Stephen Mann,[1][2][3]FRS, FRSC, (born 1 April 1955) is Professor of Chemistry, co-director of the Max Planck Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology,[4] director of the Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry,[5] director of the Centre for Protolife Research,[6] and was principal of the Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials[7] at the University of Bristol, UK.
Mann's research is concerned with the chemical synthesis, characterization and emergence of complex forms of organized matter. His research activities include biomineralization,[12][13]biomimetic materials chemistry,[14] synthesis and self-assembly of nanoscale objects,[15] functional nanomaterials,[16] complexity and emergent behaviour in hybrid nanostructures,[17] and solvent-free liquid proteins.[18] His current work is focused on the design and construction of synthetic protocells.[19] Mann has published over 550 scientific papers with a current h-index of 125 and over 64,000 citations.[20] He is listed in the 2014 Thomson Reuters index of world's most influential scientific minds[21] and in the top 0.01% of cited scientists.[22]
Awards and honours
Mann was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, UK in 2003.[2] Other accolades include:
^Li, Mei; Schnablegger, Heimo; Mann, Stephen (25 November 1999). "Coupled synthesis and self-assembly of nanoparticles to give structures with controlled organization". Nature. 402 (6760): 393–395. Bibcode:1999Natur.402..393L. doi:10.1038/46509. ISSN0028-0836. S2CID4307826.
^Davis, Sean A.; Burkett, Sandra L.; Mendelson, Neil H.; Mann, Stephen (30 January 1997). "Bacterial templating of ordered macrostructures in silica and silica-surfactant mesophases". Nature. 385 (6615): 420–423. Bibcode:1997Natur.385..420D. doi:10.1038/385420a0. S2CID4280267.
