Catherine J. Murphy

Murphy was born in Morris Plains New, Jersey in 1964.{{Cite web|title=Catherine J. Murphy|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20005342.html|access-date=February 10, 2024|website=www.nasonline.org |publisher=National Academy of Sciences}} She attended junior high and high school in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, after her family moved to the Chicago suburbs in 1974. Murphy attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) as a first-generation college student.{{Cite web|last=D'Alessio|first=Jeff|title=Illini Insider: Cathy Murphy|url=https://www.news-gazette.com/news/illini-insider-cathy-murphy/article_69adf399-c437-57f5-923c-84ff0a9d23b9.html|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=The News-Gazette|date=September 1, 2020 |language=en}} During her undergraduate studies, Murphy conducted research in the lab of Thomas B. Rauchfuss. She graduated with Bachelor of Science degrees in both chemistry and biochemistry in 1986. After graduating, she did a summer internship with Amoco Research Center in Naperville, Illinois.

Murphy earned her doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison under the direction of Arthur B. Ellis in 1990. Her graduate work focused on the surface chemistry of semiconductors. Murphy completed postdoctoral work as a NSF and NIH postdoctoral fellow under the advisement of Jacqueline Barton at the California Institute of Technology from 1990 to 1993.

Murphy joined the faculty of the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of South Carolina in 1993, the first female faculty member on the tenure track in that department. She remained at South Carolina through 2009, becoming the Guy F. Lipscomb Professor of Chemistry in 2003.

In 2009, she joined the faculty in the department of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the Peter C. and Gretchen Miller Markunas Professor of Chemistry. She held this professorship until 2017, when she received the Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry at UIUC. In 2020, Murphy was appointed as the head of the department of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the first woman to ever hold this position.{{Cite web|title=Cathy Murphy becomes first woman to head Department of Chemistry|url=https://chemistry.illinois.edu/news/2020-06-01/cathy-murphy-becomes-first-woman-head-department-chemistry|access-date=February 10, 2024|website=Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |date=June 1, 2020}} At UIUC, Murphy also holds affiliations with the departments of Bioengineering, Material Science and Engineering, the Materials Research Lab, the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, the Center for Advanced Study, the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. She is a senior investigator for the National Science Foundation Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.{{Cite web|title=Team Member: Catherine Murphy |website= The NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology|url=https://susnano.wisc.edu/team-member/?smid=20489|access-date=February 10, 2024|language=en-US}}

During her career at UIUC, Murphy has mentored and advised more than 7 visiting scientists, 12 postdoctoral researchers, 42 graduate students, 100 undergraduate students, 3 high school students, and 2 high school teachers. While at South Carolina, she advised 12 postdoctoral researchers/visiting scientists, 24 graduate students, 55 undergraduate students, and 14 high school students. She has received recognition for this service including the Siemens-Westinghouse High School Science Mentor Award in 2002 and the University of South Carolina Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award in 2003.{{cite web |url=https://chemistry.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/cv/CJMcv2024_0.pdf |title= Curriculum Vitae: CATHERINE J. MURPHY |date=January 2024 |access-date=February 10, 2024 }}

Murphy has published over 295 research publications. She edited two conference proceedings for SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics: the first in 2001 titled “Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Surfaces: Novel Reporters with Biological Applications,”{{Cite book |title=Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Surfaces: Novel Reporters with Biological Applications |date=2001 |editor-first=Catherine |editor-last=Murphy |url=https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Volume/4258 |series=Proceedings of SPIE |volume=4258 |publisher=SPIE }} and the second in 2002 titled “Biomedical Nanotechnology Architectures and Applications”{{Cite book |title=Biomedical Nanotechnology Architectures and Applications |date=2002 |url=https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Volume/4626?SSO=1 |access-date=February 10, 2024 |publisher=SPIE |editor-first1=Raymond P. |editor-last1=Mariella |editor-first2=Catherine |editor-last2=Murphy |series=Proceedings of SPIE |volume=4626}} Since 2008, Murphy has been a coauthor of the general chemistry textbook Chemistry: The Central Science.{{cite book |title=Chemistry: the central science |first1=Theodore |last1=Brown |first2=Bruce E. |last2=Bursten |first3=H.Eugene |last3=LeMay |first4=Catherine |last4=Murphy |first5=Patrick |last5=Woodward |date=2008 |edition=11th international |oclc=1159848108 |publisher=Pearson Education}}{{Cite book|title=Chemistry: the central science |first1=Theodore L. |last1=Brown |first2=H. Eugene |last2=LeMay |first3=Bruce Edward |last3=Bursten |first4=Catherine J. |last4=Murphy |first5=Patrick M. |last5=Woodward |first6=Matthew |last6=Stoltzfus |date=2023 |edition=15th |publisher=Pearson |oclc=1293917447}} {{As of|2024}}, she has an h-index of 104 according to Google Scholar{{Google Scholar id}} and of 96 according to Scopus.{{Cite web |title=Murphy, Catherine Jones – Author details |website=Scopus preview |publisher=Scopus |url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7401764020 |accessdate=February 10, 2024}} Murphy holds three patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

From 2006 to 2010, Murphy was a senior editor for the Journal of Physical Chemistry. From 2011 to 2020, she was the deputy editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C and as of 2020, a member of its editorial advisory board.{{Cite web |title=Editor and Editorial Board |url=https://pubs.acs.org/page/jpccck/editors.html |access-date=February 10, 2024 |website=The Journal of Physical Chemistry C |publisher=ACS Publications}} Murphy is the chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Welch Foundation. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.

Her research focuses on inorganic nanomaterials and the biophysical properties of DNA. Murphy is known for her work on the seed-mediated synthesis of gold nanorods of controlled aspect ratio.{{cite journal|last1=Murphy|first1=Catherine J.|year=2005|title=Anisotropic Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Assembly, and Optical Applications|journal=The Journal of Physical Chemistry B|volume=109|issue=29|pages=13857–13870|doi=10.1021/jp0516846|pmid=16852739}} Her laboratory has developed the surface chemistry, biological applications,{{cite journal|last1=Connor|first1=EE|last2=Mwamuka|first2=J|last3=Gole|first3=A|last4=Murphy|first4=CJ|last5=Wyatt|first5=MD|year=2005|title=Gold nanoparticles are taken up by human cells but do not cause acute cytotoxicity|journal=Small|volume=1|issue=3|pages=325–327|doi=10.1002/smll.200400093|pmid=17193451}} and environmental implications of these nanomaterials.{{cite journal|last1=Ferry|first1=John L.|date=July 2009|title=Transfer of gold nanoparticles from the water column to the estuarine food web|journal=Nature Nanotechnology|volume=4|issue=7|pages=441–444|bibcode=2009NatNa...4..441F|citeseerx=10.1.1.549.363|doi=10.1038/nnano.2009.157|pmid=19581897}}

Murphy has won numerous awards and recognition for her scholarship, research, teaching, mentoring, and overall career. In 2008, Murphy was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was elected as a member into the National Academy of Sciences in 2015{{cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/april-28-2015-NAS-Election.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120211335/http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/april-28-2015-NAS-Election.html |archive-date=November 20, 2015 |url-status=live |title=National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected |date=April 28, 2015 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences}}{{Failed verification|date=August 2024}} and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.{{cite press release |date=April 17, 2019|title=New 2019 Academy Members Announced|url=https://www.amacad.org/news/2019-members-announcement|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |access-date=February 10, 2024}} Murphy has been recognized as a Fellow of her field's associated professional societies including the American Chemical Society (2011),{{Cite web|title=ACS Fellows Program |url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/fellows.html|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=American Chemical Society|language=en}} the Royal Society of Chemistry (2014), and the Materials Research Society (2017).{{Cite web|title=List of MRS Fellows {{!}} Materials science awards|url=https://www.mrs.org/careers-advancement/awards/spring-awards/mrs-fellows/list-of-mrs-fellows|access-date=February 10, 2024|website=Materials Research Society}}

Murphy's career has included a number of firsts for women, some previously mentioned, such as the first woman on a tenure track at USC Chemistry and the first woman to be department head at UIUC. In 2013, Murphy received the Carol Tyler Award from the International Precious Metals Institute, which recognizes women who have made contributions to field of precious metals.{{cite web | url=https://www.ipmi.org/premier-award-winners | title=All Premier Award Recipients |publisher=International Precious Metals Institute |access-date=February 10, 2024}} In 2015, she received the Inspiring Women in STEM Award from Insight into Diversity.{{Cite web |last=Alexandra Vollman |date=18 August 2015 |title=100 Inspiring Women in STEM Awards |url=https://www.insightintodiversity.com/100-inspiring-women-in-stem-awards/ |access-date=May 21, 2021 |language=en-US |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103073901/https://www.insightintodiversity.com/100-inspiring-women-in-stem-awards/ |url-status=dead }}

Specifically recognizing her research, Murphy has won the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1995),{{Cite web|title=NSF Award Search: Download Awards by Year|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/download.jsp|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=www.nsf.gov}} Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship (1997),{{Cite web|title=Past Fellows {{!}} Alfred P. Sloan Foundation|url=https://sloan.org/past-fellows|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=sloan.org|language=en|archive-date=March 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314000756/https://sloan.org/past-fellows|url-status=dead}} National Science Foundation Award for Special Creativity (1998), U of SC Russell Award for Research in Science, Mathematics & Engineering (2005),{{Cite web|title=Research Awards – Office of the Provost {{!}} University of South Carolina|url=https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/provost/honorsandawards/internal/researchawards.php|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=sc.edu}} Division of Inorganic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society Inorganic Nanoscience Award (2011),{{Cite web|title=Nanoscience Award|url=https://acsdic.org/awards/nanoscience-award/|access-date=March 12, 2020|website=Division of Inorganic Chemistry|language=en-US}} TREE (Transformational Research and Excellence in Education) Award (2015), Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry of the American Chemical Society Langmuir Lecturer (2015), University of Pennsylvania Nano/Bio Interface Center Research Excellence Award (2016), American Chemical Society Maryland Section Remsen Award for Research and Teaching (2019),{{Cite web|title=Remsen Award – The Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society|url=https://acsmaryland.org/remsen-award/|access-date=May 21, 2021|language=en-US}} American Chemical Society Linus Pauling Medal (2019),{{Cite web|title=Professor Catherine Murphy to receive Linus Pauling award {{!}} Chemistry at Illinois|url=https://chemistry.illinois.edu/news/2019-09-17/professor-catherine-murphy-receive-linus-pauling-award|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=chemistry.illinois.edu|language=en}} Materials Research Society MRS Medal (2019),{{Cite web|title=MRS Medal {{!}} Materials Research Society Awards|url=https://mrs.org/careers-advancement/awards/fall-awards/mrs-medal|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=mrs.org}} and PROTEOMASS Scientific Society Career Award (2020).{{Cite web|title=Proteomass Awards – BIOSCOPE Research Group {{!}} PROTEOMASS Scientific Society|url=https://www.bioscopegroup.org/proteomass-awards/|access-date=May 21, 2021|language=en-US}} In 2020, Murphy received the American Chemical Society's Award in Inorganic Chemistry. She is the first woman to receive this recognition.{{Cite web|date=December 16, 2019|title=Congratulations to Cathy Murphy|url=https://acsdic.org/2019/12/congratulations-to-cathy-murphy/|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=Division of Inorganic Chemistry|language=en-US}}

In 2011, Thomson Reuters ranked Murphy as number 10 in their Top 100 Materials Scientists of 2000–2010,{{cite news|title=Top 100 Materials Scientists|url=http://archive.sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/misc/Top100MatSci2000-10/|work=Science Watch|agency=Thomson Reuters|date=2011}} as number 32 in their Top 100 Chemists of 2000–2010,{{cite news|title=Top 100 Chemists|url=http://archive.sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/misc/Top100Chemists2000-10/|work=Science Watch|agency=Thomson Reuters|date=2011}} a Highly Cited Researcher in Material Science in 2014 and 2015, a Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Murphy was ranked a Highly Cited Researcher again in 2018 by Clarivate Analytics.{{Cite web|title=Global Highly Cited Researchers 2018 List Reveals Influential Scientific Researchers and their Institutions|url=https://clarivate.com/news/global-highly-cited-researchers-2018-list-reveals-influential-scientific-researchers-and-their-institutions/|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=Clarivate|date=27 November 2018 |language=en-US}} Highly Cited Researcher designations are given to the top 1% of researchers based on the number of times their work was cited by others in a given year as determined on Web of Science.

For her teaching contributions, Murphy has won the Cottrell Scholar Award (1996),{{Cite web |last=Advancement |first=Research Corporation for Science |title=Cottrell Scholar Award |url=https://rescorp.org/cottrell-scholars/cottrell-scholar-award |access-date=May 21, 2021 |website=Research Corporation for Science Advancement |language=en}} USC Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award (1996),{{Cite web |title=Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching: Award Winners : USC Center for Excellence in Teaching |url=http://cet.usc.edu/awards-grants/associates/award-winners/ |access-date=May 21, 2021 |website=cet.usc.edu}} Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (1998),{{cite web |url=https://www.dreyfus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/TC_all_2021.pdf |title=Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program |access-date=February 10, 2024 |website=dreyfus.org}} U of SC Golden Key Faculty Award for Creative Integration of Research and Undergraduate Teaching (1998), and U of SC Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award (2001).{{Cite web |title=Mungo Teaching Awards – Office of the Provost {{!}} University of South Carolina |url=https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/provost/honorsandawards/internal/mungoteaching.php#:~:text=The%20Michael%20J.,of%20faculty%20track%20or%20rank. |access-date=May 21, 2021 |website=sc.edu}}

Catherine is married to Bob Murphy. They met while undergraduate students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Bob Murphy was a mathematics instructor at the University of South Carolina and then the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. They currently reside in Urbana, Illinois.{{Cite web |last=Lawlor |first=Elizabeth |date=October 11, 2018 |title=Married professors at UI share their experiences |url=https://dailyillini.com/features/2018/10/11/married-professors-at-ui-share-their-experiences/ |access-date=May 21, 2021 |website=The Daily Illini}}

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