Research Summary

The Martí group uses inorganic chemistry, photochemistry, spectroscopy, and molecular biology tools to investigate problems in nanoscience, supramolecular chemistry, and
medicine. Current projects involve the study of boron-nitride nanomaterials, amyloid proteins, and photoactive surfactants.

Keywords

Amyloid Proteins, Nanoscale Science, Photochemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Soft-Materials

Biography 

Angel A. Martí, the Harry C. & Olga K. Wiess Chair in Chemistry, and Chairman of Rice University Chemistry Department, obtained his Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, under the supervision of Prof. Jorge Colón. Following his postdoctoral training with Prof. Nicholas Turro at Columbia University in New York, he joined the Department of Chemistry at Rice University in Houston in 2008. At Rice, he has been using photochemistry to study a variety of topics, including protein aggregation, cellular temperature, and nanomaterials. He is the author of more than 135 publications and has received a variety of awards, including the Inter-American Photochemical Society Young Investigator Award in 2013, the New Investigator Award from the American Society for Photobiology in 2014, the Rice University Presidential Mentoring Award in 2019, the Holland Award in 2025, and the Marie Daly Award in 2026. Angel is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is the past-Chair of the American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry, the PI of REU Site Research and Leadership Enabling Advanced Discoveries (RLEAD) in Chemical Nanoscience, and the Faculty Director of the Rice Emerging Scholars Program (RESP).