Stephen Mann - Biography#

Stephen Mann is Professor of Chemistry, co-Director of the Max Planck Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology, Director of the Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry and Director of the Centre for Protolife Research at the University of Bristol UK. He is distinguished for contributions to biomineralization, bioinspired materials chemistry and protocell research. Prof Mann was elected Fellow of the Royal Society UK (2003), and awarded the RSC de Gennes Prize (2011), SCF French-British Prize (2011), RSC Nyholm Medal (2018) and Royal Society Davy Medal (2016). He was visiting professor at the College de France (2009) and Harvard University (2011). He has published over 500 scientific papers with a h index of 120, and is listed in the top 0.01% of cited scientists (world ranking, 521).