The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists, one of whom was French-American Mongi Bounty of Tunisian descent. Who is this most cited researcher?
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The Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to present Nobel Prize in Chemistry Of the three scholars, one of them is Mongi Bounty, a French-American of Tunisian descent. Who is this famous scientist?
His full name is Monji Gabriel Bounty, born on March 15, 1961 in Paris, he is a Tunisian chemist, born in France, and an American citizen. He works as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the most important research institutes in the United States and the world. He is one of the pioneers of quantum dot research and one of the most cited chemists in scientific studies worldwide.
The son of mathematician Mohamed Salah Bounty and Hélène Bounty (née Bobart), Mongi Bounty immigrated to the United States with his family during his childhood, spending his early years in France and later in Tunisia.
In the United States, he studied science and received an applied degree from Harvard University in 1982, a master’s degree in chemistry from the same university in 1983, and a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1988.
His efforts and research led to the development of the first technologies to create the first high-quality quantum dots and in 1993 controlled the size of quantum dots and their luminescence color. This performance allowed him to be appointed an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Technology in 1995. Later in 1996 as a University Professor in the same institution.
Monji Bhavandi (age 62) said he was “shocked” and “honoured” to win the award, adding, “I was not aware (of the leaks). The Swedish Academy woke me up from a deep sleep.” That he did not expect this call.
Bounty will share the award with American Lewis Bruce and Russian-American Alexei Ekimov.
Bruce, 80, is a professor at Columbia University in New York, and Russian-born Alexey Ekimov works at the Nanocrystals Technology Institute in the United States.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award 2023 #Nobel Prize To Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Bruce, and Alexei I. Ekimov in Chemistry “For the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.” pic.twitter.com/qJCXc72Dj8— Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 4, 2023
All three will share a financial reward of 11 million Swedish krona (about one million dollars) and will receive the award from King Karl in the late nineteenth century.
This financial award has the highest nominal value (in Swedish currency) in the history of Nobel Prizes, which spans more than a century.
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