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CalTech - California Institute of Technology

Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Electrochemistry Photochemistry Physical Chemistry Surface Chemistry Materials Chemistry Nanotechnology Environmental Chemistry

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5.04/23/2026

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Nathan S. Lewis is the George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry from Caltech in 1977, working with Harry B. Gray, and his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981 under Mark S. Wrighton. Lewis started his faculty career as Assistant Professor at Stanford University from 1981 to 1985, was promoted to tenured Associate Professor in 1986, and joined Caltech in 1988 as Associate Professor, advancing to full Professor in 1991 and Argyros Professor in 2002. He has served as Principal Investigator of the Beckman Institute Molecular Materials Resource Center since 1992 and Scientific Director of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, a U.S. Department of Energy Energy Innovation Hub.