{"id":8084,"date":"2023-11-03T14:38:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/chemistry\/?page_id=8084"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:01:32","slug":"mark-e-thompson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty\/mark-e-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark E. Thompson\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div style=\"margin-top: -50px\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7241 size-medium\" src=\"\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2023\/11\/usc-chemistry-mark-thompson-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Mark Thompson\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" style=\"padding-bottom:30px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>University Professor, Ray R. Irani Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation Chair in Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry &#8211; Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Inorganic and Physical Chemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ph.D., 1985, California Institute of Technology<br \/>\nB.S., 1980, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n<p><em>Office:<\/em> SGM 216<br \/>\n<em>Phone:<\/em> (213) 740-6402<br \/>\n<em>Email:<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:met@usc.edu\">met@usc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div style=\"margin-top: -70px;font-family: Source Sans Pro, sans-serif;font-size: 18px\">\n<p><strong>Research Focus<\/strong><br \/>\nWe are interested in the optical and electronic properties of molecular materials, with an eye toward materials used to create organic LEDs, solar cells, and catalysts for solar fuels.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fc0;text-align: center;padding: 10px 15px 15px 15px;width: 150px;margin-top: 15px\"><strong><a style=\"font-family: Source Sans Pro, sans-serif;font-size: 18px\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/met-research-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Group Website<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"parent":7240,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8084","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mark E. 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