Rate My Professor Mark Humphrey

Humphrey's research focuses on preparing novel molecular materials by tailoring chemical structures to achieve desired properties, especially nonlinear optical effects. His group employs organometallic, organic, coordination complex, and polymer synthesis, coupled with spectroscopy, electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, molecular modelling, electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and high-power laser studies. Active projects encompass molecular switches, programmable spatiotemporal light control, high-nuclearity ruthenium carbonyl clusters, mixed-metal clusters for catalysis, transition metal complex hybrid nanomaterials, and π-delocalizable oligomers and dendrimers. Boasting 465 publications with over 17,900 citations, key works include “A Deep-Ultraviolet Transparent Nonlinear Optical Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework” (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026), “Exceptional Two- to Five-Photon Absorption at Mono/Bis(Donor)-Porphyrin-Mono/Bis(Donor) Triads and Pentads” (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025), and “Exceptional three- to six-photon absorption at organometallic dendrimers” (Chem. Sci., 2024). His honors feature election as Foreign Member of Academia Europaea (2021), the RACI A.E. Leighton Memorial Medal (2017), H.G. Smith Memorial Medal (2010), Inorganic (G.J. Burrows) Award (2008), Organometallic Award (1998), David Syme Research Prize (2002), and several Australian Research Council Fellowships. Humphrey chaired 19 conferences and symposia and contributed to ARC panels, including the College of Experts (2016-2018) and ERA committees (2012, 2018).