Jeffrey R. Long
Department of Chemistry
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1460
Professor, born 1969;
B.A. Cornell University (1991);
Ph.D. Harvard University (1995);
Office of Naval Research Predoctoral Fellow (1991-1994);
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of
California, Berkeley (1996-1997);
Award:
Research Corporation Research Innovation Award (1998);
Hellman Family Faculty Award (1999);
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2000);
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2001-2003);
Wilson Prize (Harvard University, 2002);
TR100 Award (2002);
National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award (2003-2004
and 2009-2011);
National Fresenius Award (2004).
Research:
When a correlation between the chemical structure and a physical
property of a material is postulated, measurements on compounds
exhibiting a range of structural variations are required to establish its
validity and, ultimately, to optimize performance for an
application. Yet the controlled modification of inorganic structures
remains, in many instances, an open challenge. Our research is
directed toward developing general strategies for the synthesis of
inorganic clusters and solids.