Morrison Professor of Chemistry and (by courtesy) of Materials Science and Engineering

BA, 1964
Harvard University

PhD, 1969
Northwestern University

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Ongoing research in seven major areas of chemistry: nonlinear optical response properties of molecules; electron transfer and molecular electronics; dynamics of polymer electrolyte transport; self-consistent field models for coupled vibration reaction dynamics; mean-field models for extended systems, including proteins and molecular assemblies; photonics in nanoscale systems; energetics of DNA/protein binding.

Ratner Research Group

Selected Publications
Aviram, A. & Ratner, M.A. Molecular Rectifiers. Chem. Phys. Lett. 29, 277 (1974).

Mujica, V., Kemp, M. & Ratner, M. A. Electron conduction in molecular wires. I. A scattering formalism. J. Chem. Phys. 101 6849-6855 (1994).

Ashkanazi, G., Kosloff, R. & Ratner, M. A. Photoexcited Electron Transfer: Short-Time Dynamics and Turnover Control by Dephasing, Relaxation, and Mixing. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 3386-3395 (1999).

Segal, D., Nitzan, A., Ratner, M. & Davis, W. B. Activated Conduction in Microscopic Molecular Junctions. J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 2790-2793 (2000).

Most Significant Awards
Fellow, AAAS (1992)
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
Feynman Award in Nanotechnology (2001)
Member, National Academy of Science (2002)
Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (2003)
Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society (2004)