Ray Baughman is an American chemist and academic, currently holding the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry and serving as the Director of the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas.[1] He earned his B.S. in physics from Carnegie Mellon University and his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Harvard University.[2]
With more than 100 issued U.S. patents[3] and over 450 refereed publications,[4] he has made notable contributions to the field of nanotechnology. Baughman is a member of the National Academy of Engineering[5] and The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas.[6]
In 2005, Discover magazine ranked Baughman's carbon nanotube yarns and carbon nanotube sheets as the eighth-most important scientific discovery of the year.[7] The sheets and yarns were noted in the Scientific American 50.[8]
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- ^ "Dr. Ray Baughman - Endowed Chairs and Professorships | The University of Texas at Dallas". Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Ray H. Baughman Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Ray Baughman". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Dr. Ray H. Baughman". NAE Website. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "Members - TAMEST". TAMEST (Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology). Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "The Year in Science: Technology". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ Perkins, Sid. "A New Twist on Artificial Muscles". Scientific American. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
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