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 External links Category:Women scientists from the United States Category:Chemists from the United States Category:1964 births Category:Women born in the 1960s Category:Living people Category:People from New Jersey Category:Women academics from the United States