Martin Pope (born Isidore Poppick; August 22, 1918 – March 27, 2022) was an American physical chemist and professor at New York University.
These discoveries have had application in electrophotography, organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), photovoltaic cells, biological sensors, transistors, molecular electronics, and batteries.
After graduation, he served in the Army Air Force in the Pacific, where he reached the rank of first lieutenant.
After the war, Pope returned home and found work at Balco Research Laboratories, where he received two patents for thin film inventions.
He joined the faculty of New York University in 1956 as a researcher in the Radiation and Solid State Physics Lab (RSSL).