Catherine J. Murphy

Catherine J. Murphy (born 1964) is an American chemist and materials scientist, and is the Larry Faulkner Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

Quotes

• So many problems in society have a technical solution rooted in chemistry: sustainable energy, food security, clean water, personalised medicine.
  • https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/winners/professor-catherine-murphy
• I was always interested in understanding the natural world, even as a child. I wondered if milk was a pure liquid or whether it was a mixture of things in water, at about age 8. In later schooling, physics seemed boring, biology was messy, and chemistry was just right.
  • https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/winners/professor-catherine-murphy