Feynman Prize was awarded to Ghadiri for groundbreaking work in constructing molecular structures through the use of self-organization, the same forces used to assemble the molecular machine systems found in nature. His lab also pioneered the development of non-enzymatic peptide self-replication.
Searle Scholars Award 1991-1994; Arnold & Mable Beckman Foundation, Beckman Young Investigators Award, 1991-1993; Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow 1993-1995; Eli Lilly Grantee 1994-1995; American College of Surgeons Award in Pure Chemistry 1995; Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society 1999; Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology 1998; Merck-Frosst Lecturer, University of Victoria, British Columbia 2001; Belleau Lecturer, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec 2001.