Mark Arthur Reed (January 4, 1955 – May 5, 2021) was an American physicist and professor at Yale University.
[1][2][3] He coined the term quantum dots,[4] for demonstrating the first zero-dimensional electronic device that had fully quantized energy states.
Reed did research in electronic transport in nanoscale and mesoscopic systems, artificially structured materials and devices, molecular electronics, biosensors and bioelectronic systems, and nanofluidics.
He was the author of more than 200 publications, had given over 75 plenary and over 400 invited talks, and held 33 U.S. and foreign patents on quantum effect, heterojunction, and molecular devices.
[7] Reed had been elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering and Who's Who in the World.