Prof. Dr. Cynthia M. Friend

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSolid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis,Kinetics and Catalysis
KeywordsAu, Catalysis, STM, surface chemistry
Honours and awards

2019: Elected Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (US)

2018: Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (US)

2017: American Chemical Society National Award in Colloids and Surface Chemistry

2009: American Chemical Society National Award in Hydocarbon Chemistry (George Olah Award)

2007: Alexander van Humboldt Senior Research Award

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCambridge
InstitutionHarvard University
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Homepagehttps://faculty.chemistry.harvard.edu/friend-lab/home

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim FreundAbteilung Chemische Physik, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Marcus BäumerInstitut für Angewandte und Physikalische Chemie, Universität Bremen, Bremen
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2007

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Friend is internationally well-known for her outstanding research on reactions at metal surfaces. She has made very important contributions to our understanding of the reactivity of alkyl radicals and a wide variety of other species at metal surfaces using a wide variety of experimental techniques, notably isotopical labelling strategies. During her stay in Germany, she will be working on the reactivity of molecules, in particular on supported Au nanoparticles.