Mohammadreza Ghadiri

{{short description|Iranian-American chemist}}

M. Reza Ghadiri is an Iranian-American chemist who studies nanoscale science and technology.

Ghadiri holds a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (1987) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is currently a Professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute.

The 1998 Feynman Prize was awarded to Ghadiri for work in constructing molecular structures through the use of self-organization.{{cite web|url=http://www.foresight.org/FI/1998Feynman.html|title=1998 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology|publisher=Foresight Nanotech Institute|accessdate=2006-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023101639/http://www.foresight.org/FI/1998Feynman.html|archive-date=2013-10-23|url-status=dead}} His lab also pioneered the development of peptide self-replication.{{Cite journal|title = A self-replicating peptide|journal = Nature|date = 1996-08-08|pages = 525–528|volume = 382|issue = 6591|doi = 10.1038/382525a0|pmid = 8700225|language = en|first1 = David H.|last1 = Lee|first2 = Juan R.|last2 = Granja|first3 = Jose A.|last3 = Martinez|first4 = Kay|last4 = Severin|first5 = M. Reza|last5 = Ghadiri| bibcode=1996Natur.382..525L }}