Emily Ann Carter

Born: 1960

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: White

UC Berkeley BS Chemistry 1982; Caltech PhD Physical Chemistry 1987

""Every day, I wake up trying to figure out how I can have the most impact. I was looking for a challenge, & I got one." "Bill Goddard taught me that it's not enough to generate data. . . You should extract insights from the data that can change the way that people think. It's great to dare to go out on a limb." Both from alumni.caltech.edu/awardees/emily-carter-phd87"

— Emily Ann Carter

Field of Study: Physical Chemistry

Institution/Corporation: UCLA; Princeton University

Degrees & Memberships: Member: European Academy of Sciences (2020); Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry; US National Academy of Sciences (2008); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2008); US National Academy of Inventors (2014); US National Academy of Engineering (2016); American Academy for the Advancement of Science; American Physical Society; American Vacuum Society (1995); International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (2009); American Chemical Society; Phi Beta Kappa

Awards: 2019 John Scott Award, Board of City Trusts, Philadelphia, PA; 2019 Camille & Henry Dreyfus Lectureship, University of Basel, Switzerland; 2019 Inaugural WiSE Presidential Distinguished Lecturer, University of Southern California; 2019 18th NCCR MARVEL Distinguished Lecturer, L’École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; 2019 Graduate Mentoring Award, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, Princeton University; 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award, California Institute of Technology; 2019 Eyring Lecturer in Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University; 2019 Mildred Dresselhaus Memorial Lecturer, Ras Al Khaimah Centre for Advanced Materials, United Arab Emirates; 2019 Dow Foundation Distinguished Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara; 2020 Brumley D. Pritchett Lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering; 2020 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles; 2021 Materials Theory Award, Materials Research Society; 2022 Paint Branch Distinguished Lecturer in Applied Physics, University of Maryland, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics; 2022 Richard S. H. Mah Lecturer, Northwestern University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; 2022 – Harrison Shull Distinguished Lecturer, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Chemistry; 2023 Gilbert Newton Lewis Memorial Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley; 2023 Robert S. Mulliken Award, University of Chicago; 2023 27th John Stauffer Lecturer in Chemistry, Stanford University; 2024 William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (New York Section); 2017 Irving Langmesir Prize in Chemical Physics, American Physical Society; 2018 American Chemical society Award in Theoretical Chemistry

Achievements: early contributions include methods for accurate descriptions of molecules at the quantum level & an algorithm for identifying transitional states in clean reactions; currently focusing on understanding & design of materials for sustainable energy