Mark Arthur Reed (January 4, 1955 - May 5, 2021) was an American physicist and professor at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

. He coined the term

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, for demonstrating the first zero-dimensional electronic device that had fully quantized energy states. Reed did research in electronic transport in nanoscale and mesoscopic systems, artificially structured materials and devices, molecular electronics, biosensors and bioelectronic systems, and nanofluidics. He was the author of more than 200 publications, had given over 75 plenary and over 400 invited talks, and held 33 U.S. and foreign patents on quantum effect, heterojunction, and molecular devices. He was the Editor in Chief of the journal ''

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'' (2009-2019) and of the journal ''Nano Futures'', and held numerous other editorial and advisory board positions. He died on May 5, 2021. Reed received his Ph.D. from

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in 1983. He worked at

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from 1983 to 1990, where he demonstrated the first quantum dot device. He had been at Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science since 1990, where he held the Harold Hodgkinson Chair of Engineering and Applied Science. Notable work there included the first conductance measurement of a single molecule, the first single molecule transistor, and the development of CMOS nanowire biosensors. Reed had been elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and Who's Who in the World. His awards included; Fortune Magazine “Most Promising Young Scientist” (1990), the Kilby Young Innovator Award (1994), the Fujitsu ISCS Quantum Device Award (2001), the Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science (2002), Fellow of the American Physical Society (2002), the IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology (2007), Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2009), and a Finalist for the World Technology Award (2010). He married Elizabeth Schaefer on August 24, 1996.

Awards

* Fortune Magazine's "Most Promising Young Scientist" (1990) * Kilby Young Innovator Award (1994) * DARPA ULTRA Most Significant Achievement Award (1997) * Syracuse University Distinguished Alumni award (2000) * Fujitsu ISCS Quantum Device Award (2001) * Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science (2002)

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