The University of Chicago Chemistry Department is proud to announce Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor Dmitri Talapin has been elected as a 2024 Materials Research Society Fellow.
The MRS Fellows program recognizes outstanding contributions to the field, including research, leadership, and service that have advanced the mission of the materials community world-wide. It is intended to be a lifetime recognition of distinction in the field, rather than an award for a specific achievement.
In any given year, the maximum number of new Fellows should be capped at 0.2% of the current total professional MRS membership. This year, Talapin is one of just 15 individuals to be elected to the fellowship.
“MRS Fellows are a resource of thought-leaders–qualified to offer ideas, advice, actions, and external contact channels to benefit MRS. It is anticipated that all sectors of the Society will utilize the community of Fellows as a valued intellectual asset and conversely that Fellows will recognize the value of such engagement. The Fellows will be given the opportunity to become fully integrated into Society activities, in accordance with the established principles for Society governance. The Society shall maintain contact with the group of Fellows, identify which Fellows are interested and able to provide a sounding board for ideas, and utilize the resource in an intentional way.”
Founded in 1973, the Material Research Society’s mission is to “embrace, cultivate and capitalize on that diversity, and use it as a resource for a dynamic and vibrant future.”
It’s member-driven organization of more than 12,000 includes people from over 90 countries around the world, with members hailing from industry, academia and national labs. The Society’s work touches on many fields, including chemistry, biology, physics and engineering, highlighting members whose skills and expertise range from technical and organizational, to advocacy and education.
Dmitri Talapin has been a faculty member of the UChicago Department of Chemistry since 2007. He is a current faculty member of the James Franck Institute and Materials Research Center as well as a scientist at the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory. Talapin is recognized for his work on the synthesis of inorganic nanostructures and their applications for electronic and optoelectronic devices.