Professional Preparation:

Professional Appointments

Director, Molecular Design Institute, NYU, 2006-Present
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, UMN, 1999-2005
Director, UMN NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, 1998-2005
Professeur Invité, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 1998
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1993-2005
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1990-1993
Research Scientist, E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Inc., 1984-1990
Project Leader, Standard Oil Company of Ohio, 1982-1984

Selected Publications

Field Effect Transistors with Crystalline Films of End-capped Quaterthiophenes: Structure and Transport Properties. Mohapatra S; Holmes BT; Newman CR; Prendergast CF; Anderson AM; Fritz SE; Martin SA; Frisbie CD; Ward MD; Toney MF Chem. Mater. in press.

Thin Film Transistors Based on Alkylphenyl Quaterthiophenes: Structure and Electrical Transport Properties. Fritz SE; Mohapatra S; Holmes BT; Anderson AM; Prendergast CF; Frisbie CD; Ward MD; Toney MF Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 1355.

Role of Crystal Surface Adhesion in Kidney Stone Disease. Wesson JA; Ward MD Curr. Opin. Nephrol. Hypertens. 2006, 15, 386. (Invited article.)

Mass Transfer Limitations at Crystallizing Interfaces in an Atomic Force Microscopy Fluid Cell: A Finite Element Analysis. Gasperino D; Yeckel A; Olmsted BK; Ward MD; Derby JJ Langmuir, 2006, 22, 6578.

Dynamic behavior of particle agglomeration of europium oxalate during reaction crystallization in semi-batch reactor. Kim W-S; Kim W-S; Kim K-S; Kim J-S; Jung T; Ward MD Chem. Eng. Commun. 2006, 193, 370.

Hydrogen-Bonded Monolayers and Interdigitated Multilayers at the Air-Water Interface. Martin SA; Kjaer K; Weygand MJ; Weissbuch I; Ward MD J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 14292.

Directing Assembly of Molecular Crystals. Ward MD MRS Bulletin Special Issue: Self-assembly in Materials Synthesis, 2005, 30, 705.

Chiral Discrimination in Low-density Hydrogen Bonded Frameworks. Custelcean R; Ward MD Cryst. Growth Des., 2005, 5, 2277.

Snapshots of Crystal Growth. Ward MD Science, 2005, 308, 1566.(Perspectives.)

Crystal surface adhesion explains the pathological activity of calcium oxalate hydrates in kidney stone formation. Sheng X; Wesson JA; Ward MD J. Amer. Soc. Nephrol., 2005, 16, 1904.